CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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Section I: Contracting Authority
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I.1)
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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)
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The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service |
9th Floor The Capital, Old Hall Street |
Liverpool |
L3 9PP |
UK |
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+44 3450103503 |
supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk |
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http://www.gov.uk/ccs
https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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I.2)
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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities
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Section II: Object of the Contract
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II.1)
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Description
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II.1.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing for IT Systems.
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II.1.2(a))
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Type of works contract
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II.1.2(b))
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Type of supplies contract
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II.1.2(c))
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Type of service contract7
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II.1.2)
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Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance
Primarily in the UK with some limited requirements overseas. UK |
II.1.3)
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This notice involves a framework agreement
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II.1.4)
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Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Crown Commercial Service as the Contracting Authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Framework Agreement for use by UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations), which include Central Government Departments and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities.
This Framework Agreement provides access to a range of services such as:
— QA & Test Delivery Ownership: responsibility for, and coordination of, all aspects of QA and Test across the business, programme and or project. Includes making QA and test rules, planning; choice of tools; and team leader.
— QA & Test Analysis: analysis, design and execution: covering a variety of test activities, test types and methods. For example, compatibility testing, accessibility testing, functional testing (including exploratory techniques).
— Test Engineering: developing and delivering test automation outlines and services. Typically working as part of a DevOps capability within an Agile development environment. Increasingly, QA & Test specialists are part of and co-located with the development and scrum teams.
— Non-Functional Testing: design and execution of tests to cover non-functional needs, including load & performance and operational acceptance.
— Integration testing: covering the strategy, planning and execution for complex, large scale technical integration testing.
— Assurance: to understand and mitigate risk during third party-led test activities, typically when working in waterfall delivery cycles or legacy contractual environments.
— Consultancy: to provide technical reviews at project, programme or departmental/business unit level to form best QA & Test practices.
Crown Commercial Service reserves the right for an electronic auction to be held by Public Sector bodies during further competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement(s).
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II.1.5)
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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
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72590000 |
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II.1.6)
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Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA) Yes |
II.2)
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Total final value of the contract(s)
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II.2.1)
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Total final value of the contract(s)
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Section IV: Procedure
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IV.1)
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Type of procedure
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IV.1.1)
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Type of procedure |
IV.2)
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Award criteria
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IV.2.1)
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Award criteria
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Quality |
100 |
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IV.2.2)
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An electronic auction has been used No
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IV.3)
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Administrative information
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IV.3.1)
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File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
RM3810
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IV.3.2)
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Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract 2016/S 231-421843 30-11-2016
Other previous publications
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 7 |
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QA & Testing Management Service |
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7 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:43 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing Services for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 8 |
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QA & Testing Consultancy Service |
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8 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:43 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing Services for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 1 |
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QA & Testing Specialists |
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1 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:45 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 2 |
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Automation, Agile & DevOps |
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2 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:39 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing Services for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 3 |
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Load & Performance Testing — no work package example scenario |
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3 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:36 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 4 |
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Functional Testing |
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4 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:45 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 5 |
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Infrastructure Testing & Environments |
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5 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:28 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section V: Award of contract
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RM3810 Lot 6 |
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Operational Acceptance Testing & DR |
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6 |
V.1)
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Date of contract award: 24-3-2017 |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received:28 |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Quality Assurance and Testing Services for IT Systems |
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UK |
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6584f001-6589-4eff-ac35-3c5eb8df7a80 |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
110 000 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted Yes
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section VI: Complementary Information
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VI.1)
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Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds? No
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VI.2)
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Additional Information
Framework term: The duration of the Framework Agreement is a maximum of 3 years, with the first term being 2 years, with a further possible multiple extensions up to a maximum of 3 years in total.
Suppliers should note that, in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, Crown Commercial Service intends to publish the text of any Framework Agreement awarded, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of Crown Commercial Service. The terms of the proposed Framework Agreement will also permit a public sector contracting authority, awarding a contract under this Framework Agreement, to publish the text of that contract, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority. Further information on transparency can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirementsguidance
The Contracting Authority has awarded a place on this Framework Agreement to the successful suppliers, however this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award under this Framework Agreement is a matter solely for the commercial judgement of the successful suppliers. Any orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate contract under the scope of this Framework between the supplier and the specific requesting other contracting body. The Contracting Authority and other contracting bodies utilising the Framework reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.
The following information has been captured in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 59 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The Authority received 1 tender from a group of economic operators.
The Authority received a total of 50 tenders in response to this procurement, all of which were received electronically via the Authority's eSourcing Suite.
The Authority received 32 tenders from SMEs.
The Authority received 1 tender from a non EU state.
The Authority received 0 tenders from EU states other than UK.
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VI.3)
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Procedures for appeal
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VI.3.1)
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Body responsible for appeal procedures
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Body responsible for mediation procedures
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VI.3.2)
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Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: There is no right of appeal in this procurement. If you have a complaint or seek to challenge the outcome, please seek your own legal advice.
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VI.3.3)
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Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
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VI.4)
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Dispatch date of this Notice 20-04-2017 |