CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

The Provision of a Treasury Consultancy Service

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Caerphilly County Borough Council require a suitably experienced provider to supply a comprehensive Treasury Consultancy Service in respect of debt and investment management within the context of the Council's overall treasury strategy.

The provider will be required to provide regular information to include but not be restricted to:-

PWLB interest rates

PWLB Interest rate forecasts

Economic data

Legislation - new and proposed

Codes of Practice

General Interest rate forecasts

Counterparty creditworthiness reports

Credit rating updates

The provider will also be required to provide investment and borrowing advice to include but not be

restricted to:-

Long & Short term investments - identification of potential counterparties who will meet minimum level of

creditworthiness.

Advice about external fund managers

Money market funds

Long/short term borrowing

Interest rates

Sources of borrowing

Types of loan instruments

Compliance with Accounting standards

Maturity profile analysis

Debt rescheduling

Strategic advice on borrowing/investment strategies

Full details can be found in the ITT

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=117796.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Bidders shall note that the tender evaluation will be most on the most economically advantageous tender response and based on the following criteria and scores:

Quality 70%

Price 30%

Quality sub-criteria will consist of:

Tender Response 50%

Presentation 20%

Further Information regarding the evaluation methodology can be found in the Invitation to Tender Document on the Proactis Portal E tendering System

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

CCBC/PS2191/22/RG

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

PLEASE NOTE REGISTERING AN INTEREST IN THE SELL2WALES NOTICE IS NOT

REGISTERING AN INTEREST IN THIS TENDER YOU MUST FOLLOW THE

INSTRUCTIONS BELOW IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A TENDER

As part of the process, the tender will be undertaken utilising Caerphilly CBC's Proactis Portal e-tendering system.

Therefore, companies are invited to follow the directions below to register on the system:

1. Log in to the Proactis Portal E-tendering system at https://www.proactisplaza.com

2. Click the "Sign Up" button.

3. Enter your details such as Organisation Name, Details and Primary Contact Details.

4. Please make a note of the Organisation ID and Login Name, then click Register.

5. You may then receive an email from the system asking you to Click here to activate your account. This takes you to Enter Organisation Details. Or you may be redirected straight to your account home page, depending on your browser.

6. Please enter the information requested, click Next and follow the instructions ensuring that you enter all applicable details.

7. In the Enter Product Classification screen please ensure that you select the Product Classification Codes (CPV Codes)that appear in the tender notice.

8. Accept the Terms and Conditions and then click Next. This takes you in to the Welcome window.

9. In the Welcome window please enter your Organisation name, Organisation ID and User Name (User ID). You now need to create your unique password. Please ensure that you make a note of this along with the other information already recorded.

10. Now click Done and you will enter the Supplier Home page.

11. From the Home Page, go to the “Opportunities” area, where you can search for this Opportunity. Click on the "Show Me Arrow" of the relevant opportunity and then click to register your interest on the relevant button.

12. Click the Opportunities Icon on the left of the page so that the page is refreshed, then, click on the "Show Me Arrow" of the relevant contract again and this will take you into the create a response section of the portal.

13. Note the closing date for completion of the relevant project. Please review the tabs at the top of the page as there will be information relating to the project held here.

14. You can now either continue to fill out this area and create a response or if the project is not of interest to you Decline this opportunity by clicking the "Decline" button at the top of the page.

Tenderers shall express an interest in tendering for this arrangement by registering their interest on the Proactis Portal System as stated above and then completing the online e-tender submission. If you have any issues with your account please use the 'Raise a Ticket' function on the Proactis Portal. Instructions on how to utilise this function can be found in the attachments

(WA Ref:117796)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice