Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Contact person: Miss Bethany Gray
E-mail: bethany.gray@essex.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
1054 - Container and Access Step Maintenance
Reference number: DN715930
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council (the Authority) is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
44400000
45200000
34928480
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority require a service for the maintenance of owned Containers and Pedestrian Access Steps. The Authority currently owns approximately 500 units of Containers (consisting of 15, 30 and 40 yard specifications), as well as approximately 125 units of Pedestrian Access Steps located across its 21 RCHWs. To maintain these items, the Authority requires adhoc repair and maintenance to ensure that they are compliant, safe, and operable across the waste service.
The Authority wishes to invite interested Suppliers to complete the market engagement questionnaire which can be found at the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/LKNvndGLTU
The closing date for this questionnaire is 12pm (midday) on Tuesday 2nd April 2024.
It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.
It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire. It is also NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in any future tendering process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who participate.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
09/05/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/03/2024