Published date: 10 June 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Engineering services - 71300000

  • Construction-related services - 71500000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

    • Environmental impact assessment other than for construction - 90711000

    • Recreational, cultural and sporting services - 92000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£225,000,000

Procurement reference

NEPO529

Published date

10 June 2022

Closing date

11 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2022

Contract end date

30 November 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NEPO are using a Competitive Dialogue procedure for the procurement of this Framework Agreement, set out at Regulation 30 of the Public Contract Regulations.

A maximum of 3 organisations will be invited to Invitation to Competitive Dialogue (assuming that there are at least 3 suitably qualified organisations that pass the minimum criteria.) following evaluation of Tenderers response to the Selection Questionnaire.

If there are fewer than 3 organisations that pass the minimum criteria, then only those who pass will be invited to Invitation to Competitive Dialogue. If there are more than 3 organisations who pass the minimum criteria then the 3 highest scoring tenderers only, based on the scored question within the SQ, will be invited to Invitation to Competitive Dialogue. The minimum criteria are documented within Schedule 1 - Selection Questionnaire and Appendix 1 - Scoring Matrix and include a minimum threshold that must be achieved on the scored question.

Following evaluation of Tenderers responses to the Selection Questionnaire, successful Tenderers will be invited to Invitation to Competitive Dialogue. Discussions during the Competitive Dialogue stage will focus on developing solutions which effectively meet NEPO's aims and ambitions for this Framework Contract.

Following conclusion of the Dialogue stage, Tenderers who have been involved within the Competitive Dialogue will be invited to submit final Tenders. Following submission, Tenderers will be evaluated against the pre-defined evaluation criteria and NEPO will seek to award to a single operator who has been identified as submitting the most economically advantageous bid.


The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework Agreement must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register.

Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.

About the buyer

Contact name

Carly Ivers

Address

The Association of North East Councils Limited
Northern Design Centre, Abbots Hill, Baltic Business Quarter
Gateshead
NE8 3DF
England

Telephone

0191 638 0040

Email

professional.services@nepo.org

Website

www.nepo.org