Published date: 6 February 2019
This notice was replaced on 6 August 2019
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 6 August 2019)
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Contract summary
Industry
Investigation services - 79720000
Location of contract
SW1H 0ET
Value of contract
£0 to £60,000
Procurement reference
CS18080
Published date
6 February 2019
Closing date
28 February 2019
Contract start date
25 March 2019
Contract end date
25 March 2021
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday 28th February 2019 at 11:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal. Brief Description of Requirement - The Office for Product Safety and Standards (" the Office") was created in January 2018 by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and takes forward the work of the previous Regulatory Delivery directorate. Responsibilities of the Office include:
• Giving detailed advice on the interpretation of safety related regulations and sits on many standards making committees.
• Responding to incidents where the safety of a consumer product is called into question.
• Offering policy advice to HMG on product safety issues.
• Enforcement of a wide range of other product standards and regulations, including WEEE, RoHS, Ivory and Conflict Mineral regulations.
• Support of businesses through an expanded "Primary Authority" scheme to act as a single point of information for a wide variety of regulations impacting business.
• The work of the former national Measurement Organisation is also within the Office, which brings a world class test and measurement capability.
This project is part of the BEIS Office for Product Safety and Standards National Capacity development for product safety enforcement. We currently have no capacity for online enforcement and whilst we develop this, we will be procuring an external organisation to deliver this capacity on a call off contract for a period of 24 months.
Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document. How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement. To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice. If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.
More information
Attachments
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- CS18080 S1 - Services purchasing contract 05 02 19.doc
- Bidding documents
- Contract
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- Bidder Training.pdf
- Bidding documents
- Bidder Training
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- Bidder - Logging into Emptoris for the first time.pdf
- Bidding documents
- Bidder logging into Emptoris for the first time
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- CS18080 ITQ Invitation to Quote questions 06 02 19.pdf
- Bidding documents
- ITQ Questions
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- CS18080 ITQ Invitation to Quote 06 02 19.pdf
- Bidding documents
- ITQ document
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- CS18080 - Online Investigation Resilience - Price Schedule 06 02 19.xlsx
- Bidding documents
- Price Schedule
Additional text
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DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER
All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)
Responses must be received by the date in the bid documents.
Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.
How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite
Full details of this opportunity can be found on the e-sourcing portal please follow instructions below. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
Your email must clearly state:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.
Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.
As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.
Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.
For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503
Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.
About UK Shared Business Services
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our customers improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.
Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.
For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure
About the buyer
Contact name
Laura Goodhall
Address
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England
Telephone
01793 867005
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