Published date: 13 January 2022

This notice was replaced on 28 January 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 17 March 2022)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services - 71600000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Procurement reference

FM22006 - Chemical Testing of Consumer Toys

Published date

13 January 2022

Closing date

21 January 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

*** THIS PIN NOTICE IS TO NOTIFY SUPPLIERS OF A POTENTIAL UPCOMING REQUIREMENT THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED ON CONTRACTS FINDER, PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) wishes to appoint a supplier to undertake the testing of a selection of toys to verify compliance with The Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC and Toys (Safety) regulation 2011.

The purpose of this notice is to inform providers of the upcoming tendering opportunity for this requirement and to provide details of the supplier engagement session in accordance with the linked attachment.

The supplier session will take place on Monday 24th January 2022 at 11:00am. If you believe that this will be of interest to you and your organisation, please register your interest by sending an email to the following email address: fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk.

Following this early engagement, It is the Department's intention to publish a Contract Notice w/c 31st January 2022. A Contract Notice will be published in Contracts Finder.

For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a Call for Competition; a Contract Notice will be issued as a call for competition.

Please refer to the FM22006 Future Opportunity Information attached to this notice for further details.

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ and follow the instructions to register.

If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal, the Access Code for the procurement will be provided on the Contract Notice and once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into the procurement by entering the Access Code.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

FM Procurement

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

FMProcurement@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk