IT Services Hardware Software and Consultancy Tender

The Contracting Authority (Places for People Group Limited as agent for and on behalf of its current and future subsidiaries) intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Expressions of interest and requests for additional information should be emailed to purchasing@placesforpeople.co.uk before 12:00 midday on 5.6.2014. Please provide the following contact details – name, phone, email address and postal address. The email should be titled PQQ Expression of Interest – IT Services Hub.

Applicants will then receive a login to Ariba Sourcing and will be able to view and download tender documents, additional information and submit pre-qualification responses. Tender responses should be submitted online using Ariba Sourcing no later than 12 midday on 8.6.2014. Please note that Ariba Sourcing will be unavailable between 16:00 and 18:00 hours UK time during weekdays to enable new expressions of interest to be set up and provided their login access details.
Please note: Fully completed and returned Tenders will be used to select those invited to be Lot Leads. There is no guarantee that any organisation will be awarded services under the framework agreement and the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award part or part of the services only.
It is intended that this Framework Agreement will be capable of being used by other Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom. This procurement is being undertaken by PfP for itself and as lead authority for the benefit of other organisations set out in Annex A (without any obligation for them to participate) of the OJEU notice (and any successor body of any of the organisations listed) and for the benefit of any public authority/Registered Provider (RSLs in Wales) that may fall within the geographical remit of the United Kingdom. Accordingly, it is the intention that these other UK public organisations should be able to rely on this procurement to purchase such services without the need for any further procurement process.
The public sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement is open, include without limitation, the following in the geographical area stated in II.1.2:

Central government departments and their executive agencies (a list of such departments and executive agencies can be found at http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government-business/government-ministers-responsibilities.aspx),

Non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) (a list of NDPBs can be found at annex A to the Public Bodies Directory 2007 published by the Cabinet Office) which can be found at http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/documents/pdf/public_bodies_2007.pdf).

National Health Service (NHS) bodies, including. hospital trusts, which in turn include, acute trusts:
1 Trusts operating community hospitals and
2 the provider functions of primary care trusts),
Primary care trusts:
1 Care trusts,
2 Care trusts plus,
3 Ambulance trusts,
4 Mental health trusts,
5 Strategic health authorities,
6 Special health authorities,
7 Community health councils,
8 Local health boards,
9 NHS foundation trusts,
10 Health boards, NHS trusts, community health councils and other constituent bodies of the NHS in Wales,
11 NHS Scotland and its constituent bodies including: the Scottish Ambulance Service, 1 Special NHS Boards and the other constituent organisations of the Scottish National Health Service.
Lists of all of such NHS authorities, trusts, councils, boards and other bodies can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/primarycaretrustlisting.aspx, http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure,http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.aspx:

Local authorities (as defined in Regulation 3(2) to 3(5) inclusive of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) (the Regulations), a list of such authorities being available at: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/DG_A-Z_LG,

Police forces and other emergency services, including fire and rescue services, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and other rescue authorities (a list of Police authorities and fire and rescue services can be found respectively at the following.

http://www.police.uk/forces.htm, and

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs.php,

Educational establishments (i.e. schools maintained by local authorities, academies, city technology colleges, the learning and skills council, further education establishments, and universities,

Registered Providers (RSLs in Wales), a list of such authorities being available at: http://www.communities.gov.uk

Registered charities, as detailed at: http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/,

Devolved and other administrations within the British Isles, including those detailed at:

(in the case of Scotland) http://scotland.gov.uk/Home, and

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/,

(in the case of Wales) http://new.wales.gov.uk/?llang=en,

Airport authorities and other bodies associated with public safety,
all other contracting authorities cited by name or class in Regulation 3 of and/or Schedule 1 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended), and,
all other bodies who are Utilities, and who are cited by name or class in Schedule 1 to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006.
Save for any mandatory periods, the timescales indicated in this notice are approximate and the Contracting Authority reserved the right to amend the same.

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