Strategic Partner Project Consultancy Services for Hampshire CC

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

I.3)Main activity

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance

II.3)Information on framework agreement

II.4)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:

II.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

II.6)Scheduled date for start of award procedures

II.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.8)Additional information:

1)Short description:

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

3)Quantity or scope:

4)Indication about different date for start of award procedures and/or duration of contract

5)Additional information about lots:

1)Short description:

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

3)Quantity or scope:

4)Indication about different date for start of award procedures and/or duration of contract

5)Additional information about lots:

1)Short description:

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

3)Quantity or scope:

4)Indication about different date for start of award procedures and/or duration of contract

5)Additional information about lots:

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Information about reserved contracts

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Supplier Market Testing:
HCC wishes to gauge interest and opinion regarding the viability of the proposed procurement, solution and operational delivery model for the Strategic Partner Project and to canvass views from the consultancy supply market on the appropriateness of the proposals for delivery of the project and secondly to assess market capacity to perform for the project. We intend to carry this out by releasing a Questionnaire to the market prior to holding a consultation event day at which we can meet supplier representatives in person.
HCC Corporate Procurement, Property Service and Economy, Transport & Environment departments have planned to conduct a Supplier Market Testing (SMT) Day on 10.12.2012 and invite market related consultancy suppliers who are interested in this project to attend and enter in to dialogue with HCC & Partner’s staff regarding the Project and to discuss responses received to the Questionnaire.
In addition to issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN), HCC through it’s corporate electronic tendering system In-Tend has established a Project event containing a further Questionnaire & Briefing Note.
We kindly request interested suppliers to login to In-Tend, download and complete the Questionnaire by the deadline date of 29.11.2012. Please note that the Questionnaire will not be available until 9th November, however registration to the In-tend system and “expression of interest” in the project is possible with immediate effect.
This document is designed to both engage suppliers and to allow an opportunity for suppliers to:
— get a clear understanding of what business outcomes the Property Service Department requires and to ask questions as well as critique the current solution,
— give their views on how to structure the requirement in order to deliver the Project objectives and provide, partnering ethos, innovation and value for money over the term of the contracts awarded.
Pre-procurement engagement with the Consultancy supply market is considered best practice as it helps to maximise value for money from the resulting procurement and may include technical dialogue to inform a specification.
The benefits HCC wishes to achieve are:
— Helps to stimulate increased competition and reduces dependency on a limited number of suppliers,
— Help to define and develop the requirements of what is needed,
— Help to provide a better understanding of the feasibility of the requirement, the best approach, the capacity of the market to deliver and possible risks involved,
— Provides the market with an opportunity to ask questions / raise queries and any issued addressed at an early stage.
Timetable and Location Details:
Release of Questionnaire & Briefing Note on In-Tend – – 9.11.2012.
Suppliers complete Questionnaire and re-upload to In-Tend – 29.11.2012.
SPP Supplier Market Testing Day – 10.12.2012.
Venue for Supplier Market Testing Day:
Winchester Discovery Centre (WDC), Performance Hall, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB.
For visitor information regarding the WDC and parking please use link below:-.
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/wdc

Suppliers are invited to arrive on the day at 9.30 am for a 10.15 am start. The session is expect to be completed by 13.00 pm.
Please at this stage confirm your interest to participate in the Supplier Market Testing Day – confirmation of your booking and further instructions will be issued later to the event day itself.
In order to manage the day, we would kindly request that suppliers limit the number of attendees per company to a maximum of two (2). Please provide the names, job titles, company name, telephone/mobile and e-mail of those people attending using the “create correspondence” function on In-tend.
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