Procurement consultancy services

Tender description

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's Commercial Procurement Service has introduced a new commercial Framework Agreement which will allow UK public bodies to procure a procurement project delivery service. This Invitation to Tender (ITT) was offered in four lots: Lot 1: OJEU Projects; Lot 2: Framework mini-competition projects; Lot 3: Back-Office Support; Lot 4: Project Bundle (made up of any combination of the above 3 types of project. Any call off contract must include a minimum of 2 different types of projects). This is a full service for the tenderer to provide a complete end to end procurement process for projects above the defined thresholds under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The service provided must be fully compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, including the relevant advertising within the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and Contracts Finder. The Tenderer will take full ownership of delivering the project, from the strategy and approach, to the day to day management and all tasks associated with delivering the project. This is a full service for the tenderer to manage framework mini-competitions, from seeking buy in to utilising the framework, and managing the engagement of suppliers. The exact scope of this service will vary depending on the mini-competition process specified within the chosen framework. Under this service the client will provide a procurement lead, and the tenderer will provide back office support only. The client has the resource to undertake the strategy, approach, tender evaluation and any strategic elements of the procurement process, but the day to day management and all admin tasks are carried out by the tenderer. At a high level, this is to include drafting all tender documentation collating information and managing communication with suppliers. This is a volume driven service, whereby the client commits to a number of projects from the outset. Call-off contracts will be made up of a minimum of 2 different types of the following projects: — Lot 1: OJEU Projects, — Lot 2: Framework Mini-Competitions, — Lot 3: Back Office Support. The purpose of this Lot 4 is to offer the client volume driven discounts, based on the total number of projects required, rather than the number of a particular type of project. This service must allow the client to commit to contracting for a number of procurement projects within the contract period, without the need to specify the number of each type of project up-front. This is to provide flexibility to the client, whilst ensuring they obtain volume based discounts. There are no minimum numbers of each particular project type within each call off contract, but each contract must contain a minimum of two different types of project. Any tenderer wishing to bid for Lot 4 must also submit bids for Lots 1, 2 and 3.