Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2021-02-12
Buyer: Agri-EPI Centre
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 03000000 | 09000000 | 15000000 | 16000000 | 22000000
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: Neutral Vendor and/or Managed Service Provider for the Supply of Multi Specialism Services Frameworks
AEC seeks to establish a framework contract for an organisation capable of acting in the capacity of either a neutral vendor or managed service provider (either not actually providing the multi specialism requirements in their own right, or having the option of providing such services themselves on either a direct call off basis or further competition basis too,) to contracting authorities by means of managing the procurement and award selection process by their own methods themselves or in conjunction with the contracting authorities which would be fully compliant with the protocols, standing financial instructions, UK/EU legislation that the contracting authorities would either operate on or approve, if they were conducting the procurement exercise themselves, (and may choose to do so themselves,) and upon selection, manage the contractual arrangements between service provider and the contracting authority.
Whilst certain CPV codes have been listed in this notice, that due to the flexibility and nature of the framework and its need to permit economic operators to provide any goods, services and works under any CPV code as per the prime directive and in conjunction with earlier notices and awards, it is hereby restated that any and all CPV codes are entitled to be used in call-offs against this framework in the future by any contracting authority:
It is anticipated that this framework contract may be utilised by contracting authorities, as part of a call-off contract, for externally funded projects including European Funding bodies.
Neutral Vendor and/or Managed Service Provider for the Supply of Multi Specialism Services Frameworks
AEC makes this framework agreement available for use by itself and any of its related sites and clientele, all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK, thus all contracting authorities as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Regulation 4 of both the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 and any subsequently updated and related legislation;
Including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase goods, services or works.
The above will also include the cross referenced entities which can be found within the following links:
AEC seeks to establish a framework contract for an organisation capable of acting in the capacity of either a neutral vendor or managed service provider (either not actually providing the multi specialism requirements in their own right, or having the option of providing such services themselves on either a direct call off basis or further competition basis too,) to contracting authorities by means of managing the procurement and award selection process by their own methods themselves or in conjunction with the contracting authorities which would be fully compliant with the protocols, standing financial instructions, UK/EU legislation that the contracting authorities would either operate on or approve, if they were conducting the procurement exercise themselves,(and may choose to do so themselves,) and upon selection, manage the contractual arrangements between service provider and the contracting authority
Addition of permitting further contracting authorities and such entities as defined under Regulation 4 of both the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 to use the framework in addition to all other contracting authorities under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, and all any subsequent amendments and legislation relating to all and any of the above acts of legislation and any such entities as referenced and/or listed in the original award notice, plus any additional entities added to such listing such as the National Grid and any other utilities companies whom may also come under any and all of the above legislation.
The inclusion of contracting authorities as defined under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 were inadvertently either not defined or clarified adequately under the original contract notice and award.


Winner: NE1 Procurement Services Ltd