Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-09-10
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 45220000 | 45221000: Engineering works for bridges and tunnels | 45222000 | 45223000 | 45246000: River regulation and flood control works
Estimated value: 20000000 GBP

Technical requirements: HCC 09/16 Pre-procurement Market Engagement for A120 Bypass (Little Hadham) and Flood Alleviation Scheme.
Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out pre-procurement market engagement in relation to its project to construct a 3.9 km single-carriageway bypass, two associated flood storage areas and the realignment of a small watercourse, to be delivered in partnership with the Environment Agency (‘EA’).
— Inform interested suppliers of the procurement route for the scheme, in advance of the publication of the OJEU notice and issue of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and other documentation;
— Provide the opportunity for interested suppliers to seek clarification on our procurement strategy and provide feedback by completing the Market Engagement Questionnaire and attending the Industry Open Day;
The Council will consider the feedback and responses received to help inform the Council's options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process.
Participation or non-participation in the pre-procurement market engagement process shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the pre-procurement process shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process nor will information supplied form part of a contract.
Participation in the pre-procurement market engagement procurement process will be at each supplier's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council.
The Council will not enter into a contract based solely on the responses to this PIN and no information contained in the documents or in any communication made between the Council and any supplier in connection with its pre-procurement market engagement shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be awarded.
— Submission of the Market Engagement Questionnaire, following the instructions detailed in Section VI.2) below. Market Engagement Questionnaires must be received by 12:00 on Friday 23.9.2016; and
— An Industry Open Day on 30.9.2016, registration 9:30 start 10:00 anticipated to be finished by 14:00. This will take place at:
If you are unable to attend the Industry Open Day we would welcome receiving your completed Market Engagement Questionnaire.
Hertfordshire County Council has worked closely with its Districts and Partners to create a joint procurement portal called Supply Hertfordshire. This portal provides an eTendering system which is run by In-Tend. To access the pre-procurement market engagement documentation please visit www.supplyhertfordshire.uk and follow the on-screen guidance.
Any supporting documents should be cross-referenced to the relevant question. If the Council requires further information concerning your response, your organisation will be contacted. However, please provide full details and answer all questions, as the Council reserves the right not to ask organisations for any further information.
To ensure that responses can be considered prior to the Industry Open Day Suppliers must submit their completed Market Engagement Questionnaire, together with any supporting documents, through the In-Tend system by the return deadline of 12:00 Friday 23.9.2016. Market Engagement Questionnaires cannot be uploaded after the closing date/time.
Please make sure that you have submitted your Market Engagement Questionnaire following the instructions above. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Supplier Questionnaire.