Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-05-30
Buyer: UK Research and Innovation
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71421000 | 77314000 | 79710000: Security services | 90500000 | 90910000
Estimated value: 600000 GBP

Technical requirements: UK Shared Business Services Ltd on behalf of the Contracting Authority are looking to put a contract in place for Soft Facilities services at The British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge. These services will be made of the following:
British Antarctic Survey will re-tender their soft FM services later this year but want to get closer to the marketplace to help define their business requirements and contracting strategy. Equally, British Antarctic Survey want to collaborate with suppliers by sharing these business requirements at an early stage and actively seeking supplier feedback. Accordingly, a supplier day will be held on Thursday 21st June and Friday 22nd June where the representatives of British Antarctic Survey look forward to holding positive and engaging discussions with suppliers who share the passion for world leading polar science and research. The approximate value of this requirement is 200 000 GBP PA.
The British Antarctic Survey is a Research Council part of UK Research and Innovation specialising in polar logistics and scientific research.The strategic plan is as follows:
To be a world-leading centre for polar science andpolar operations, addressing issues of global importance and helping society adapt to a changing world. Purpose of this expression of interest. British Antarctic Survey will re-tender their soft FM services later this year but want to get closer to the marketplace to help define their business requirements and contracting strategy. Equally, British Antarctic Survey want to collaborate with suppliers by sharing these business requirements at an early stage and actively seeking supplier feedback.Accordingly, a supplier day will be held on Thursday 21st June and Friday 22nd June where the representatives of British Antarctic Survey look forward to holding positive and engaging discussions with suppliers who share the passion for world leading Polar science and research. These representatives look forward to discussing how potential suppliers can add value to this important area and thereby helping us to deliver frontier science. These visits will give potential suppliers the opportunity to attend the site and to discuss with the individuals from British Antarctic Survey the proposed scope and deliverable of this contract. This contract will be made up of the following five services, to help bidders identify an outline of these requirements and a short brief of the services can be seen within the supporting document. These are the services to which British Antarctic Survey are looking for suppliers to provide value and innovation.
— Discussion between British Antarctic Survey and the Supplier on the delivery of specific business requirements. The Supplier should describe how value can be added and how the supplier plans to execute the service strategy. (30 minutes):
Individual dates and times will be provided for those suppliers that register their interest. Please contact UK SBS on fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk to book a slot on the pre-market engagement day. British Antarctic Survey looks forward to welcoming you to their offices and laboratories. Hopefully, you will have the opportunity to see some exciting research in action and share our passion for environmental research.
At this time the Contracting Authority are looking to hold this supplier day in order to inform the ongoing specification and understand how suppliers would like to see this opportunity let.
At this stage the decision has not been made as to if this will be advertised as one contract or a lotted procurement.


Award value: 600000