Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2018-07-28
Buyer: Santon Properties Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 38970000 | 42000000 | 44000000 | 44221000 | 44221100
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: An organisation acting in the capacity of a neutral managed service provider only (thus not actually providing the multi specialism requirements in their own right,) but is neutral in selecting service providers to contracting authorities by means of managing the procurement and award selection process by their own methods 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 upon selection, manage the contractual arrangements between service provider and the contracting authority.
Although this framework has initially been set up on behalf of the Higher Education Contracting Authorities including: Teesside, Durham, Newcastle and Sunderland institutions it is open and free to access to the following public sector contracting authorities listed below, however, each Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the supplier or its nominated suppliers engaged to provide any of the services, unless a contract between the supplier or its nominated suppliers by means of neutral vending/procurement solutions has been established with the aforementioned Contracting Authority. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. Any orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate contract under the scope of this Framework between the supplier and the specific requesting other contracting body. The Contracting Authority and other contracting bodies utilising the Framework reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement. The list of public UK Contracting Authorities (and any future successors to these organisations) who may freely access the services of the successful supplier appointed to this framework are:
Central Government Departments, Local Government and Public Corporations that can be accessed at the Public Sector Classification Guide:
Educational Establishments in England and Wales, maintained by the Department for Children, Schools and Families including Schools, Universities and Colleges but not Independent Schools
The framework agreement will be available for use by any Scottish Public Sector Body: Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies; offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices; cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998; the Scotland Office; the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body; councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland)Act 1994 (except where they are acting in their capacity as educational authority); Scottish joint fire boards or joint fire and rescue boards; Scottish joint police boards or any successor National Police or Fire Authority; Scottish National Park authorities, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, N.
An organisation acting in the capacity of a neutral managed service provider only (thus not actually providing the multi specialism requirements in their own right,) but is neutral in selecting service providers to contracting authorities by means of managing the procurement and award selection process by their own methods 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 upon selection, manage the contractual arrangements between service provider and the contracting authority.
Confirmation of CPV codes which have been utilised under the Neutral Vendor framework(s) since start of the contract for the benefit of contracting authorities who wish to access the framework(s) against those frameworks and clarification that the framework(s)can be utilised as a Public Sector/EU compliant procurement supply chain service framework, which is freely accessible to any contracting authority (or any organisation which fits the criteria of a contracting authority under the definitions contained within Regulation 2 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015)), including any third sector/voluntary organisations, within any territory of the United Kingdom.
The framework is also freely accessible to any of the aforementioned entities whom may or may not be in receipt of regional, national or European grant funding such as the European Regional Development Fund England Operational Programme 2014 — 2020, providing this funding has been approved by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the aforementioned entities operate their procurement in accordance with the PCR 2015 and/or any guidance given by the DCLG, as requirements via the framework partners can either be procured by means of a direct call-off, or further competition depending on the requirements of each contracting authority, in accordance with that contracting authorities internal standing financial instructions (SFIs,) contracting standing orders, and/or procurement guidelines operating in a fair, transparent manner.
Current List of CPV codes which have either already been called off against by contracting authorities at date of this notice and/or can be called off for the duration of framework remaining:
Modification notice required to offer clarity to contracting authorities or entities who would qualify as a contracting authority under the Procurement Regulations 2015 and subsequent amendments thereof, as to which CPV codes are covered within the Neutral Vendor Framework and to add the inclusion of the European Regional Development Fund Program 2014-2020 for access purposes to all contracting authorities or entities who would qualify as a contracting authority under the Procurement Regulations 2015 and subsequent amendments thereof, and to confirm that all call-offs under the aforementioned Neutral Vendor Framework or Frameworks operated by NE1 Procurement Services can be done either by direct call off or by further competition and such call offs thereunder called off can be up to a maximum of 4 (four) years past the current framework end date of 4.1.2020, providing such call-offs are made before the end date of 4.1.2020.


Winner: NE1 Procurement Services Ltd