Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2016-11-15
Buyer: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 66000000 | 79330000 | 79412000 | 79900000 | 79940000
Submission deadline: 2016-12-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority seeks to establish a single supplier national Framework to enable it and other named Contracting Bodies to help them manage and prevent debt arising from all operational areas in order to minimise the value lost through bad debt. Secondly, the establishment of a Joint Venture with the Contracting
Authority, with the Joint Venture providing services back to the successful Supplier. The framework agreement shall be made available to all local authorities in the UK, as defined through the following websites.
(a) (England) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491463/List_of_councils_in_England.pdf
The framework agreement shall be made available to all local authorities in the UK, as defined through the websites set out in the short description (II.1.4).
In addition to the information in the short description (II.1.4), it is a critical requirement that the successful supplier can demonstrate not only effective debt management and strategies, operations and techniques but that they can achieve whilst deploying the highest ethical standards. Also a requirement to create a Joint Venture (‘JV’) with the Contracting Authority (‘CA’) to which all work won under this framework shall be sub-contracted. The JV will take the form of a corporate vehicle (company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership the form and nature to be agreed post-award). Through the JV the successful bidder will be required to work with the CA's Business Intelligence team exploiting existing analytical models and techniques to reduce the probability of debt arising in the first place and to fulfil any other financial, commercial, and social objectives that may be determined.
The Joint Venture may not be limited to Debt Management and Business Intelligence and, over time, it maybe adapted to include other commercial services that may be of benefit to its partners (e.g. CCTV operations,parking services, etc).
The successful supplier must be authorised by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (https://www.fca.org.uk/)and, whether or not the law requires it, they will be expected to conduct their business as though all activities carried out under this framework were regulated.
In accordance with Articles 57 to 64 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulations 57 and 58 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and as set-out in the tender documentation.
In accordance with Articles 57 to 64 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulations 57 and 58 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and as set out in the tender documentation.
The successful supplier must be authorised by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (https://www.fca.org.uk/)and, whether or not the law requires it, they will be expected to conduct their business as though all activities carried out under this framework were regulated.

Eligibility requirements: In accordance with Articles 57 to 64 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulations 57 and 58 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and as set-out in the tender documentation.