Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2017-07-25
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 32000000 | 34210000 | 34220000 | 45310000 | 45311000
Estimated value: 97000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service is setting up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for a period of 72 months and is inviting suppliers to submit a ‘Request to Participate’ for the provision of Vehicle Conversions services. The distinct elements of these services include geographical area, sector, vehicle type, conversion product and sub-product.
If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your request to participate, you will be invited by Contracting Authorities to submit tenders for relevant service requirements through a call for competition.
The initial deadline for requests to participate is 17:00 on 23.8.2017, however the DPS remains open to any Potential Provider to request to participate throughout its 72 month duration.
The DPS does not guarantee any minimum spend and there will be no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee under this DPS.
Provision of Vehicle Conversion Services for all UK Central Government Departments and Wider Public Sector Organisations.
The core requirement of the Vehicle Conversions shall include but shall not be limited to the following mandatory and desirable requirements:
Full details of the Vehicle Conversions Matrix is detailed in the procurement bid pack which as accessible as part of your request to participate.
The Authority considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (‘TUPE’) may apply at the Call for Competition.
It is the suppliers responsibility to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply in the particular circumstances of the contract and to act accordingly.
Suppliers will be assessed on the selection and criteria information provided in response to their request to participate for a place on the Vehicle Conversions Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
To participate in this Procurement, participants must first be registered on the Supplier Registration Service at the following link: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/help
The Supplier can submit a request to participate as a single legal entity. Alternatively, you can work together with other legal entities to form a Group of Economic Operators. If you do, we ask the Group of Economic Operators to choose a lead member who will submit the bid on behalf of the Group of Economic Operators and you will have to identify what each of the parties is contributing to the bid.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers will be assessed on the selection and criteria information provided in response to their request to participate for a place on the Vehicle Conversions Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Suppliers will be assessed on the selection and criteria information provided in response to their request to participate for a place on the Vehicle Conversions Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The procurement will be managed electronically via: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk To participate in this Procurement, participants must first be registered on the Supplier Registration Service at the following link: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/help The Supplier can submit a request to participate as a single legal entity. Alternatively, you can work together with other legal entities to form a Group of Economic Operators. If you do, we ask the Group of Economic Operators to choose a lead member who will submit the bid on behalf of the Group of Economic Operators and you will have to identify what each of the parties is contributing to the bid.

Award value: 97000000