Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-11
Buyer: London Borough of Harrow
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Authority is seeking to create a framework agreement which will enable itself and Other Contracting Authorities as named to procure and award a Concession Contract to utilise council owned assets (excluding street furniture lighting assets) as defined by the Authority's and Other Contracting Authority's specific asset register schedules for the deployment of Small Cell Equipment to support the enhancement of localised mobile coverage and to enable the delivery of commercial services associated with future Smart City Machine to Machine Connectivity and Initiatives.
Potential Providers will be advised if this is necessary during the procurement. Parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial security and / or stability may be required by Government Procurement Service and individual Contracting Authorities utilising the Framework Agreement if considered appropriate.
The Authority seeks the provision of a service concession contract. Potential Providers should note that, in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the London Borough of Harrow intends to publish the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, and the text of any Framework Agreement awarded, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of London Borough of Harrow. The London Borough of Harrow expressly reserves the right (i) Not to award any Framework Agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the Potential Providers. If the London of Harrow decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with the successful suppliers, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Framework Agreement. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to Framework Agreement award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of Potential Providers. 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. London Borough of Harrow and other contracting bodies utilising the Framework Agreement reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement. London Borough of Harrow wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by the following UK Public Sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations): — Local Authorities http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/DG_AZ_LG — Central Government as identified through the following links: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html nscl=Government https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations — Transport for London ww.tfl.gov.uk —National Parks Authorities http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk —Educational Establishments in England and Wales, maintained by the Department for Children, Schools and Families including Schools, Universities and Colleges but not Independent Schools http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/public/quickSearchResult.xhtml?myListCount=0 —Police Forces in the United Kingdom http://www.police.uk/ —Fire and Rescue Services (including Wales and Northern Ireland) http://www.fireservice.co.uk/ —NHS Bodies England including Acute Trusts, Primary Care trusts, Care Trusts, NHS Hospital Trusts, Foundation Trusts, Strategic Health Authorities, Mental Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts including Ambulance Trusts. (NHS Doctors are also eligible to use this Framework Agreement please see the links below for a list of NHS Doctors). http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/OrganisationsthatworkwithDH/Armslengthbodies/Categorisationofarmslengthbodies/index.htm http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk/ —Hospices Hospices in UK including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—Registered Social Landlords (Housing Associations) http://portal.tenantservicesauthority.org/http://www.tenantservicesauthority.org/ —Third Sector and Charities http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/charities-search.htm http://www.oscr.org.uk/ —Citizens Advice http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/aboutus/citizens_advice_offices.htm Scottish Public Bodies—Scottish Government http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home —Scottish Local Authorities http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/customers/index.asp —Scottish Agencies and NDPBs http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies —Scottish NHS Bodies http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/Boards —Scottish Further and Higher Education Bodies http://www.sfc.ac.uk/about_the_council/council_funded_institutions/council_funded_institutions.aspx —Scottish Police http://www.scottish.police.uk/ —Scottish Fire and Rescue http://www.dontgivefireahome.com/fire_safety/1347.html —Scottish Housing Associations http://www.sfha.co.uk/component/option,com_membersdir/Itemid,149/view,membersdir/ —Scottish Parliament http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/ —The Scotland Office http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk/scotlandoffice/10786.html —Scotland Citizens Advicehttp://www.cas.org.uk/find-a-bureau/all-scottish-bureaux—Scottish Primary Schools http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/index.asp?schoolsearchstring=&addresssearchstring=&authority=&strTypes=isprimaryschool&bSubmit=1&Submit=Search—Scottish Secondary Schools http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/index.asp?schoolsearchstring=&addresssearchstring=&authority=&strTypes=issecondaryschool&bSubmit=1&Submit=Search—Scottish Special Schools http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/index.asp?schoolsearchstring=&addresssearchstring=&authority=&strTypes=isspecial&bSubmit=1&Submit=SearchWelsh Public Bodies—Welsh Public Bodies National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government and Welsh Local Authorities http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/dl1/directories/localcouncils/dg_065241—NHS Wales and NHS Wales GP Practices http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directoryNI Public Bodies—Northern Ireland Government Departments http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm —Northern Ireland Public Sector Bodies and Local Authorities http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/az2.htm —Schools in Northern Ireland and Further and Higher Education establishments in Northern Ireland http://apps.deni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.aspx —Public Bodies involved in Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=hospitals http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=boards http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=agencies http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=councils —Police Service of Northern Ireland http://www.police-information.co.uk/policedirectory/view.php?id=31&page=0&cat=6&subcat=31&subsubcat=0 —Citizens Advice Northern Ireland http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/en/Where-We-Are/Bureaus/ http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/en/About-Us/Contact/ —Department of Health bodies and NHS bodies in existence at the time of this tender and those created under any NHS restructure; —Private sector organisations wishing to purchase NHS printed items and wishing to use associated services (e.g. pharmacists); —Public sector bodies wishing to purchase NHS printed items and wishing to use associated services; —Voluntary and third sector bodies and charities wishing to purchase NHS printed items and wishing to use associated services; Tenderers must note that the NHS is undergoing a fundamental restructure and may be in a very different structure than at the time of this tender. Broadly, the operation of an NHS Contract awarded under this Framework Agreement may become more complex as the number of ordering, delivery and invoice points may increase significantly.

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