Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-08-19
Buyer: University of Surrey
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 30100000 | 30195910 | 32000000 | 32320000 | 32321200
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The supply, delivery and installation of interactive technologies, audio visual solutions, and associated equipment including hardware and software and the design of larger scale installations.
Please note: The figures stated below, and subsequently against each Lot represent an estimate of the total, combined, annual spend for Lots 1 to 4, based on spend August 2016 to July 2016 spend data.
The University is seeking to engage with suppliers who are wish to contribute in the development of a best practice supply chain model, which meets the requirements of the University and it's partners, for each of the Lots listed herein,
Companies whose expressions of interest have been received by 17:00 pm on Friday 26.8.2016 will be invited to attend a Meet the Buyer Day which will be held at the University's Stag Hill Campus on Tuesday 30.8.2016. The purpose of this meeting will be to give the University and it's partners the opportunity to explain their desired outcomes in more detail and allow potential tenderers to ask questions in an open forum.
Full location details/venue information will be provided in the invitation to the Meet the Buyer Day.
Due to room capacity, attendance at the Meet the Buyer Day will be limited to a maximum of two (2) representative per organisation.
This opportunity, and further information, can be found by going to: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsurrey/aspx/Home.
— When your registration has been accepted, you will receive an email containing your Login Information;
— Once you have received your Login Information, or if you are already a registered user, select the Login option and navigate to this opportunity via the Tenders drop down tab where you will be able to obtain, complete, and submit a copy of the market testing questionnaire.
Organisations that are not able to attend the Meet the Buyer Day but nonetheless wish to participate in the market testing, shall be given the opportunity to do so. Such organisations should register on the in Tend portal as stated above submit a copy of the market testing expressions of interest documentation.
This PIN is issued solely for the purpose of conducting a market testing exercise and generally alerting the market to an anticipated procurement by the University. This PIN does not constitute a commitment by the University to undertake a procurement exercise in the future.
Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the market testing exercise and a response to this PIN does not guarantee any invitation to participate in the market testing exercise or any future public procurement process that the University may conduct.
The University is not liable for any costs, expenses or fees incurred by any party participating in the market testing exercise including (but not limited to) the preparation of expressions of interest responses and subsequent submissions and attendance at the Supplier Day.