Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-17
Buyer: Manchester City Council
Country: UK
Region: Greater Manchester
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2016-03-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract will be for 2 years 9 months commencing 1.7.2016 with an option to extend for up to an additional 1 year 3 months. The Council reserves the right not to award a contract as a result of the procurement process initiated by this notice and will not be liable for any costs incurred by candidates. The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest www.the-chest.org.uk to conduct the procurement exercise. To gain access to the invitation to tender documents, tenderers will need to register their company details at the above website. Once registered, tenderers will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the invitation to tender documents. Tenderers will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents and accompanying documentation via the Chest on-line portal by 17:00 hours on the 21.3.2016, as referred to in IV.3.4). Any supplier questions queries will also need to be submitted via the Chest website. The Council welcomes applications from small or medium enterprises. Under the agreement the provider will be required to support the Council's economic and social regeneration objectives. Therefore selection and award criteria, specification requirements and contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have two working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successful resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.

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