Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-03-04
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48000000 | 66000000 | 72000000 | 72400000

Technical requirements: There is a need to evaluate how we conduct the Single Person Discount Review in Hertfordshire, and how it is delivered. The previous contract was awarded 5 years ago and stakeholders are keen to see how the market has developed and progressed in that time.
The Council is seeking suitably qualified contractors to complete a supplier questionnaire which will help shape and inform the Council's decisions moving forward.
—Submission of the Provider Questionnaire (please see Appendix A — separate MS Word document). Provider Questionnaires must be received by 12 noon, 29.3.2016.
To participate in this pre-procurement market engagement, organisations must submit their completed Provider Questionnaire, together with any supporting documents, through the In-Tend system by the return deadline of 12 noon on 29.3.2016. Provider Questionnaires cannot be uploaded after the closing date/time.
The Council submits a Prior Information Notice to the OJEU setting out its purchasing intentions — 2.3.2016
The Council's eTendering system, In-Tend, enables questions and answers to be exchanged via the email facility.
Any queries regarding this process must be submitted via the In-Tend system by the deadline stated above. Although the source of any questions will be kept confidential, both the query itself and the Council's response may be shared with the other interested parties at its sole discretion.
The Council will seek to respond within 3 working days via the In-Tend system but gives no guarantee that it will respond at all.
The information in this document and the related appendix is solely for the purpose of the Council's pre-procurement market engagement and no representation, warranty, or undertaking is given by the Council as to its accuracy or completeness, and the Council accepts no liability in relation to this.
No information contained in the documents or in any communication made between the Council and any provider in connection with its pre-procurement market engagement shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be awarded.
The Council will not treat as confidential, any information submitted in response to this process, and respondents should note that the Council is subject to the requirements under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and may be obliged to disclose responses.
Participation in the pre-procurement market engagement will be at each provider's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council.
Please answer all questions fully as possible i.e. within each response area provided. Please limit your response to each question to a maximum of 2 sides of A4. Any questions which you feel are not relevant; please enter ‘Not Applicable’. Company brochures or other general marketing information should not be attached in addition to this.
Any supporting documents must be cross-referenced to the relevant question. If the Council requires further information concerning your response, your organisation will be contacted. However, please provide full details and answer all questions, as the Council reserves the right not to ask organisations for any further information.
If you have any queries regarding the Provider Questionnaire or any of aspects of the pre-procurement market engagement please send your enquiry using the Council's In-Tend system. Please note that all queries must be submitted within the stated deadline (i.e. set out in section 8.7 of the document).