Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2016-01-19
Buyer: Home Office
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 60000000 | 63515000 | 79710000: Security services | 79713000: Guard services | 79993000

Technical requirements: There will be an opportunity to attend the Travel Services - Suppliers Industry Day (Phase 2) planned for 4.2.2016; this event is predominantly for parties interested in the provision of Travel Services.
In addition, follow up one-on-one meetings will be offered with Home Office Project representatives. Subject to the total number of interested parties, one-on-one meetings are expected to take place either in the afternoon of 4.2.2016 or on 5.2.2016.
As part of the Travel Services market engagement (Phase 2) interested parties will be requested to provide, where possible, written feedback on certain aspects of the Travel Services tender documentation.
Please note for Travel Services, the initial estimation of 'scheduled date for start of award procedures' was 16.11.2015; this estimation has now been revised to 15.3.2016. Details of the revised competition timescales will be provided on the Travel Services - Suppliers Industry Day.
A separate Suppliers Industry Day is being planned for Escorting Services; details of which will be communicated with the market in due course.
Please note that if you have already expressed an interest for this project/ associated market engagement activities (and have not withdrawn your interest since), you are not required to take any action. You will be contacted via the eSourcing Portal shortly with further information about the second phase of the market engagement for Travel Services or Escorting Services as appropriate.
Under the EU Procurement Directive 2014, the standard notice forms have been changed. In order to comply, the Home Office will re-publish the PIN using the new standard form. For the avoidance of doubt, if you have already expressed an interest you are not required to take any action.
If you have not expressed an interest in this project to date, but wish to participate in market engagement activities either for Travel Services or Escorting Services; the opportunity is still available. The process to express interest and to request further information is set out below:
The Home Office uses an eSourcing toolkit to enable its sourcing activities to be conducted over the internet. In order to express an interest and therefore participate in the market engagement process, please follow the steps set out below.
Any organisation intending to submit an expression of interest must be registered (unless your organisation is already registered) as a supplier with the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) eSourcing Portal. (Please see the timeline for expressing interest to attend the market engagement event referenced below).
To register, visit the portal's login page at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by clicking on the Register for CCS eSourcing link on the portal homepage.
For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite, please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: (+44) 3454102222 or email: supplier@ccs.gsi.gov.uk
Please note that before potential suppliers can be provided with further information regarding this project, they will be required to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and return it to the Home Office.
Once potential suppliers are registered on the CCS portal, they are required to send an email to esprocurement@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk following which they will be linked to the event entitled 'Escorting and Travel Services Re-Procurement Project (NDA)' which will enable them to gain access to the NDA. In their email to esprocurement@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk potential suppliers should include the following details:
- The full name and contact details of the person with whom the Home Office can communicate on this matter.