Provision of Gritting & Snow Clearance Service

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Procurement Department

200 Lichfield Lane

                                                                                                                                                       Mansfield

                                                                                                                                             Nottinghamshire

                                                                                                                                                       NG18 4RG

 

                                                                                                                               Tel: 0115 9691300 x 14004

 

3^rd July 2015

                                               

 

Dear Sirs

 

Invitation to Tender for the provision of Gritting & Snow Clearance Services

EUS Tender Ref:   20893

Call for competition:  OJEU reference TBC

 

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is issuing an invitation to tender ("ITT") in connection with a competitive procurement of the provision of Gritting & Snow Clearance Services. The ITT comprises the following documents:

 

Section A – Instructions and information
1	Introduction and background
2	Tender timetable
3	Instructions to Bidders
4	Tender evaluation methodology and criteria
Annex A1	NHS Terms and Conditions
Section B – Tender Schedules (to be returned by Bidders)
Annex B1	Eligibility questions and responses
Annex B2	Specification
Annex B3	Tender Response Document
Annex B4	Commercial Schedule (As per Appendix A)
Annex B5	Confidential and commercially sensitive information
Annex B6	Administrative instructions
Annex B7	Form of Tender
EU Supply Quick Start for Bidders	Suppliers Quick Start Guide for Responding to Online Tenders
Sid4Gov Supplier User Guide	The Trust shall use D&B Duns Numbers to assess financial standing – Please ensure your organisation is registered with Sid4Gov.
Additional Information
Appendix A	Schedule of Service and Pricing Matrix
Appendix B	List of Sites
Appendix C	List of Priorities
Appendix D	Site Plans

 

Copies of these documents are available on the EU-Supply.com e-tendering portal used by the Authority for this procurement ("the e-Tendering Portal").

1.     All responses must be written in English (or a full English translation should be provided at no additional cost).

 

2.     All responses must be submitted in accordance with the documentation provided. This must not be amended in any way.

 

3.     The response documents in Section B of the ITT must be fully completed and submitted exclusively via the EU Supply e-procurement portal no later than 12:00 on 7^th August 2015 Responses may not be submitted by any other means (e.g. Post, fax, email)

 

4.     Questions may be submitted via the EU Supply e-procurement portal until 12.00 on

22^nd July 2015.  We are unable to guarantee to provide a response to questions asked after this time, though all reasonable efforts will be made.

 

If you have any queries relating to this ITT, please see the contact details set out in Section A of the ITT.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Chris Dwyer

Senior Procurement Category Manager

For and on behalf of

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust