The Contracting Authority operates an In House Contractor (IHC) across the group and a Direct Labour Organisation (DLO)in its Moorlands subsidiary.
A minimum of 8 333 333 GBP of the total anticipated framework value will be allocated to the IHC and DLO throughout the duration of the contract. The Contracting Authority has the aspiration to grow the delivery capacity of the IHC over the contract period and therefore at the Contracting Authority's discretion further works may be allocated to the IHC or DLO. Should the IHC or DLO fail to perform this volume may be added to the successful Service Provider(s) programme.
During the Framework Agreement, it is anticipated that there may be fluctuations in stock numbers linked to divestment and potential mergers by the Contracting Authority. Known divestment plans have already been removed from this OJEU notice.
In parallel to this procurement, procedures and systems are being developed to work alongside the investment programme. This will include but not limited to electronic workflow through Keystone Planned Maintenance, Orchard and a new purchase to pay system.
The Service Provider(s) appointed pursuant to this procurement will observe the terms of any contracts entered pursuant to it, and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to terminate any such contract, or bring to an end any partially complete works package, for failure on the part of a Service Provider to satisfactorily achieve any performance levels or requirements.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Contracting Authority reserves the absolute right not to call off works or vary volumes detailed in this contract notice for any reason including but not limited to a change of budget allocation by the Board of the Contracting Authority or a re-allocation of works to another Service Provider, including the Contracting Authority's In House Contractor or Direct Labour Organisation.
Save for any mandatory periods, the timescales indicated in this notice are approximate and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to amend the same.
Please note: Fully completed and returned selection questionnaires will be used to select those Service Providers invited to the next stage of the process.
There is no guarantee that any Service Provider will be awarded services under the framework agreement and the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award all or part of the services only.
Service Providers shall note that the duration of the framework agreement shall be four years but that call off contracts awarded pursuant to those framework agreements may last longer than the duration of the framework agreements.
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authority must consider:
How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and
How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being. These priorities are described in the procurement documents and are reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract.
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(MT Ref:178090).