AP2320 - Legionella Monitoring Contract 2024-31

The Procurement will be conducted in 2 stages: Stage 1 – Selection Stage – Bidders must meet all off the necessary selection criteria and provide answers to the questions asked. The questions will be marked by a panel and the top 5 scoring Bidders who attain PASS marks, will progress on to Stage 2. Stage 2 – Award Stage – Bidders will be evaluated on their submitted prices and answers to specific quality questions in order to achieve a price/quality score. The top scoring Bidder will be invited to enter the Contract. Price will be weighted at 30% and quality will be weighted at 70% of the marks available. Please note: Arc Partnership reserve the right to establish communication with the awarded Contractor, prior to the Contract start date. Full details of the process can be found within the tender documents once the procurement is live. The proposed tender timeline is as follows: Stage 1 (PQQ) to go live 29/01/24 Stage 1 (PQQ) closing date 04/03/24 Stage 2 (ITT) to go live 27/03/24 Stage 2 (ITT) closing date 01/05/24 Estimated contract start date 26/07/24 Please note that SCAPE reserves the right to alter this timetable. These dates are provided for indicative purposes only and whilst SCAPE does not intend to depart from the timetable, it may do so at any time. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operatorsthat are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteriaset out for the procurement.