Framework Agreement for Winter Service Operations Within the Administrative Area of Kirklees

In accordance with (i) Article 57 and 59 to 61 of Directive 2014/24/EU and (ii)Regulations

57 to 61 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), and as set out in the

selection questionnaire ("SQ") available from the address as set out in Section (I.1) of this

notice above, the Council of the Borough of Kirklees acting as the principal contracting

authority reserves the right to refuse any Contractor's application and to exclude its tender

from the evaluation in any of the circumstances as follows:

(i) in the event the completed SQ, supporting information and/or any other tender

submissions are incomplete,inaccurate or misleading or otherwise not submitted in

accordance with the requirements set out in the SQ or any of the other Tender Documents;

and/or;

(ii) for any reason specified in Regulation 57 (Exclusion Grounds) of the Public Contracts

Regulations 2015(SI 2015/102), which requires or permits the principal contracting

authority not to select or to treat any Contractor as an ineligible Contractor; and / or

(iii) Contractors scoring "Fail" in the SQ will not be selected for consideration of their tender

submission.

Section 7 - Modern Slavery Act 2015: Requirements under Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Answering "Yes" to question 7.1 and "No" to Question 7.2 will result in exclusion unless the

Contractor:

(1) can demonstrate that you are legally exempt from the requirement to comply with the

annual reporting requirements contained within section 54 of the Act; or

(2) c…

Contractors must complete Part 3: Section 6 of the SQ.

Contractors must provide details of up to three (3) contracts, in any combination from either

the public or private sector; voluntary, charity or social enterprise("VCSE") that are relevant

to the principal contracting authority's requirements. VCSEs may include samples of grantfunded

work. Contracts for supplies or services should have been performed during the past

three (3) years. The named contact provided should be able to provide written evidence to

the principal contracting authority to confirm the accuracy of the information provided

below. Consortia bids should provide relevant examples of where the consortium has

delivered similar requirements; if this is not possible (e.g. the Consortium is newly formed or

a Special Purpose Vehicle ("SPV") will be created for this contract) then three (3) separate

examples should be provided between the principal member(s) of the proposed Consortium

or SPV (three (3) examples are not required from each member). Where the Contractor is a

SPV, or a Managing Agent not intending to be the main provider of the supplies or services,

the information requested should be provided in respect of the main intended provider(s) or

sub-contractor(s) who will deliver the contract. If the Contractor cannot provide at least one

(1) example for Questions 6.1 see Question 6.3, in no more than five hundred (500)

words,Contractors must provide an explanation for this e.g. is the Contractor's organis…