Official UK procurement notice
HCC - 07/23 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for the Provision of HR Pay and Reward Staff Benefits – Cycle to Work Scheme
Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council currently has a contract for the provision of standard services for the salary sacrifice and employee benefits – cycle to work. This initial contract term is until 1 September 2024.The scheme is with a national supplier who provides staff with the option to use local providers, if that is their preference, for the purchasing of bikes and equipment. The scheme has been successful in recent years and there is always a lot of interest when an applications ‘window’ is opened.The Council wish to ensure that they have explored all Cycle to Work initiatives and providers in order to be confident that the current scheme continues to offer employees great value for money. Plus enable the Council, to create a cleaner, greener, and more environmentally sustainable county.
CPV: Bicycles · Recreational, cultural and sporting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Hertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market…Planned
Hertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement ("PPME") for the provision of HR Pay & Reward Staff Benefits – Cycle to Work Scheme.The Council is seeking input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping any future opportunity for contracts. This input will help inform any resultant procurement process.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.Further information can be found within the attached documentation. You are invited to submit a completed questionnaire by 12 noon on 18th August 2023Please log in or register at in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/… ↗
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jul 2023, 15:15 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jul 2023, 15:15 BST
- Authority reference
HCC - 07/23 - PPME C2W Scheme- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-020149- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e19dFind a Tender
Publisher note: In order to participate in this PPME, organisations must submit their completed Supplier Questionnaire, together with any supporting documents, through the In-Tend system by the return deadline of 12.00 Noon 18th August 2023Please make sure that you have submitted your Supplier Questionnaire following the instructions above. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Supplier Questionnaire. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.If you are experiencing problems In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK support desk which can be contacted via email: [email protected] or Telephone: +44 1144070065 for any website/technical questions, Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:00.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Jul 2023 → 13 Jul 2023 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected13 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published13 Jul 2023, 15:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.