PSF294200 - Professional Services Frameworks 2 - Commercial Services

The purpose of this procurement is to establish a Framework Agreement to procure Commercial Services professional consultancy services (the Framework Agreement) for Transport for London (TfL), The Greater London Authority (GLA), and all 32 London borough councils and the City of London.

The procurement is being conducted under the Restricted Procedure pursuant to regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations as amended ("PCR 2015").

The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:

Lot 1 - Estimating and Cost Intelligence

Lot 2 - Quantity Surveying

Lot 3 - Procurement

Lot 4 - Claims Analysis & Management

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award Lot 1 Estimating & Cost Intelligence before the other Lots are awarded on the framework.

The duration of the framework agreement will be 4 years. TfL reserve the right to extend by a further 12 months.

The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a Framework Agreement with the successful supplier(s) , this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. Any orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate contract under the scope of this Framework between the supplier and the specific requesting other contracting body. The Contracting Authority and other contracting bodies utilising the Framework reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.

Additional information:

Transport for London (TfL) reserve the right not to consider expressions of interest received after the closing date/time or received by means other than the portal.

TfL reserves the right at any stage to reject or disqualify or revise the pre-qualified status of any Tenderer who:

1. Provides information or confirmations which later prove to be untrue or incorrect; and/or
2. Does not submit a tender in accordance with the requirements of this ITT or as directed by TfL during the procurement process; and/or
3. Fulfils any one or more of the criteria detailed in Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

This procurement process is being conducted electronically on the e-Tendering portal ProContract fromProactis. The portal can be accessed via the following link:

(https://procontract.due-north.com)

Transport for London (TfL) is a complex organisation operating both as an executive agency of the Greater London Authority (GLA) under the direction of the Mayor of London and as provider of transport services.

The services may be provided to GLA/TfL and/or its subsidiaries and may also encompass London Regional Transport (LRT). TfL will be establishing a framework agreement for use by all London Boroughs (and any future successors to these organisations), City of London and the Greater London Authority and all its Functional Bodies.

Any orders placed under this Framework Agreement will form a separate contract under the scope of this Framework between the supplier and the specific Contracting Authority.

The Contracting Authority and other contracting bodies utilising the Framework reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.

This procurement process is being conducted electronically on the e-Tendering portal ProContract from Proactis. The portal can be accessed via the following link:

(https://procontract.due-north.com)

Interested suppliers must express their interest as soon as possible via the portal to access and download all relevant procurement documents and submit a Standard Selection Questionnaire by the deadline 17:00 on 06 November 2018. If you experience any problems registering on or using the TfL ProContract portal, please contact the ProContract helpdesk directly, as soon as possible, by email to: mailto:ProContractSuppliers@ProActis.com