Security services solution

2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (herein referred to as "our" or "us" or "we") was formed in April 2018 as a new, wholly owned subsidiary company of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust"). We provide essential support services to the Trust, from facilities and property management to catering, procurement and portering.

We are seeking to appoint a professional, competent and suitably experienced provider to deliver an effective security services solution across our core customer's hospitals sites all year round basis.

Further information about the requirements, including how the contract will be awarded, is available from the published Tender Pack within the Suppliers Document section of the Atamis e-sourcing portal.

If you are a professional, competent and suitably experienced security services solution provider, are capable of delivering the requirements described within the Tender Pack and interested in helping support us, then you are invited to submit a bid in accordance with the instructions set out in the Additional information section of this notice.

Additional information:

2gether's Procurement services aims to improve security services practices and make them more efficient and sustainable, to save on cost, improve hospital function, and reduce the impact on the environment in line with NHS net zero carbon commitments.

Whilst making efficiency savings in this area of expenditure is significantly important to 2gether's Procurement services, other service delivery improvements are also required, including reducing the overall barriers to entry to encourage greater interest and competition from the market - irrespective of bidder size, niche ability or differing service model offering.

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

This contract opportunity may be used by other Contracting Authorities including any of the following:

1a) other public sector bodies located in, or around, Kent and Medway, including Clinical Commissioning Groups or GP Practices and any other provider of primary medical services; or local authorities or NHS Foundation Trusts / NHS Trusts; or social enterprises or subsidiary companies of any of the above; and

1b) any statutory and any other successor organisations to the above and any of the foregoing contracting authorities.

The Contracting Authority reserves not to award the contract opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice.

Tenderers should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the procurement documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.

The Contracting Authority will not accept completed ITT's after the stated closing date. All documents to be priced (where applicable) in sterling and all payments made in sterling.

All tender costs and liabilities incurred by Bidders shall be the sole responsibility of that Bidder.

For information on the review procedure bidders are referred to Regulation 86 (Notice of decision to award a contract or conclude a framework agreement); Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulation 91 to 102 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).

Following any decision to award the concession contract, the contracting authority will providing debriefing information to unsuccessful bidders (in accordance with Regulation 86 of the PCR 2015) and observe a minimum ten day standstill period (in accordance with Regulation 87 of the PCR 2015) before the contract is entered into.