Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
Contact
Miss Bethany Gray
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
1054 - Container and Access Step Maintenance
Reference number
DN715930
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council (ECC) is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) update as notice to engage with the market and offer a Bidders Event focused on using ProContract, the Authority's e-Sourcing portal. The aim of this session is to enable potential bidders who are unfamiliar with the ProContract platform to learn how to register to use the platform, as well as to provide an overview on how to find and respond to the future tender opportunity, and how to ask any clarification questions during the tender period.
A timetable of two (2) available sessions has been provided below for potential bidders to select from - please note that both sessions will cover the same content. The Council intends for these to be group sessions with all participants anonymous. Participants will be able to ask questions via a Q&A function throughout the session.
Alternatively a 30 minute instructional video is also available should potential bidders be unable to attend either session below but still require assistance familiarising themselves with the portal.
To register your interest and book a group session; or request a copy of the instructional video, please email wasteservice.procurement@essex.gov.uk
Timetable for Virtual Meetings via Teams:
Friday 26th April 2024 - 3pm-4pm
Monday 29th April 2024 - 9am-10am
It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.
It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information sharing exercise.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-008867
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
DEFAULT
seven.2) Other additional information
Essex County Council (ECC) is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) update as notice to engage with the market and offer a Bidders Event focused on using ProContract, the Authority's e-Sourcing portal. The aim of this session is to enable potential bidders who are unfamiliar with the ProContract platform to learn how to register to use the platform, as well as to provide an overview on how to find and respond to the future tender opportunity, and how to ask any clarification questions during the tender period.
A timetable of two (2) available sessions has been provided below for potential bidders to select from - please note that both sessions will cover the same content. The Council intends for these to be group sessions with all participants anonymous. Participants will be able to ask questions via a Q&A function throughout the session.
Alternatively a 30 minute instructional video is also available should potential bidders be unable to attend either session below but still require assistance familiarising themselves with the portal.
To register your interest and book a group session; or request a copy of the instructional video, please email wasteservice.procurement@essex.gov.uk
Timetable for Virtual Meetings via Teams:
Friday 26th April 2024 - 3pm-4pm
Monday 29th April 2024 - 9am-10am
It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.
It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information sharing exercise.