Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh, Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers St
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
Contact person: Hayley Bell
E-mail: hayley.bell@ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ed.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
EC1019 – Catering, Hospitality and Events Temporary Agency and Interim Staff
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Catering, Hospitality and Events Temporary Agency and Interim Staff
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79600000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Catering, Hospitality and Events Temporary Agency and Interim Staff
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
03/06/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The publication of a PIN will be used to undertake preliminary market consultation and inform the market of the University’s intention to develop a framework for securing short term resource for catering, hospitality and events.
This PIN is intended to gauge interest from suppliers in order to identify suitable suppliers that ACE can engage with further to explore options. A set of preliminary market consultation/research questions has been created to understand the level of interest within the market in working with UoE to develop this new recruitment framework.
Preliminary Market Consultation/Research
As part of the expression of interest process, suppliers are asked to also submit the following information/documentation. Note the provision of this additional information is optional;
·Case studies / provide example of participation in similar arrangements, ideally within the Higher Education sector (e.g. Master vendor / Neutral Vendor / talent pool, etc)
·Confirmation of access to resource in any or all of the job descriptions as specified above
·Confirmation of ownership of the vetting process of resource to ensure only skilled resource able to carry out the roles are presented to the University
·Awareness of and ability to comply with the relevant information security and data protection and security protocols
·Cost model (e.g., time and materials / fixed annual or monthly service or framework cost, etc) or Indicative day rates for each of the roles that the supplier feels they can resource
This information will be reviewed by the University. Please note that this is not a pre-qualification, selection or a shortlisting process.
Suppliers should send their expressions of interest and above information to:
Hayley Bell, Procurement Manager
Email: Hayley.Bell@ed.ac.uk
Suppliers should mark their email with ‘EC1019 – Catering, Hospitality and Events Temporary Agency and Interim Staff - Expression of Interest.’ The deadline for Expressions of Interest & submission of Information/Documentation is 15th April 2024
For further details please see additional information within the documents section.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=761942.
(SC Ref:761942)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/03/2024