United Kingdom-Nottingham: Protective and safety clothing

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 016-023783/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Efficiency East Midlands Ltd
Pure Offices, Icon Business Centre, Lake View Drive, Sherwood Park
Nottingham
Postal code: NG15 0DT
United Kingdom
For the attention of: Simon Pate
Phone: +44 1158762091
Email: simon.pate@nottinghamcityhomes.org.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.efficiency-em.co.uk
Electronic access to information: www.delta-esourcing.com
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.delta-esourcing.com
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity: General public services,Health,Housing and community amenities,Education
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: Yes
A1 Housing Bassetlaw Limited
Hundred Acre Lane, Worksop
Nottingham
Postal code: S81 0TS
United Kingdom
ACIS Housing Group Ltd
57 Bridge Street
Gainsborough
Postal code: DN21 1GG
United Kingdom
Amber Valley Borough Council
Town Hall
Ripley
Postal code: DE5 3BT
United Kingdom
Ashfield Homes Limited
Broadway, Brook Street
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Postal code: NG17 1AL
United Kingdom
Ashfield District Council
Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Nottingham
Postal code: NG17 8DA
United Kingdom
Asra Housing Association Ltd
3 Bede Island Road
Leicester
Postal code: LE2 7EA
United Kingdom
Bassetlaw District Council
Queen’s Buildings, Potter Street, Nottinghamshire

Worksop
Postal code: S80 2AH
United Kingdom
Bolsover District Council
Sherwood Lodge
Bolsover
Postal code: S44 6NF
United Kingdom
Broxtowe Borough Council
Foster Avenue, Beeston
Nottingham
Postal code: NG9 1AB
United Kingdom
Cambridge City Council
The Guildhall, Market Square
Cambridge
Postal code: CB2 2AZ
United Kingdom
Charnwood Borough Council
Southfield Road
Loughborough
Postal code: LE11 2TN
United Kingdom
Chesterfield Borough Council
Town Hall, Rose Hill
Chesterfield
Postal code: S40 1LP
United Kingdom
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Calow, Derbyshire
Chesterfield
Postal code: S44 5BL
United Kingdom
City of Lincoln Council
City Hall, Beaumont Fee
Lincoln
Postal code: LN1 1DD
United Kingdom
Community Building Services (CBS) Ltd
12 Elstree Way, Herts
Borehamwood
Postal code: WD6 1JE
United Kingdom
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
Postal code: CV1 5FB
United Kingdom
Derby City Council
The Council House, Corporation Street
Derby
Postal code: DE21 2FS
United Kingdom
Derby Homes Limited
The Council House, Corporation Street
Derby
Postal code: DE21 2FS
United Kingdom
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Town Hall, Bank Road
Matlock
Postal code: DE4 3NN
United Kingdom
Derwent Living
No 1 Centrio Place, Pride Park
Derby
Postal code: DE24 8RF
United Kingdom
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Council House, Priory Road
Dudley
Postal code: DY1 1HF
United Kingdom
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire
Sherwood Lodge Drive, Arnold
Nottingham
Postal code: NG5 8PP
United Kingdom
Futures Housing Group
Asher House, Asher Lane, Derbyshire
Ripley
Postal code: DE5 3SW
United Kingdom
Gedling Homes
Cavendish 249, Cavendish Street, Cheshire
Ashton-under-Lyne
Postal code: OL6 7AT
United Kingdom
Gloucester City Homes
Railway House, Bruton Way
Gloucester
Postal code: GL1 1DG
United Kingdom
Golden Lane Housing Ltd
West Point, 501 Chester Road
Manchester
Postal code: M16 9HU
United Kingdom
Guinness Property
30 Brock Street, Regent’s Place
London
Postal code: NW1 3FG
United Kingdom
Helena Partnership Ltd
Helena Central, 4 Corporation Street, St Helens
Merseyside
Postal code: WA9 1LD
United Kingdom
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Council Offices, Argents Mead, Leicestershire
Hinckley
Postal code: LE10 1BZ
United Kingdom
Kettering Borough Council
Municipial Offices, Bowling Green Road
Kettering
Postal code: NN15 7QX
United Kingdom
Leicester City Council
New Walk Centre, Welford Place
Leicester
Postal code: LE1 6ZG
United Kingdom
London Borough of Hillingdon
Civic Centre, High Street, Middlesex
Uxbridge
Postal code: UB8 1UW
United Kingdom
Mansfield District Council
Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South
Mansfield
Postal code: NG19 7BH
United Kingdom
Metropolitan Housing Trust
The Grange, 100 High Street
London
Postal code: N14 6PW
United Kingdom
Midland Heart Ltd
20 Bath Row
Birmingham
Postal code: B15 1LZ
United Kingdom
Newark and Sherwood District Council
Kelham Hall, Kelham, Nottinghamshire
Newark
Postal code: NG23 5QX
United Kingdom
Newark and Sherwood Homes Limited
Kelham Hall, Kelham, Nottinghamshire
Newark
Postal code: NG23 5QX
United Kingdom
North East Derbyshire District Council
Mill Lane, Wingerworth
Chesterfield
Postal code: S42 6NT
United Kingdom
North West Leicestershire District Council
Council Offices, Whitwick Road, Leicestershire
Coalville
Postal code: LE67 3JF
United Kingdom
Nottingham City Homes Ltd
Loxley House, Station Street
Nottingham
Postal code: NG2 3NJ
United Kingdom
Nottingham Community Housing Association
12/14 Pelham Road, Sherwood Rise
Nottingham
Postal code: NG5 1AP
United Kingdom
Nottingham County Council
County Hall, West Bridgford
Nottingham
Postal code: NG2 7QP
United Kingdom
Nottingham Trent University
Burton Street
Nottingham
Postal code: NG1 4BU
United Kingdom
Rockingham Forest Housing Association
St Peters House, 101 Wellingborough Road
Rushden
Postal code: NN10 9YL
United Kingdom
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Civic Centre, Pavilion Road, West Bridgford
Nottingham
Postal code: NG2 5FE
United Kingdom
Rykneld Homes Ltd
Pioneer House, Mill Lane, Wingerworth
Chesterfield
Postal code: S42 6NT
United Kingdom
South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne
Cambridge
Postal code: CB23 6EA
United Kingdom
South Derbyshire District Council
Civic Offices, Civic Way, Derbyshire
Swadlincote
Postal code: DE11 0AH
United Kingdom
South Holland District Council
Priory Road
Spalding
Postal code: PE11 2XE
United Kingdom
Tuntum Housing Association
90 Beech Avenue, New Basford
Nottingham
Postal code: NG7 7LW
United Kingdom
Viridian Housing
Colwell House, 376 Clapham Road
London
Postal code: SW9 9AR
United Kingdom
Walsall Council
The Civic Centre
Walsall
Postal code: WS1 1TP
United Kingdom
Walsall Housing Group
100 Hatherton Street
Walsall
Postal code: WS1 1AB
United Kingdom
Wellingborough Homes
Thompson Court, 9f Silver Street
Wellingborough
Postal code: NN8 1BQ
United Kingdom
Westworks Procurement Ltd
The National Self Build and Refurbishment Centre, Lydiard Fields, Great Western Way
Swindon
Postal code: SN5 8UB
United Kingdom
NSAH (Alliance Homes) Ltd
40 Martingale Way
Portishead
Postal code: BS20 7AW
United Kingdom
Aster Group
Sarsen Court, Horton Avenue, Cannings Hill, Wiltshire
Devizes
Postal code: SN10 2AZ
United Kingdom
Bournemouth Borough Council
Town Hall, St Stephens Hill, Bournemouth
Dorset
Postal code: BH2 6DY
United Kingdom
Curo Group
The Maltings, River Place, Lower Bristol Road
Bath
Postal code: BA2 1EP
United Kingdom
Housing Solutions Ltd
Housing Solutions, Crown House, Crown Square, Waldeck Road
Maidenhead
Postal code: SL6 8BY
United Kingdom
Knightstone Housing Association Ltd
Part of Arcadia Housing Limited, Station Road, Worle
Weston-super-Mare
Postal code: BS22 6AP
United Kingdom
Merlin Housing Society Ltd
Building 1, Riverside Court, Bowling Hill, Chipping Sodbury
Bristol
Postal code: BS37 6JX
United Kingdom
Oxford City Council
Town Hall, St Aldate’s
Oxford
Postal code: OX1 1BX
United Kingdom
Selwood Housing Society Ltd
Bryer Ash Business Park, Bradford Road, Wiltshire
Trowbridge
Postal code: BA14 8RT
United Kingdom
Shepherd’s Bush Housing Association Ltd
Mulliner House, Flanders Road
Chiswick
Postal code: W4 1NN
United Kingdom
Solon South West Housing Association Ltd
1 Newfoundland Court, St Paul Street
Bristol
Postal code: BS2 8AN
United Kingdom
Sovereign Housing Association Ltd
Woodlands, 90 Bartholomew Street, Berkshire
Newbury
Postal code: RG14 5EE
United Kingdom
Stonewater Limited
Suite C Lancaster House, Grange Business Park, Enderby Road, Whetstone
Leicester
Postal code: LE8 6EP
United Kingdom
Stroud District Council
Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf
Stroud
Postal code: GL5 4UB
United Kingdom
Winchester City Council
City Offices, Colebrook Street
Winchester
Postal code: SO23 9LJ
United Kingdom
Yarlington Housing Group
Lupin Way
Yeovil
Postal code: BA22 8WN
United Kingdom
Advantage South West
Yarlington House, Alvington
Yeovil
Postal code: BA22 8WN
United Kingdom
Coastline Housing Ltd
Coastline Housing, 4 Barncoose Gateway Park, Redruth
Cornwall
Postal code: TR15 3RQ
United Kingdom
DCH Group
The Mount, 72 Paris Street
Exeter
Postal code: EX1 2JZ
United Kingdom
East Devon District Council
Council Offices, Knowle, Station Road
Sidmouth
Postal code: EX10 8HL
United Kingdom
Magna Housing Group Ltd
Hollands House, Poundbury Road, Dorchester
Dorset
Postal code: DT1 1SW
United Kingdom
North Devon Homes Ltd
Westacott Road
Barnstaple
Postal code: EX32 8TA
United Kingdom
Ocean Housing Ltd
Stennack House, Stennack Road, Holmbush
St Austell
Postal code: PL25 3SW
United Kingdom
Taunton Deane Borough Council
The Deane House, Belvedere Road, Somerset
Taunton
Postal code: TA1 1HE
United Kingdom
Teign Housing
Millwood House, Templars Wharf, Collett Way, Newton Abbot
Devon
Postal code: TQ12 4PH
United Kingdom
United Communities Housing Association Ltd
Ground Floor, Eden House, 10 Eastgate Office Park, Eastgate Road
Bristol
Postal code: BS5 6XY
United Kingdom
Westward Housing Group
Templar House, Collett Way, Newton Abbot
Devon
Postal code: TQ1 3HF
United Kingdom
Exeter City Council
Civic Centre, Paris Street, Exeter
Devon
Postal code: EX1 1JN
United Kingdom

Section II: Object of the contract:
II.1) Description:
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
Supply of Personal Protective Equipment and Site Services Equipment.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
Type of supplies contract: Purchase
Nuts code: UK
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS):
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement:
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 200 000 and 8 000 000 GBP
II.1.5) Short description of the specific contract:
Protective and safety clothing. Protective headgear. Footwear incorporating a protective metal toecap. Protective goggles. Cleaning products. Work gloves. Gloves. Disposable gloves. Brooms and brushes and other articles for household cleaning. Cleaning cloths. Cleaning and polishing products. Our Members have varying requirements for the supply of personal protective equipment and site equipment supplies. This framework is being developed to assist Members to procure specific items relating to personal protective equipment and site equipment supplies. EEM members are predominantly within the East Midlands but not exclusively so and may have requirements in other parts of England and Wales. The consortia is owned by our members which include Housing Associations, ALMO’s, Local Authorities and bodies from the wider public sector. A full list of current EEM members is provided in Annex A.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 35113400, 18444000, 18831000, 33735100, 39830000, 18141000, 18424000, 18424300, 39224300, 39525800, 39800000
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): NO
II.1.8) Lots:
The contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.9) Information about variants:
Variants will be accepted:
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract:
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
The total potential value of this Framework is 200 000 GBP to 8 000 000 GBP. Please note that this is the total potential value for the full 4-year framework and takes into consideration that EEM membership may grow over the life of the Framework. The individual call off contracts currently expected are between 3 000 GBP per annum and 90 000 GBP per annum.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 200 000 and 8 000 000 GBP
II.2.2) Information about options:
II.2.3) Information about renewals:
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract:
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
The successful Contractors may be required to provide a performance bond or parent company guarantee. Full details of requirements will be set out in the procurement documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Details of the financing conditions and payment arrangements will be set out in the procurement documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Jointly and Severally liable.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions:
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2) Conditions for participation:
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
The information and formalities set out in Directive 2014/24/EU and Regulations 56 to 64 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as set out in the procurement documents. The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice.
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (c) A statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
The information and formalities set out in Directive 2014/24/EU and Regulations 56 to 64 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as set out in the procurement documents. The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: In order to pass, your organisation must have a turnover of at least 2 times the average call off contract value which is 400 000 GBP.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
The information and formalities set out in Directive 2014/24/EU and Regulations 56 to 64 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as set out in the procurement documents. The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice.
III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts:
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts:
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession:
III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
IV.2) Award criteria:
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction:
IV.3) Administrative information:
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity:
EEM0023
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
22.02.2016 – 13:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
EN
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening of tenders:

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: No
VI.2) Information about European Union funds:
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. This Contract Notice has been published by Efficiency East Midlands Limited (‘EEM’) on behalf of their members and the other organisations described below as being Authorised Users. EEM is incorporated as companies limited by guarantee. The Framework Agreements being procured by the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice will be entered by EEM as the Contracting Authorities which will have undertaken and completed that procurement exercise. Any reference in this Contract Notice to Contracting Authority is deemed to be and include a reference to EEM.
The current members of EEM are detailed in Annexe A. All of the current members are to be regarded as Contracting Authorities under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice and Authorised Users entitled to access and use the Framework Agreements to be awarded at conclusion of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice.
The Authorised Users of the Framework Agreements being advertised by this Contract Notice and entitled to access and use the Framework Agreements to be awarded at conclusion of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice are:
1. Any current EEM Member — being an organisation which is a member of EEM at the date of this Contract Notice and being one of the organisations identified in Annex A; and
2. Any Future Member of EEM — being an organisation which has applied to join and has joined EEM as a member in accordance with the constitutional documents of EEM and in respect of which such organisation notice has been given to the economic operators that are a party to the Framework Agreements awarded at conclusion of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice that such organisation is an Authorised User. Future EEM Members may include consortia made up of organisations which would themselves individually be a Future EEM Member and may include any special purpose vehicle (of whatever nature) owned and controlled by the consortia members and would include in those circumstances the individual consortia members of the special purpose vehicle that own and control that special purpose vehicle; and
3. An EEM Participant — being an organisation based within England or Wales which is neither a current EEM Member (as defined at 1 above) nor a Future Member of EEM (as defined at 2 above) but in all cases is a contracting authority under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and which owns and/or maintains/manages housing stock in one or more geographic area in which it operates and is a local authority i.e. a County, Metropolitan (City), District or Borough Council or a Unitary Authority in England or Wales or is an Arm’s Length Management Organisation (‘ALMO’) or any statutory replacement or successor organisation managed by such local authority under a management agreement under section 27 of the Housing Act 1985 (or subsequent legislation) or is a provider of social housing registered as a registered provider with the Homes and Communities Agency or as a registered social landlord with the Welsh Ministers or (in the case of EEM) is an NHS Trust (which includes Acute Trusts, Mental Trusts, Care Services Trusts and Ambulance Trusts) or organisation, police authority, fire authority, ambulance trust, university, higher education or further education college or other public sector organisation and in all cases in respect of any such contracting authority organisation notice has been given by EEM to the economic operators that are a party to the Framework Agreements awarded at conclusion of the procurement exercise being advertised by this Contract Notice that such organisation is an Authorised User of the Framework Agreements, EEM Participants may include consortia made up of organisations which would themselves individually be an EEM Participant and may include any special purpose vehicle (of whatever nature) owned and controlled by the consortia members and would include in those circumstances the individual consortia members of that special purpose vehicle that own and control that special purpose vehicle.
Details of the Members of EEM at the date of this Contract Notice and the current Authorised Users can be obtained from the following website address www.efficiency-em.co.uk
For the purpose of this Notice, the geographical area of local authorities and the names of those authorities are identifiable by reference to the DirectGov website at www.gov.uk. A full list of all current registered providers can be found at www.homesandcommunities.gov.uk
A full list of all registered providers can be found at www.homesandcommunities.gov.uk and of all current registered social landlords can be found atwww.gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales
A full list of NHS organisations can be found at:
www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx
www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx
www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx
www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx
A full list of educational establishments including Universities, Higher Education colleges and Further Education colleges can be found at and
Reference to legislation in this Contract Notice includes successor and/or replacement legislation.
EEM reserves the right not to award any Framework Agreements at the end of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice or to award only part of parts of the proposed works and reserves the right not to award any one or more Lot.
The Authorised Users will have requirements predominantly within the East Midlands but not exclusively so and may in the future have requirements in other parts of England and Wales. Authorised Users in other parts of England and Wales may also access and use the Framework Agreements to be awarded at conclusion of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice. The successful economic operators may therefore expect the Framework Agreements to be awarded at conclusion of this procurement exercise to be operated and implemented throughout England and Wales.
EEM operates a range of existing supply chain arrangements with which successful economic operators will need to interface. Framework Agreements may be awarded on a multi client as well as a single client basis with the facility for Authorised Users to join both.
Organisations expressing interest and receiving PQQ documents should be aware that TUPE legislation may apply to the arrangements which are being advertised by this Contract Notice; EEM for themselves and all Authorised Users express no view or opinion about whether TUPE legislation will or will not apply and all organisations expressing interest in response to publication of this Contract Notice and selected to be invited to tender must take their own legal and other relevant advice at all Stages.
EEM reserve the right to amend the procurement documents prior to issuing the ITT for whatever reason and in response to comments and observations received from interested economic operators.
The Call Off Contracts to be awarded pursuant to the Framework Agreements to be entered at conclusion of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice may extend for a duration of up to 2 years beyond expiry of the four year term of the Framework Agreements.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
GO Reference: GO-2016121-PRO-7609367.
VI.4) Procedures for appeal:
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
Postal code: WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 2079476000
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
Postal code: WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 2079476000
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum ten calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract to be awarded at conclusion of the procurement exercise begun by publication of this Contract Notice is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by breach of those regulations to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Generally, any such action must be brought within thirty days from the date the aggrieved party knew or ought to have known about the alleged breach. Where the contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the Award Decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the court may only award damages or where the award procedures have not been followed correctly may in certain circumstances declare the Contract to be ‘ineffective’.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
The Cabinet Office
Correspondance Team, Cabinet Office, Whitehall
London
Postal code: SW1A 2AS
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 2072761234
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
21.01.2016