Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Cleaning and Facilities Services - LCC41411,1

Contract Reference CC/CAS/LCC/24/1700

Lancashire County Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Cleaning Services throughout the county of Lancashire.

The DPS is divided into three individual categories for a range of Services:

• Category 1: Primary Schools / Nurseries with the inclusion of a Site Supervisor provision.
• Category 2: High Schools / Primary Schools / Nurseries without a Site Supervisor provision.
• Category 3: Any other building cleaning without a Site Supervisor provision.

Suppliers can apply for one or more categories, and there is no restriction on the number of categories which a supplier can be appointed to.

The DPS operates completely electronically and all activity, including applications to join the DPS, the issuing of, and responding to Invitations to Tender (mini-competitions) will be conducted through the Authority's electronic tendering (e-tendering) system, the Fusion Supplier Portal - Lancashire County Council

Suppliers can apply to join the DPS at any time during its term and there is no limit on the number of suppliers who can be admitted to the DPS. The DPS comprises two stages:

• Stage 1: Application to join the DPS
  Suppliers wanting to join the DPS are required to complete and submit their application in accordance with the Invitation to Participate.
• Stage 2: Award of contracts
  This stage is commonly referred to as the 'mini-competition' stage where Invitations to Tender are issued and the suppliers who have been admitted to the DPS to bid for contracts to the supply cleaning services.

To participate and join the DPS, applicants are required to submit the following documents with their application:

ITP Appendix 1 - Form of Tender (mandatory return)

ITP Appendix 2 - Selection Questionnaire (mandatory return)

Goods & Services Call-off Terms & Conditions Schedule 6 - Commercially Sensitive Information (optional return)

The above documents can either be download from the published list below or from the document pack issued with the Invitation to participate on the Authority's e-tendering portal (see below).

The completed documents must be returned and uploaded via the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/isupplier/ under Negotiation Number LCC41411,1.

The closing date for initial Applications is 12:00 Noon on 02/02/2025. Once the initial Application process has been completed, the DPS is permanently open to new Applicants who can apply at any time during its term.