Gladstone Street Housing - AWARD

Gladstone Street Housing

This Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (“PQQ”) document has been produced to enable Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (“the Authority”) to identify and shortlist six suitable economic operators which in the Authority’s opinion meet the required minimum standards and whom will be invited to tender for the construction of new residential dwellings at Gladstone Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, at an agreed price and specification and in accordance with the terms and conditions which will be established and accepted.

For the purpose of undertaking this procurement exercise, the Authority is following the restricted procedure. This process will comprise of two stages.

1. Identification of suitable potential economic operators through this PQQ; and 2. Appointment of a single economic operator by a single stage competitive tender with the contract being awarded on the basis of a 100% price.

A maximum of six Applicants which meet the defined minimum selection criteria and achieve the highest scores from the scored selection criteria will be invited to tender. If an Applicant fails to meet any of the minimum selection criteria the Authority will not evaluate that PQQ submission further. If there is a joint score in 6th place then all Applicants on the joint score will be invited to tender stage.

It is the Authority’s intention to appoint a single economic operator to fulfil this contract.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to PQQ or other related documents.

In Order To View a On-Line Questionnaire (if applicable) or Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire that you do so from a notepad document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date 15:00 Hrs on Monday 25th April 2016