Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Website Development

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is looking to receive quotations from suitably qualified bidders to develop a website for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as detailed in the specification. For a full specification for this opportunity, please register you interest. Once you have done this, you will need to go back into 'My Opportunities' then find Knowsley MBC then locate this opportunity. Click on the blue hyperlink (usually the contract ID) this will take you into the response wizard. To develop a website for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority that will meet the requirements of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as detailed in the specification PLEASE NOTE: This request for quotation will be marked on 70% Quality and 30% Price. Suppliers are advised to clarify any points of doubt or difficulty relating to the documentation before submitting their response. Any queries should be submitted through the question and answer function via The Chest (Pro-Contract) e-tendering system. Please refer to previously asked questions before asking a question as duplicate questions will not be answered. Both questions and answers will either be made public on The Chest or responded to directly to the originator depending on the content. It is your responsibility to ensure that the completed submission is uploaded successfully on The Chest by the deadline specified below: Deadline for Questions in relation to this RFQ: Wednesday 24th June at 5pm Deadline for Submission of this RFQ: Friday 26th June 2015 at 9:30am Proposed Presentation date for this RFQ: Week Commencing 6th July 2015 Website Launch Date: Thursday 1st October 2015 Bidders must ensure that all documentation is received on time. Please bear in mind fluctuations in connectivity or the uploading of larger documents can mean that the process takes longer than anticipated. Any questionnaires submitted or submitted incomplete by the stated deadline time and date will be discarded. It is the responsibility of the bidder to meet the deadline. In submitting your quotation you agree to contract on the Council's own terms and conditions. Due to the Council's obligations of fairness and equal treatment to all bidders it cannot accept amendments to its terms and conditions or alternative terms and conditions. If you seek to amend the Council's terms and conditions or submit alternative terms and conditions the Council may reject your quotation.

Additional information: The procurement will be conducted via 'The Chest', operated by Due North, which is the North West portal for tender/business opportunities. All tender documentation and correspondence will be issued electronically via this portal. Any interested Bidders must ensure their organisation is registered on The Chest in order to access the tender documentation. Please use the link below to register for free and you will be able to download the tender documentation when it becomes available and receive alerts for future opportunities within your supplier interest categories; www.the-chest.org.uk If you have any difficulties in registering on The Chest then please contact the Due North support team on 0845 293 0459 (08:30 - 17:30) or via [email protected]