In conjunction with other councils in the north west region, Bury Council is in the process of introducing a procurement portal called The Chest which has been developed for the 47 council's in the north west by the Regional Centre of Excellence.
The Chest will enable suppliers to register online and receive e-mail notification of upcoming council opportunities. The Chest also comes complete with an electronic tendering system that will enable suppliers to receive and submit tenders electronically via a secure and fully audited system. There is no charge to suppliers for using this system. Existing and potential suppliers will be able to:
- view forthcoming contract opportunities on-line;
- register an interest; and
- receive and submit quotations, pre-qualification questionnaires and tenders electronically.
The Chest portal and e-tendering system is hosted by Due North our software provider for this service. Whilst the system is currently in its infancy with only limited opportunities available at the present time we are working with all council departments to develop the system and make more tender opportunities available electronically.
To access the portal please click the following link The Chest
Subject to the value of the contract Bury Council will also advertise its own contracts in local newspapers such as The Bury Times. In some instances adverts will also be placed in trade journals appropriate to the nature of the contract and in Contrax Weekly. In addition contracts over the EU threshold will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). These contracts can be viewed at: http://www.ted.eur-op.eu.int/
Current opportunities
Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Bury Primary Care Trust, as lead authority for the Bury, Tameside and Glossop NHS LIFT Project, have now completed their procurement exercise and appointed Community Solutions for Primary Care (“CSPC”) as their private sector partner to participate and invest in this new Public Private Partnership (PPP).
In addition to construction and property management services, the partnership vehicle will also be required to provide related facilities management services such as building maintenance, cleaning and security services. CSPC’s supply chain partners include Bluestone plc (Design & Construction) and Integral UK (Facilities Management).
Organisations with relevant experience and technical capacity who are interested in learning more about this potential opportunity / who may wish to be considered to provide services to Bluestone or Integral are invited to e-mail info@community-solutions.co.uk
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