- Is Accelerated
- Yes
- Accelerated Rationale
- State of urgency
- Features
- Although prior notices concerning this requirement have been published, UK2 Preliminary market engagement notice, id. 2025/S 000-072975, published on 11th November 2025, and particularly UK3 Planned planned procurement notice 2025/S 000-077010, published 0n 25th November 2025, due to a change from an Open to a Competitive Flexible Procedure subsequent to these notices, it has not been possible to formally link those notices to this Tender Notice. Nevertheless, the same requirement is being met, and Great Places believes the Planned Procurement Notice is a Qualifying Planned Procurement Notice, and has therefore adopted shortened timeframes for the submissions of tenders.
Suppliers are advised to read the Invitation To Tender Carefully before proceeding to complete their responses.
The Competitive Flexible Procedure will have three stages, which, aside from the final in person interview, will be conducted via the ProActis ProContract portal, ref: DN802493
At the initial stage, Suppliers will be invited to complete a Procurement Specific Questionnaire ('PSQ'), including the Conditions of Participation ('CoP')which suppliers will be required to meet. In addition, at this stage, Suppliers will be required to complete an indicative pricing schedule. Suppliers will have the opportunity to submit request clarifications up to 15th April, and first stage submissions must be submitted by 12 noon on Wednesday 22nd April,
These initial submissions will then be assessed for compliance both with statutory requirements, and the CoP required by Great Places. Should any supplier fail to meet these requirements, their submission will be discarded at this stage. The pricing submissions will then be collated, evaluated and ranked, according to their proximity to a competitive benchmark, the Optimum Price, and the twelve (12) highest ranked suppliers will be invited to the second stage.
Suppliers must note that the Optimum Price will be deemed to be the mean of pricing submissions (not already discarded) minus one Standard Deviation. Hence the lowest priced tenders may not be the closest to the Optimum price, and hence highest ranked, and indeed may not be amongst the 12 selected tender submissions.
At the second stage, suppliers will be required to complete a Quality Questionnaire composed of written responses to five (5) questions by 12 noon on Friday 18th May.
Stage two responses will then be evaluated by Great Places' panel of evaluators, moderated to achieve consensus marking, and added to pricing scores to render a new ranking. The highest ranked eight (8) suppliers will then be invited to interviews.
Interviews will be conducted in person at Great Places Head Offices, 2a Derwent Avenue, West Didsbury, Manchester M21 7QP in the period 9th- 14th June.
Interviews responses will then be evaluated and ranked, with the scores being added to those produced at the end of Stage 2, and new, final rankings produced. The four highest ranking suppliers will be deemed to have provided the Most Advantageous Tenders, and will be invited to join the framework.