STC1173 Principal Contractor: Events

Concepts

• event services
• stc1173 principal contractor
• events
• existing supply chain4
• existing designs
• associated build schedules2
• real life activation
• parliamentary business
• logistics3
• contingency options

Location

London

Description

Parliament maintains a variety of contingency options which can be deployed in the event of a disruption to part or all of the Parliamentary Estate. These contingency options ensure the continuity of parliamentary business with a primary focus on maintaining critical, high-level business activities.Various options exist which provide flexibility to respond to a range of scenarios. The plans identify venues where Parliament could be re-located to ensure that the business of Parliament can be carried out without interruption and with minimum disturbance to Members, Peers, their staff, staff of both Houses and visitors to the estate.

Total Quantity or Scope

DescriptionParliament maintains a variety of contingency options which can be deployed in the event of a disruption to part or all of the Parliamentary Estate. … The plans identify venues where Parliament could be re-located to ensure that the business of Parliament can be carried out without interruption and with minimum disturbance to Members, Peers, their staff, staff of both Houses and visitors to the estate.ScopeThe contractor will be expected to carry out the build in any venue as required across the UK. The Client will be responsible for the hire of the venue prior to an activation or planned rehearsal of the build.The contactor must acknowledge that the plans may not be activated for real during the life of this contact.The Client will require the successful bidder to undertake a number of activities within but not limited the following categories:1) Validation of existing designs and associated build schedules2) Storage and Logistics3) Potential Rehearsals of build with existing supply chain4) Ongoing contract Management5) Set up and ongoing management arrangements to allow real life activation of options

CPV Codes

• 79952000 - Event services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The SQ document will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament’s e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference STC1173 in the ‘current tenders’ list, click on the ‘view tender details’ and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the ‘forgotten password’ link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: ppcs@parliament.uk or call +44 (0)207 219 1600 for further assistance. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of noon (UK time) on 9th October 2023. Late tenders will not be accepted. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRAR.