Soft Market Testing - City Advice Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• city advice service
• soft market testing - city advice service
• a new city advice service
• a city advice service
• ‘city advice service
• the city’s e-procurement portal
• the soft market testing questionnaire
• a soft market testing exercise
• the city

Location

London

Description

The City of London Corporation (the ‘City’) is carrying out Pre-procurement market engagement (‘PPME’) in relation to a City Advice Service.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London Corporation (the City) has for a new City Advice Service. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire — to be received by 12.00pm Noon on 03.01.2025 via the capital esourcingportal. If your organisation would like to participate in this market engagement exercise, it can do so by completing and returning the soft market testing questionnaire which can be found on the City’s e-procurement portal at www.capitalesourcing.com Participants should register as a supplier on the portal on the aforementioned link (if not already), then search for the opportunity titled ‘City Advice Service’ where the questionnaire can be obtained. Please ensure the questionnaire is uploaded to the capital esourcing portal www.capitalesourcing.com by 12.00pm Noon on 03.01.2025.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

Other Information

The City will consider the feedback received to help inform its options and decision-making. For the avoidance of doubt, this phase of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the City is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier from participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. The City will reimburse no expense in responding to this PPME. Please refer to II.2.4) for more information. This PPME is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘CapitaleSourcing’ (url:www.capitalesourcing.com). Therefore, to access the PPME documentation please register on the system and then search using 'City Advice Service'. Organisations must submit their completed SMT questionnaire, together with any supporting documents via the system by the return deadline of 12.00 pm Noon on 03.01.2025 in order to participate and registration is free. SMT questionnaire submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline. The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their SMT questionnaire.