The Provision of Swimwear and Equipment for Re-Sale within Knowsley Leisure Centres

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is looking to receive quotations from suitably qualified bidders for the Provision of Swimwear and Equipment for Re-Sale within Knowsley Leisure Centres

For a full specification for this opportunity, please register you interest.

The contract will run for an initial two year period from 1st March 2016 to 28th February 2018 with an option to extend for 1 x 12 month period at the discretion of the local authority. The estimated value of the Contract is approximately £20,000 per annum.

PLEASE NOTE: This request for quotation will be marked on 30% Quality and 70% 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: Friday 29th January 2016 at 12:00pm

Deadline for Submission of this RFQ: Tuesday 2nd February 2016 at 9:30am

Bidders are advised that the deadline set out above is absolute. You are advised to upload your submission well in advance of the deadline to avoid any technical issues that might arise causing you to fail to meet the deadline which would lead to the rejection of your submission. The Council is conscious that Bidders spend a huge amount of time, effort and expense in putting together a submission and is keen to ensure that no bid is rejected for this reason.

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.