Healthy Lives Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle - Category 1 Round 14 - Onboarding

This is an opening of the Onboarding Round 14 for Category 1 - Specialist smoking cessation service. Rounds will open and close throughout the lifetime of the Healthy Lives Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle at the Authorities discretion.

The initial "Round" for this Healthy Lives Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle will be open for twenty eight (28) calendar days. Following on from this, each "Round" will be open to new or previously unsuccessful Suppliers to submit their bid.

A new Round will be opened within forty-eight (48) hours (excluding bank holidays and weekends) of a Round closing. Please note from time to time there may be a further delay in opening a new Round within the stated 48 hours.

This means that applications can be submitted throughout the duration of the Healthy Lives Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle, but the Council will only process the applications as and when the round is closed. *Please note the length of Rounds will vary throughout the lifetime of the Healthy Lives Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle and will close at least once in a period of 24 months. Timetables of that Round will be included in the Healthy Lives Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle tender documents when that Round is published.

A Supplier wanting to join the Healthy Lives Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle will be required to apply through the Council's procurement e-tendering portal; Fusion. The Supplier will be required to answer a number of questions about the business which form the Qualification Stage.

This includes additional Tender specific Selection Questions, these will be included with the Selection Questionnaire (SQ). The SQ covers areas for discretionary and mandatory exclusion and clearly explains what those are.