OAP/Disabled Decoration Programme

This Contract is for the decoration of various OAP and Disabled properties owned by Reading Borough Council. The Form of Contract is the JCT Measured Term Contract 2011 including amendment 1 issued March 2015.

The Contract is a 2 year contract with a possible 1 year extension with a start date of April 2017. The anticipated total annual value for works ordered for this Contract is £130,000.

However there is no guarantee of this amount of work, quantities may go up or down over the contract period. Only one contractor will be selected to carry out the works.

Additional information: The works are to be procured under an Open procedure and organisations interested in expressing an interest should download the procurement documents which are available on the Council`s e-tendering system at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Home (Project Reference No. RBC 00000223), and complete as instructed. The Portal is free of charge - to register please follow the supplier registration guidance which is available on the Portal.

The submission deadline is shown on In-Tend. Please note: you must register your interest via the Council`s e-tendering portal if you intend to submit a tender.

Interested parties must log onto the Council`s e-tendering portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc, to express an interest and download the procurement documents. All communications regarding this procurement exercise will be conducted through the Council`s e-tendering portal including requests for clarifications or general enquiries.

The procurement documents will be available for download up until the closing time and date for tender submissions, it is the organisation`s responsibility to ensure that they download the documents in ample time to ensure that they can be completed and returned electronically, along with supporting documents, prior to the closing time and date stipulated. Before completing the tender, potential providers/suppliers should ensure that the e-mail address that has been used to register their organisation will be checked regularly as the Council`s e-tendering system will generate automatic notifications to this e-mail address when there are updates, changes or messages sent relating to the project. Potential bidders should also check that their organisation`s details are correct and kept up to date.