Technical Assistance Team for the London Homes Energy Efficiency Programme

Transport for London (TfL) issued a Prior Information Notice on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on behalf of the Greater London Authority (GLA). The aim of the Prior Information Notice is to raise market awareness of a future requirement for the provision of a multi-disciplinary technical assistant team to provide specialist advice and services to support the implementation of the GLA's London Homes Energy Efficiency Programme.

The multi-disciplinary technical assistance team will be jointly funded by the GLA and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The Prior Information Notice is also inviting interested suppliers to attend an Early Market Engagement event on Tuesday 11 September 2018.

Please see attached a copy of the Prior Information Notice. It provides an overview of the requirement and instructions on how to book a places on the Early Market Engagement.

Additional information: Please note: Potential bidders will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this notice. At this stage there is no guarantee that this Prior Information Notice will lead to subsequent procurement activities for this requirement.

Any procurement will be carried out strictly in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 (or any superseding regulation). Any procurement will be carried out electronically using the TfL e-Tendering portal.

Terms of the Market Engagement TfL will manage this process in an open and transparent manner to maximise the possible benefits. Participation or non-participation in this Early Market Engagement will not preclude companies or disadvantage/advantage any company's ability to participate in any future procurement activity.

Direct or indirect canvassing of any GLA or TfL employee or agent by any company concerning this requirement, or any attempt to procure information from any TfL Employee or agent concerning this Prior Information Notice outside of the formal process described in this document may result in the disqualification of the company from consideration of any future procurement activity. No information contained in this document or in any communication made between TfL and any company in connection with this shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be offered in accordance with this Prior Information Notice.

Should a procurement exercise follow this Prior Information Notice an OJEU Contract Notice will be issued using the TfL e-Tendering portal, ProContract from Proactis. The e-Tendering portal can be accessed via the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register The estimated value of a three-year contract is 2 700 000 GBP to 3 400 000 GBP.

If you are interested in attending the Early Supplier Engagement event on Tuesday 11.9.2018 please register on https://procontract.due-north.com/Register and send a message to the Project Team via this portal as soon as possible providing the name(s) and job title(s) of up to a maxim of two (2) people to attend on behalf of your organisation. Please note that places are limited to twenty (20) suppliers therefore they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.