Clarifications

Please refer to the Automation Marketplace DPS Needs Document which is held within the Bid Pack. The secion entitled - Suppliers Approach to Payment section 61 states - Question 52 of the DPSQ asks if Suppliers intend to use a supply chain for this DPS Contract. If you respond 'No' to this question, you can progress to Question 65 of the DPSQ, as this section does not apply to your organisation. Questions 65 to 69 with this DPSQ relates to the bidders confirming the Service Category they are able to provide.

Please refer to the Automation Marketplace DPS Needs document held within the Bid Pack. Section 72 - Selection Questionaire - Not Applicable Questions. Questions 133 - 135 are not applicable to this DPS and should remain unanswered. Questions 130 and 131, if your company is unable to provide parent company accounts, then they must respond to these questions by entering a response of 'NO'. Please refer to DPS Needs paragraphs 50 to 58 for the Economic and Financial Standing process for the possible requirements for a parent company guarantee to be requested. Question 144, a response of Yes or No is required, whichever response is applicable to your company is acceptable.

Clause 11.5 of the Core Terms has been revised in the DPS Appointment Form to reflect the need for an overall liability cap within this DPS, please refer to the revised DPS Appointment Form which addresses this.

If you have completed an SQ specifically for another DPS then it cannot be re-used for this DPS application. It is possible to complete a general SQ within the SRS and use it for multiple DPS's. You can access this function from the SRS dashboard page.

According to DPS Schedule 4 (DPS Management) - Section 3.5 "Suppliers should participate in further competitions when identified by appropriate filters using the Platform. A repeated failure to bid on further competitions without an acceptable reason may result in the Supplier being suspended from the DPS, in accordance with Clause 10.8 (Partially ending and suspending the contract), for a period as decided by CCS.

Please refer to the RM6173 DPS Needs document which can be found in the bid pack. There are questions which are not applicable to this DPS. Please check your previous response to questions as, in many cases, this determines what questions become visible. Questions 133, 134 and 135 should not be answered as a contract example is not required for this DPS. If you do continue to experience difficulties with your application my colleagues at NQC will be able to assist you, their contact information is held at the foot of the Supplier Registration Service home page.

The Supplier Code of Conduct and the Government Buying Standards can be found at www.gov.uk.

Suppliers must have a valid Cyber Essentials Certificate and/or Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate in place, and shall provide a copy of this to to CCS at award of the first contract. Alternative certifications will not be be accepted.

Suppliers must have a valid Cyber Essentials Certificate and/or Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate in place, and shall provide a copy of this to to CCS at award of the first contract. Alternative certifications will not be be accepted.

As stated within our previous response, Attachment 5 (Group of Economic Operators) should be completed if you have more than 10 Economic Operators that you are detailing within the Selection Questionnaire (SQ). If you are not detailing more than 10 Economic Operators within the SQ then you do not need to complete and submit this document. Attachment 4 (Additional Subcontractors) should be completed if you have more than 35 Subcontractors that you are detailing within the Selection Questionnaire (SQ). If you are not detailing any more than 35 Subcontractors within the SQ you do not need to complete and submit this document.

As per the RM6173 Automation Marketplace DPS Needs document, there are questions in the Selection Questionnaire that are not applicable for this DPS. Questions 133, 134 and 135 do not require a response.

Attachment 4 (Additional Subcontractors) should be completed if you have more than 35 Subcontractors that you are detailing within the SelectionQuestionnaire (SQ). Detail the first 35 in the SQ and any additional Subcontractors over 35 must be recorded on this Attachment 4. Attachment 5 (Group of Economic Operators) should be completed if you havemore than 10 Economic Operators that you are detailing within the Selection Questionnaire (SQ). Detail the first 10 in the SQ and any additional over 10 must be recorded on this Attachment 5. Suppliers can obtain new subcontractors if a contract is live. However, they must fulfil their contractual obligations in accordance with Joint Schedule 6 (Key Subcontractors). Clause 1.3 relates specifically to when a supplier wishes to enter into a new Key Sub-contract or replace a Key Subcontractor, and the requirement to obtain the prior written consent of CCS and the Buyer.

There is not a downloadable version, you can however view this from the platform directly via the Terms of Use link at the bottom of the page on SRS (or https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/terms-of-use) after agreeing to the DPS Supplier T&Cs.

As these questions are not applicable to this DPS you are not required to provide any evidence. Visibility of these questions is determined by answers to previous questions, therefore, as they are not applicable the evidence questions [Q166 - Q172];  [Q174];  [Q176]; and  [Q179 - Q185] are not visible.

You are required to select which services your organisation is able to provide within the DPSQ, at Questions 65 - 69.

There is no 'N/A' functionality for these questions as you are required to select Cyber Essentials Certificate and/or Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate as you must provide a copy of this to CCS at award of the first contract. Please refer to 'DPS Schedule 9 - Cyber Essentials Scheme' paragraph 2.1

The Supplier will pay, excluding VAT, 1% of all the Charges for the Deliverables invoiced to the Buyer under all Order Contracts. Please refer to 'DPS Appointment Form v1.0'.

The timescales to submit a response to an opportunity will vary for each individual call-off and will be determined by the buyer. There is no set timescale for this.

The Selection Questionnaire will be open for all Bidders to complete for the duration of the DPS, details on the duration of the DPS can be found at paragraph 1.1 of 'RM6173 Automation Marketplace - Buyer Needs v1.0'

This question is essentially asking in the event that a call off contract reaches £10 million in value will you support apprenticeships and skills development as set out in detail in Policy Procurement Note 14/15.