Clarifications

As we are unable to attach documents to this response, using your email, you have sent above, we will send a blank copy of this form across to you.

When suppliers are appointed to the DPS they are issued a DPS appointment form to sign prior to becoming appointed, is this what you are referencing by 'framework award form' ?

We advise that you submit all accounts that have been filed at this time.

You are not contractually bound to accept all opportunities you are invited to bid for. We recognise for various reasons this may not be possible. However, what we do ask is that if you are not able to bid, or receive an EOI that you do not want to bid for, you provide some feedback as to why this may be. This assists the customer with their market engagement. With regards to negotiating the terms, as you will be aware, you sign up to the DPS based on the terms and conditions that are used within this DPS, (Public Sector Contract).

Yes, the FVRA and audited accounts are required at the time of submitting your application.

Suppliers must be able to provide evidence by completing the Financial Viability Risk Assessment (FVRA) to demonstrate they have a D&B of at least 30 and meet the required financial ratios. Please ensure you complete the FVRA as part of your application and provide it as part of your submission.

If an application is in the "Assessing" stage, it goes through checks to progress to being "Appointed". If you are "Appointed" to the DPS, there would be no need to make another application, unless it is for a different DPS. If a "Rejection" should happen, details should be provided for when a new application can be made.

CCS requires assurance about a Suppliers financial position and although you have self verified, CCS requires information to ensure this is the case. All Suppliers who on board the DPS have to complete a Financial Viability Risk Assessment and on the back of this if needed CCS can request additional information to satisfy the standards of the commercial agreement to provide all public sector buyers with the level of assurance that is required. Unless you are able to provide this information, you will not be able progress through the application to be appointed to the DPS. If you need any further information about the FVRA, additional information can be found in the Bid Pack. If you have any specific questions please let us know.

Yes, this would be the most likely service for you to tick. But please look at the specification first to ensure that it fits within what you can do. Alongside this, it's important to note that the Facilities Management DPS is a management DPS rather than a supply DPS, so there may not be many contracts for the supply element only.

Please complete the whole application and when you get to the services element, ensure that you select landscaping services.

There is a linen and laundry service, you can refer to the specification to see what this includes, but it has been left quite top level

For assistance with your application, could you please liaise with the support service for Supplier Registration at: SRS service desk; +44 (0) 161 413 7982 support@nqc.com

The T&C's cannot be amended from how they are set out

With regards to where consultancy services sits under for goods and services, we would advise you to split out what services you can offer; for example, if this is for IT management, or fire safety management then we would advise splitting them further instead of 'consultancy' as a whole as there is not a specific filter type for consultancy.

When answering this question, you can just include key subcontractors, as this can be updated at call off, and the %- perhaps give the % based on reactive, an approximation?

Please select Private Limited Company/Publicly Listed Company from the drop down as a Sole Trader will need to populate tab 1.1a.

For assistance with your application, could you please liaise with the support service for Supplier Registration at: SRS service desk; +44 (0) 161 413 7982 support@nqc.com

CCS cannot advise guaranteed or committed spend or planned works through the DPS. However CCS do continually promote the DPS and work with eligible Buyers to raise awareness, as can suppliers. Also any pipelines will be advised to appointed DPS suppliers.

You should use 00000000 as your company number. Suppliers are required to confirm that they have Cyber Essentials Basic as part of the application process and if accepted, suppliers are required to submit certification. If you are unable to confirm that you have Cyber Essentials Basic you should wait until this is in place.

1.which questions are applicable for this RM6264 Framework? The document 'READ FIRST R6264 DPS Needs' para 70 indicates questions which do not require a response. In addition suppliers are not required to respoind to question 137 of the selection questionnaire. 2.What action to take where the portal requires a mandatory response to the questions detailed as not applicable? The question responses are not taken into account. Or where possible use N/A. The pdf documents offer a guide and will be reviewed to ensure they align with online questionnaires. In all instances, the questions on the online questionnaire supersede the pdfs and should be responded to as applicable.