Construction work for buildings relating to health

Description

The Trust has taken the difficult decision to abandon this procurement process (‘process’). The Trust will therefore not award any contract under this process. The Trust has made this decision in the light of the current market conditions and particularly the actual and potential impact of Covid-19 on all concerned. The Trust will therefore review the position and its requirements again in the light of Covid and its potential implications. The Trust will make any announcements concerning any future procurement process for this requirement in a manner that will be visible to all potential suppliers. For more information, please refer to ‘Section II.2.4) Description of the procurement’. The Trust has taken the difficult decision to abandon this procurement process (‘process’). The Trust will therefore not award any contract under this process. The Trust has made this decision in the light of the current market conditions, and particularly the actual and potential impact of Covid-19 on all concerned. The Trust also wishes to ensure that it would be able to more fully evaluate and mitigate against the risks brought about by Covid-19 before awarding any contract for the proposed centre, which may include: (a) carrying out an entirely up to date (and potentially more extensive) assessment of each potential supplier’s economic and financial standing and capacity; and (b) introducing appropriate additional measures and/or requirements with the aim of ensuring that the expenditure of public funds is further mitigated of risk(s) and delivers value for money. The Trust will therefore review the position and its requirements again in the light of Covid and its potential implications. The Trust will make any announcements concerning any future procurement process for this requirement in a manner that will be visible to all potential suppliers.