Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Flying Start Childcare placements

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Creation of a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Flying Start Childcare placements Under Regulation 76, the council is free to establish a procedure, provided that, the procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (suppliers). Regulation 34 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 expressly provides that contracting authorities may use a dynamic purchasing system for commonly used purchases the characteristics of which are generally available on the market, and meet their requirements and for this reason the model proposed, is a Dynamic Purchasing System. The Council reserves:- 1. the right to withdraw this contract notice and opportunity advertised at any time 2. the right to award all, part or none of the business forming the subject matter of this procurement and to abandon, halt, postpone this procurement at any time. All economic operators (potential suppliers), who wish to take part in this procurement do so at their own expense and risk. Under no circumstances will the Council incur any liability (including, but not limited to, liability as to costs) in respect of this procurement exercise, the abandonment of the same, or any documentation issued as part of this procurement exercise Lot 1: The Council is to establish a high quality and cost-effective Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The mechanism of the DPS allows new settings the ability to join at any time during the period of the DPS, as set out in this document. All communication for this process will be conducted via the Council’s e-tendering portal-Proactis Plaza https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login. It is the Service Providers responsibility to ensure their contact details within the Council’s e-tendering portal-Proactis Plaza are accurate. If you have any questions or require any clarifications these must be submitted via the ‘Messaging’ function within the portal as soon as possible and in any case received no later than seven (7) days before the due date of Applications. Any questions received after this date may not be answered. The Council reserves:- 1. the right to withdraw this contract notice and opportunity advertised at any time 2. the right to award all, part or none of the business forming the subject matter of this procurement and to abandon, halt, postpone this procurement at any time. All economic operators (potential suppliers), who wish to take part in this procurement do so at their own expense and risk. Under no circumstances will the Council incur any liability (including, but not limited to, liability as to costs) in respect of this procurement exercise, the abandonment of the same, or any documentation issued as part of this procurement exercise