ESG Delivery Partner

Concepts

• research and development
• gateshead
• nepo
• esg delivery partner
• delivery partner
• delivery of nepo
• esg strategy
• sole supplier framework agreement
• technical support
• consultancy services

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

NEPO seeks to establish a sole supplier Framework Agreement with a Delivery Partner who can develop a range of indicators and quantified outputs to support the delivery of NEPO and its Member Authorities social value ambitions. The Delivery Partner will support in the delivery of NEPO's ESG Strategy through the development of an approach which will be used in the assessment, monitoring and management of Suppliers social value commitments throughout the procurement lifecycle.

Total Quantity or Scope

The opportunity can be accessed via the Open eTendering system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework Agreement must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the Open eTendering System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the Open eTendering system at https://www.open-uk.org/ Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you need technical assistance from the Open Support team, this can be requested via open.support@nepo.org PLEASE NOTE: Open is accessible 24/7 however, technical support is available Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 5pm and Friday 8.30 - 4.30pm For guidance on how to submit your response through Open, please visit https://www.open-hub.org/training to access the available Training Guides. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.

Renewal Options

It is anticipated that this Framework Agreement will be subject to renewal following its conclusion.

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). This means that NEPO may provide central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities. The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members within the North East region. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members throughout the North East region. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout the North East region (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/default.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-i... http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.ons.gov.uk/ http://www.police.uk/forces.htm http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-socia... http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhom... http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/so... A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org