Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
SOL - LDC Stores Procurement DPS
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This is a large award for Electrical Machinery & Apparatus — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.
Lyndon Distribution Centre (LDC) Stores is a stores and logistics function managed by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) serving primary, secondary and academy schools in the Borough of Solihull, as well as, several council departments, with a variety of products to include but not limited to disposable, cleaning, janitorial products, clothing, and PPE, electrical and first aid products.
The stores are a small warehouse facility in Fordbridge, Solihull and provide a delivery service to its internal and external customers on a weekly basis.
Its external customers include schools in Birmingham and Walsall as well as Parish Councils in neighbouring areas.
There are approximately 3,000 product lines held in stock.As part of a review of its internal procurement process and an earlier market engagement, LDC Stores is looking now to proceed with set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which be a flexible framework of approved suppliers that will be able to bid, quote, or tender f
What the supplier must deliver
The stores are a small warehouse facility
The stores are a small warehouse facility in Fordbridge, Solihull and provide a delivery service to its internal and external customers on a weekly basis.
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Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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