Format of Your Tender. All questions MUST BE answered in English. Failure to provide the required information or make a satisfactory response to any question, or supply attachments referred to in responses, within the specified timescale, may mean that a bid is rejected at the absolute discretion of the Authority. Bidders must be explicit and comprehensive in their responses to this ITT as this will be the single source of information on which responses will be scored and ranked. Bidders are advised neither to make any assumptions about their past or current supplier relationships with the Authority nor to assume that such prior business relationships will be taken into account in the evaluation procedure. Page and text limits: Where a word or page limit is provided your response should not exceed the limit. Any words/pages over the limit will not be evaluated. Tables and diagrams are included in the page numbers – but graphics and images will not be included in the page limit. A page is one side of A4, with the smallest font size being limited to 10pt. Document formats: The supported formats for attachment uploads are Microsoft Word (version 97 – 2007), Microsoft Excel (version 97-2007), Microsoft PowerPoint (version 97-2007) and PDF. Incomplete Tenders: Tenders may be rejected if information requested is not provided in the tender submission. This ITT is split into 2 main parts: • Part A - General and Technical • Part B – Commercial Parts A & B should be uploaded through the Bravo Portal/other route as separate documents or as otherwise directed. No publicity material is required. All prices must be for the duration of the Call-down Contract and priced in Sterling. Please note that Government Policy places the burden of exchange rate fluctuations on the supplier, who will be expected to absorb the impact of these within and across their contracts. Your Commercial Tender should be structured to include relevant narrative for Financial Methodology and planning: explaining the rationale of the Commercial Tender and how it offers best value in the long term and should clearly link costs to the activities and outputs detailed in the Statement of Requirements (as provided in Part A - General and Technical Tender). Pricing details should include a fees and expenses basis to demonstrate the cost breakdown of payments. See Attachment 3.
Format of Your Tender. 7 All questions MUST BE answered in English. 8 Your Tender must be submitted electronically through the BRAVOSolution eProcurement Portal xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx The Tender shall be signed with all blanks in the Documents, Appendices and Schedules if any, filled in. No alteration shall be made in the Form of Tender, Contract Conditions, Services Scope or other documents. 10 Document formats: Bidders should upload documents either in standard Microsoft Office formats (Word, Excel, etc), or PDF only. Other formats (eg Microsoft Project, and other “free formats”) are not installed as standard on UK government IT networks and such attachments may be rendered inaccessible to the Authority for evaluation purposes. Similarly, documents containing macros, and documents submitted using the .rar format are automatically blocked by default from UK government IT platforms and will therefore be inaccessible to evaluators. Incomplete Tender 11 Tenders may be rejected if the complete information called for is not given at the time of tendering. Return of Tenders 12 This ITT is split into 2 main sections:
