The Association of North East Councils trading as The North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking to establish a framework agreement for the supply and delivery of rock salt in bagged and bulked form to enable contracting authorities to meet their winter maintenance service obligations. The future framework contract will replace the existing NEPO203 supply of rock salt framework contract which expires on 31.3.2020.

NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this framework agreement. The framework contract will be awarded to multiple suppliers across the 4 Lots up to a maximum of four for each of Lots 1 and 2 and a maximum of 6 for for each sub-national area under Lots 3 and 4. Suppliers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents. The most economically advantageous tenderer will be awarded the framework contract. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of the services (if any) which will be placed with the successful supplier by any contracting authority using the framework agreement pursuant to this process and accepts non liability thereof. In accordance with the framework agreement, each contracting authority will enter into a call-off contract. The call-off contract is to be entered into by both the contracting authority and successful supplier and will be based on the terms and conditions of the framework agreement. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this framework agreement must register their expression of interest and submit the tender response through the NEPO eTender system. If not already registered, suppliers should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Tender responses must be submitted using the link above. Tender responses submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your selection questionnaire and/or tender response please contact the system support team on 0330 0050352. For not time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information, etc., please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to login or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactics.com This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk.

NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this framework agreement. The framework agreement will be awarded to multiple suppliers across the four Lots up to a maximum of 4 for each of Lots 1 and 2 and a maximum of 6 for for each sub-national area under Lots 3 and 4. Suppliers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents. The most economically advantageous tenderer will be awarded the framework agreement. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of the services (if any) which will be placed with the successful supplier by any contracting authority using the framework contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof. In accordance with the framework contract, each contracting authority will enter into a call-off contract. The call-off contract is to be entered into by both the contracting authority and successful supplier and will be based on the terms and conditions of the framework agreement. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this framework agreement must register their expression of interest and submit the tender response through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, suppliers should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Tender responses must be submitted using the link above. Tender responses submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your selection questionnaire and/or tender response please contact the system support team on 0330 0050352. For not time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information, etc., please contact Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to login or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactics.com This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk.

NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this framework agreement. The framework agreement will be awarded to multiple suppliers across the 4 Lots up to a maximum of 4 for each of Lots 1 and 2 and a maximum of 6 for for each sub-national area under Lots 3 and 4. Suppliers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents. The most economically advantageous tenderer will be awarded the framework agreement. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of the services (if any) which will be placed with the successful supplier by any contracting authority using the framework contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof. In accordance with the framework contract, each contracting authority will enter into a call-off contract. The call-off contract is to be entered into by both the contracting authority and successful supplier and will be based on the terms and conditions of the framework agreement. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this framework agreement must register their expression of interest and submit the tender response through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, suppliers should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Tender responses must be submitted using the link above. Tender responses submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your selection questionnaire and/or tender response please contact the system support team on 0330 0050352. For not time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information, etc., please contact Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to login or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactics.com This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk.

NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this framework agreement. The framework agreement will be awarded to multiple suppliers across the 4 Lots up to a maximum of 4 for each of Lots 1 and 2 and a maximum of 6 for for each sub-national area under Lots 3 and 4. Suppliers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the invitation to tender documents. The most economically advantageous tenderer will be awarded the framework agreement. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of the services (if any) which will be placed with the successful supplier by any contracting authority using the framework contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof. In accordance with the framework contract, each contracting authority will enter into a call-off contract. The call-off contract is to be entered into by both the contracting authority and successful supplier and will be based on the terms and conditions of the framework agreement. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this framework agreement must register their expression of interest and submit the tender response through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, suppliers should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Tender responses must be submitted using the link above. Tender responses submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your selection questionnaire and/or tender response please contact the system support team on 0330 0050352. For not time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information, etc., please contact Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to login or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactics.com This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk.