MERSEYSIDE FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY

FORM OF TENDER

FRAMEWORK

For: / The Supply of Structural Fire Kit to North West Fire & Rescue Services
To: / Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority (“The Authority”)
Tender Ref: / T/14/17
I/We:
carrying on business at:
1. / Tender and undertake to carry out and complete the goods/services required to be performed in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set out in the Invitation to Tender and associated Documents (subject to Acceptance of the Tender by the Authority);-
In particular we undertake to supply these goods/services as specified in the Conditions of Contract at the corresponding prices also specified in the submitted Pricing Schedule (Attachment 3).
2. / I/We agree that the insertion by me/us of any conditions qualifying this Tender or any unauthorised alteration to any of the Tender documents shall not affect the Contract Conditions and may cause the Tender to be rejected.
3. / I/We agree that this Tender shall remain open to be accepted or not by the Authority and shall not be withdrawn for a period of (26) twenty-six weeks from this date.
4. / I/We further undertake to execute a Framework Procurement Agreement to be prepared by the Authority for the proper and complete fulfilment of the Goods/Services.
5. / Unless and until a formal agreement is prepared and executed, this Tender together with the Authority’s acceptance in writing, shall constitute a binding Contract between us.
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7. / I/We submit this Tender in full and complete understanding that the information contained in both the Tender (whether or not it is successful) and in any contract subsequently award may be subject to the provisions of Freedom of Information Act 2000(as amended).
I/We certify that this is a bona fide Tender intended to be competitive and that we have not fixed or adjusted the amount of the Tender by or under or in accordance with any agreement or arrangement with any other person. We have not entered into any agreement which is registered under the Competition Act 1998(as amended) and which in any way governs or influences the terms of this Tender or our preparations thereof. We will not enter into any such agreement before the date for the return of Tenders and we will not disclose any terms of this Tender to any persons and any body or association, corporate or incorporate and “any agreement or arrangement” includes any such transaction, formal or informal and whether legally binding or not.
I/We hereby certify that I/we have not canvassed or solicited any officer or employee of the Authority or its members in connection with the award of this contract and no person employed by me/us or acting on my/our behalf has done any such act.
I/We hereby further undertake that I/we will not in future canvass or solicit any officer or employee of the Authority or its members in connection with any award of this Contract and that no person employed by me/us or acting on my/our behalf will do any such act.
I/We accept that any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of the Tender are for our own account.
8. / I/We understand that the Authority is not bound to accept the lowest or any Tender it may receive.
9. / I/We confirm that the person whose signature is appended to this Form of Tender is a duly authorised signatory of our Company and has full and formal legal authority to sign this Tender on behalf of our Company.
10. / In this Form of Tender:-
(a) / ‘Documents’ means the Invitation to Tender, the Conditions of Contract, the Specification, and any attachments or schedules hereto attached to the Invitation to Tender.
(b) / ‘The Specification’ means the Specification incorporated into the Conditions of Contract.
AUTHORISATION:
Tenderer’s Authorised Signature(s)*
(print name(s) in full)
Date
Name and Address of Company /Firm / Partnership
* / Where the Contractor is a limited company the company secretary and a duly authorised director should sign. In the case of a partnership at least two duly authorised partners should sign. In the case of an individual the proprietor should sign.

This form must be returned completed with your Tender submission in order for your bid to be compliant.

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