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ANNEX VIU.K.

PART AU.K. INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PERIODIC INDICATIVE NOTICE (as referred to in Article 67)

I. Information to be included in all cases U.K.

1.Name, identification number (where provided for in national legislation), address including NUTS code, telephone, fax number, e-mail and internet address of the contracting entity and, where different, of the service from which additional information may be obtained.U.K.

2.Main activity exercised.U.K.

3.

(a)

For supply contracts: nature and quantity or value of the services or products to be supplied (CPV codes).

(b)

For works contracts: nature and extent of the services to be provided, the general characteristics of the work or of the lots by reference to the work (CPV codes).

(c)

For service contracts: intended total procurement in each of the service categories envisaged (CPV codes).

4.Date of dispatch of the notice or of dispatch of the notice of the publication of this notice on the buyer profile.U.K.

5.Any other relevant information.U.K.

II. Additional information to be supplied where the notice is used as a means of calling for competition or permits the reduction of the time limits for the receipt of tenders (article 67(2)) U.K.

6.A reference to the fact that interested economic operators shall advise the entity of their interest in the contract or contracts.U.K.

7.E-mail or internet address at which the specifications procurement documents will be available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge.U.K.

Where unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, is not available for the reasons set out in the third and fourth subparagraph of Article 73(1), an indication of how the procurement documents can be accessed.

8.Where appropriate, state whether the contract is reserved for sheltered workshops or whether its performance is reserved in the context of sheltered employment programmes.U.K.

9.Time limit for the receipt of applications for an invitation to tender or to negotiate.U.K.

10.Nature and quantity of the products to be supplied or general nature of the work or category of service and description, stating if framework agreement(s) are envisaged, including any options for further procurement and the estimated time available for exercising those options as well as the number of renewals, if any. In the case of recurring contracts, also, an estimate of the timing of the subsequent calls for competition. State whether purchase, lease, rental or hire-purchase or any combination of those is involved.U.K.

11.NUTS code for the main location of works in case of works or NUTS code for the main place of delivery or performance in supplies and service; if the contract is divided into lots, this information shall be provided for each lot.U.K.

12.Time limits for delivery or completion or duration of service contract and, as far as possible, for starting.U.K.

13.Address to which interested undertakings shall send their expressions of interest in writing.U.K.

14.Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest.U.K.

15.Language or languages authorised for the presentation of candidatures or tenders.U.K.

16.Economic and technical conditions, and financial and technical guarantees required of suppliers.U.K.

17.

(a)

Estimated date for initiating the procurement procedures in respect of the contract or contracts (if known);

(b)

Type of procurement procedure (restricted procedures, whether or not involving a dynamic purchasing system, or negotiated procedures).

18.Where appropriate, particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject.U.K.

19.Where appropriate, indication whether:U.K.

(a)

electronic submission of tenders or requests to participate will be required/accepted,

(b)

electronic ordering will be used,

(c)

electronic invoicing will be used,

(d)

electronic payment will be accepted.

20.Name and address of the body responsible for appeal and, where appropriate, mediation procedures. Precise information concerning time limits for lodging appeals, or, if need be, the name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the service from which this information may be obtained.U.K.

21.Where known, criteria referred to in Article 82 to be used for award of the contract:. Except where the most economically advantageous tender is identified on the basis of price alone, criteria representing the most economically advantageous tender as well as their weighting or, where appropriate, the order of importance of those criteria shall be mentioned, where they do not appear in the specifications, or will not be indicated in the invitation to confirm interest referred to in point (b) of Article 67(2) or in the invitation tender or to negotiate.U.K.