How to win: 616_27 Personal Safety and Security Equipment

About this contract

ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements. We are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a framework for the supply of Personal Safety and Security Equipment. The products covered by this proposed Framework will be purchased for re-sale, and orders will be placed according to demand. Delivery shall be to ESPO’s distribution centre in Leicester. Also, a number of products will require delivery directly to ESPO’s customers throughout the UK. The Framework is envisaged to include the following Lots (subject to change): Lot 1. Supply of Personal Safety and Security Equipment to ESPO distribution centre - Stock Items Lot 2. Supply of Personal Safety and Security Equipment directly to ESPO customers - Direct Delivery Lot 3. Supply of Safes directly to ESPO customers - Direct Delivery The above Lot structure is for information only and some details may be amended within the invitation to

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £333,333, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
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