Low Carbon Vending Services

Market Sounding and call for innovative solutions

March 2014

Market Sounding Response Form

Thank you for your interest in this market sounding exercise concerning a new vending concessions contract for the University of Sheffield and associated Buyers Group.

Interested parties from all parts of the supply chain are invited to express their interest by completing and returning this response form to

Deadline for receipt of response 05.09.2014 12:00 Noon

Please read the Market Sounding Prospectus before completing the response form as fully as possible.

Supplier information and consultation day

A supplier day will be held at the University of Sheffield in October 2014 (date to be confirmed) to allow interested parties an opportunity to find out more about this contract.

Please register your interest for participation in the information and consultation day directly at .uk

All project documentation can be found on the project web-page:


PART 1: SUPPLY CHAIN RESPONSE

  1. What is your company’s or organisations area of expertise or interest?

  1. What solutions, goods or services are currently available from the supply chain that would contribute to delivering the required outcomes?

  1. What innovative solutions, goods or services could become available from the supply chain that would enable these improvements to be made?

  1. Are there barriers or problems (practical, legislative, commercial, technical etc) that will need to be overcome?

  1. Would a “forward commitment” be useful in enabling the supply chain to deliver a solution? What difference would it make to the supply chain?

PART TWO: YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

  1. You are invited to add here any questions, information or comments you would like to pose regarding the outcome requirements.

  1. You can supply any additional information or comments about the solutions, goods or services you are proposing here.

PART THREE: YOUR CONTACT AND COMPANY INFORMATION

Name of Organisation or Company
Type of Organisation
Contact person
Position or job title
E-mail address
Postal address
Telephone
Website address
Following market Sounding we will publish a Directory of all interested parties to facilitate networking and communication within the supply chain.
Add here up to 200 words about your company or organisation that you would like to be included in the Directory

Do you want to be included in the published Directory of contracts?

We will publish a directory of respondents giving name of organisation and contact details. If you would prefer your organisation NOT to be included in the directory, please check this box.☐

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Submitting your response

Important note:

Please note that all information you provide will be used and retained by the University of Sheffield. This information may be drawn upon both within and beyond the Higher Education sector. Consolidated contributions from this exercise may be published in a non-attributable form as part of further market consultation. Your response should specifically identify areas of proprietary or commercially sensitive information that you would not wish to be divulged.

Please submit completed forms to by 12:00 Noon on the 05.09.2014

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Thank you for your participation.