4.8 The parties will need to agree which services are tendered and whether they are to be tendered separately, as a bundle or both. There may, for example, be advantages in tendering external services, such as grounds maintenance, separately from internal ones. Alternatively, services such as security and reception desk activities may be inextricably linked and may need to be tendered together. It will be for tenderers to decide whether to submit tenders for some or all of the market tested services. However, if a tenderer submits a tender for a group of services, then it may be required to provide all or any of those services in that group.
4.9 The exact grouping of services can be a source of conflict. The Authority may want to make efforts to ensure that bidders are not discouraged from bidding for less attractive services. The Project Company may seek to minimise the number of service interactions by inviting tenders for large groups of services. Ultimately the contract will be awarded to the bidder or bidders that deal best with all of the Authority's service needs.