Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-06
Buyer: Department for Work and Pensions
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 70330000 | 79410000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DWP Offices and Supplier Premises. The Department has the largest proportion of the overall Government civil estate at around 15 %, equating to around 1 500 000 square metres.
DWP is procuring an independent management capability, (the Integrator), to act impartially on DWP's behalf in order to ensure DWP Estates and the DWP Estates Supply Chain operates safely, efficiently and effectively, ensuring all contractual obligations and requirements are fully delivered at the required levels of service/quality and at, (or below), the agreed costs. The service will include the provision and management of a help desk and work order management system, and other information and management reporting systems. A more detailed requirement will be provided during the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage.
DWP intends to award a contract for a period of 5 years with the option to extend this initial period for 2 additional periods of 1 year. This period will include a mobilisation phase ahead of the anticipated service commencement date of 1.4.2018. Estimated value of this service, including extension periods is up to 140 000 000 GBP.
DWP intends to award a contract for a period of 5 years with the option to extend this initial period for 2 additional periods of 1 year. This period will include a mobilisation phase ahead of the anticipated service commencement date of 1.4.2018.
Parent company guarantees, performance bonds or deposits may be required in appropriate circumstances.
The contracting authority will only contract with a single legal entity and any consortium will be required to set up such an entity, for example a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), as a condition of and prior to contract award.
DWP is procuring an independent management capability, (the Integrator), to act impartially on its behalf in order to ensure DWP Estates and the DWP Estates Supply Chain operates safely, efficiently and effectively, ensuring all contractual obligations and requirements are fully delivered at the required levels of service/quality at (or below) the agreed costs. The serviced will include the provision and management of a help desk and work order management system, and information and management reporting systems. Further details of the contract and specification will be provided during the PQQ stage.
Suppliers will be assessed against the selection and award criteria as detailed within the PQQ and ITT.
All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo, DWP's e-Procurement Solution, which will request details of their economic and financial capacity.
Any Contracting Entity bidding will be required to have a minimum annual turnover of 30 000 000 GBP in its most recent trading year. Please also see the financial tests referred to in the Instructions to Potential Suppliers.
All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo Solution which will request details of their technical capacity. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details.
The Contracting Authority will not consider suppliers who cannot demonstrate appropriate experience. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations. The Contracting Authority will limit the number of potential suppliers who are taken through to the negotiation stage by applying Pass/Fail criteria at the PQQ stage and scoring and subsequent ranking against quality/financial requirements at the ITT stage, with a maximum of 10 potential suppliers being invited to negotiate.
The Contracting Authority in section I.1) is part of the Department for Work and Pensions and is acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
DWP serves over 22 000 000 customers, employing around 90 000 people; roughly 20 % of all Government and Civil Service employees. The Department has the largest proportion of the overall Government civil estate at around 15 %, equating to around 1 500 000 square metres.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers will be assessed against the selection and award criteria as detailed within the PQQ and ITT. All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo, DWP's e-Procurement Solution, which will request details of their economic and financial capacity. Any Contracting Entity bidding will be required to have a minimum annual turnover of 30 000 000 GBP in its most recent trading year. Please also see the financial tests referred to in the Instructions to Potential Suppliers. All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo Solution which will request details of their technical capacity. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details. The Contracting Authority will not consider suppliers who cannot demonstrate appropriate experience. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details.
All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo, DWP's e-Procurement Solution, which will request details of their economic and financial capacity. Any Contracting Entity bidding will be required to have a minimum annual turnover of 30 000 000 GBP in its most recent trading year. Please also see the financial tests referred to in the Instructions to Potential Suppliers.
All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo, DWP's e-Procurement Solution, which will request details of their economic and financial capacity.
Any Contracting Entity bidding will be required to have a minimum annual turnover of 30 000 000 GBP in its most recent trading year. Please also see the financial tests referred to in the Instructions to Potential Suppliers.
All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo Solution which will request details of their technical capacity. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details. The Contracting Authority will not consider suppliers who cannot demonstrate appropriate experience. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details.
All suppliers who respond to this Notice will be requested to complete a PQQ using Bravo Solution which will request details of their technical capacity. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details.
The Contracting Authority will not consider suppliers who cannot demonstrate appropriate experience. Please see the Instructions to Potential Suppliers for further details.