Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-12-24
Buyer: Procurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31518200 | 31625000 | 31625100 | 31625200 | 34928470
Estimated value: 10000000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Established in 2004, Procurement for Housing (PfH) is a national procurement consortium dedicated to the housing sector and supported by the National Housing Federation (NHF), the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Housemark. PfH Scotland was established in 2013. PfH Scotland is a contracting authority under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 ("PCSR 2015")and a central purchasing body under Regulation 38 PCSR 2015.
PfH Scotland is seeking qualified and experienced contractors to establish a framework agreement for fire safety installation, service and maintenance works and services to cover spirnkler and fire suppression systems, fire alarm and emergency lighting systems, passive works, whole building works, cladding and domestic fire alarms. The Framework will be divided into regions. A separate framework is being procured for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, details of which can be accessed at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/procurementforhousing/aspx/Home
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, service and maintenance in relation to sprinkler and fire suppressions systems. The Lot is divided into 6 geographical regions and bidders may tender for all regions. To be considered for the framework, organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH Scotland intends to appoint 5 contractors to each region, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, service and maintenance in relation to fire alarm and emergency lighting systems. The Lot is divided into 6 geographical regions and bidders may tender for all regions. To be considered for the framework, organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH Scotland intends to appoint 5 contactors to each region, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Service and maintenance in relation to fire alarms and emergency lighting systems. The lot is divided into 6 geographical regions and bidders may tender for all regions. To be considered for the framework, organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH Scotland intends to appoint 5 contactors to each region, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, service and maintenance in relation to a range of passive fire protection measures including but not limited to fire resistant rated compartmentation works, provision and replacement of fire doors to PAS 24 standards, wet/dry riser works, fire sealing and damping. signage and photoluminescent path markers. The Lot is divided into 6 geographical regions and bidders may tender for all regions. To be considered for the framework, organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH Scotland intends to appoint 5 contractors to each region, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, service and maintenance in relation to a range of active and passive fire protection measures as described in Lots 1 to 5. The lot is divided into 6 geographical regions and bidders may tender for all regions. To be considered for the framework, organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH Scotland intends to appoint 5 contactors to each region, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, service and maintenance of cladding and replacement Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding panels with new fir resistant cladding systems with appropriate compartmentation. The lot is divided into 6 geographical regions and bidders may tender for all regions. To be considered for the framework, organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH Scotland intends to appoint 5 contractors to each region, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, service and maintenance in relation to domestic fire alarms. The lot is divided into 6 geographical regions and bidders may tender for all regions. To be considered for the framework, organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH Scotland intends to appoint 5 contactors to each region, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
3) Quality Assurance. Bidders are required to hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 or can demonstrate that they have robust equivalent quality standards;
4) Health and Safety. Bidders are required to hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 or has within the last 12 months successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) or; can demonstrate that they have robust equivalent health and safety standards;
6) Environmental. Bidders are required to hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 14001 or can demonstrate it has robust equivalent environmental standards
The framework may be used by any contracting authority listed in or referred to in the OJEU Notice. This includes: All current members of PfH at the time of the OJEU notice; Any registered provider of social housing (or Welsh registered social landlord,or Scottish registered social registered social landlord) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the framework. Any public authority (as defined in the FOI Act 2000 for public authorities in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK-wide public authorities based in Scotland, or as defined in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for Scottish public authorities) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the Framework; Any local authority (as defined in the Local Government Act 1972 for public authorities in England and Wales or as defined in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 for Scottish local authorities or as defined in the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 for local authorities in Northern Ireland) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the framework agreement. Any housing Arm's Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the framework agreement. Any wholly owned subsidiaries of any of the above Organisations And any other contracting authority listed on the following page of the PfH website
http://procurementforhousing.co.uk/permissible-users/ at the time of the OJEU notice for this procurement.


Winner: Easy Heat Systems Ltd
Award value: 10000000000
Number of bids: 3