Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-14
Buyer: Cheshire East Borough Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71300000 | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71315300
Estimated value: 3800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cheshire East Borough Council intends to create a consultants framework for the provision of construction-related professional services. This framework is to deliver construction-related professional services to all internal departments and any organisation that Cheshire East Borough Council is associated with, to include its wholly owned companies, schools, academies, parish/town councils. The overall objective of the framework is to support the Council to deliver their revenue and capital programmes by:
— Providing capacity and skills that allows flexibility where necessary to support existing Council services,
— Standardise and streamline processes with continuous feedback and performance improvements with regards to external resource,
— Realise efficiencies through knowledge sharing and monitoring & management of performance in terms of cost and quality.
It is envisaged that the majority of projects will be allocated by direct appointment. At the Council's discretion, projects may also be allocated following a mini competition on either via lowest price or via MEAT basis.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SME's). For the avoidance of doubt, the contracting authority points out that no weight will be attached to whether or not an economic operator is an SME in selecting economic operators to submit tenders or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender.
It will be renewed either at the end of the initial contract period 21 October or at the end of the full 4 year extended period 22 October.
There is an option to extend for up to a further 12 months (at the Council's sole discretion). In the event the contract is extended, any extension shall be on the same terms and conditions of contract as the original contract period.
It is envisaged that the majority of projects will be allocated by direct appointment. At the Council's discretion, projects may also be allocated following a mini competition on either via lowest price or via MEAT basis.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SME's). For the avoidance of doubt, the contracting authority points out that no weight will be attached to whether or not an economic operator is an SME in selecting economic operators to submit tenders or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender.
There is an option to extend for up to a further 12 months (at the Council's sole discretion). In the event the contract is extended, any extension shall be on the same terms and conditions of contract as the original contract period.
It will be renewed either at the end of the initial contract period 21 October or at the end of the full 4 year extended period 22 October.
It is envisaged that the majority of projects will be allocated by direct appointment. At the Council's discretion, projects may also be allocated following a mini competition on either via lowest price or via Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) basis.
There is an option to extend for up to a further 12 months (at the Council's sole discretion). In the event the contract is extended, any extension shall be on the same terms and conditions of contract as the original contract period.
It will be renewed either at the end of the initial contract period 21 October or at the end of the full 4 year extended period 22 October.


Award value: 3800000