Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-07-22
Buyer: East Sussex County Council
Country: UK
Region: SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71200000 | 71210000 | 71220000 | 71240000 | 71250000
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: SCC APC Orbis Professional and Technical Services Framework Agreement for Property Capital and Revenue works.
This notice gives prior information of a forthcoming procurement project which will establish a new Orbis Professional and Technical Services Framework with multiple providers for construction projects and capital programmes. This is being procured and will support and function alongside a new Orbis Construction Framework with multiple contractors, for which a separate Prior Information Notice is being issued concurrently.
The Frameworks will be jointly procured by East Sussex County Council and Surrey County Council as part of the Orbis Partnership, its current and future Partners and Clients and other public sector organisations. Please note that East Sussex County Council will be the contractual lead authority for this procurement.
Orbis is a partnership between Surrey and East Sussex County Councils that aims to provide seamless and resilient business services to the public sector, creating a compelling alternative to other providers. The Orbis Partnership incorporates the following services: Human Resources and Organisational Development, Property, IT, Procurement, Finance and Business Operations. We are responsible for:
— Providing seamless resilient and flexible business services, whilst achieving savings for the partnered authorities, which will be used to sustain services for the residents within their respective areas;
— Bringing together services to create economies of scale to drive shared efficiencies, enabling us to share skills and knowledge, and invest in technology that could otherwise be prohibitively expensive for each organisation alone;
Orbis Property Services ensure good quality public services for the residents through providing the right asset(s), working environment and support to the community. Property Services are responsible for:
— Providing and maintaining the estate, including schools, with a management and maintenance service ensuring fit-for-purpose assets;
— Working with partners to meet the changing demands and strategy of the communities we serve whilst simultaneously looking at the opportunities and delivery of efficiency savings;
— Delivery of the school basic need programme in primary, secondary, special educational needs and disability, and pre-school sectors to meet the growing demand for school places.
The Orbis Capital and Revenue Programme is anticipated to be in excess of 500 000 000 GBP over the next four years — which in accordance with Orbis Partnership priorities, will be delivered by a range of suppliers, including SME's.
It is expected that the new Professional and Technical Services Framework will supplement other procurement arrangements which are available to Orbis partners and clients. The Framework will be used as a vehicle to deliver diverse types of Property related projects and programmes across the public sector.
The Framework is intended to be divided into specialism based Lots, with individual works and programmes that may range from 1 000 GBP up to circa 10 000 000 GBP
The precise number and composition of the Lots is in the process of being considered — and will be confirmed in the contract notice for this procurement.
The Framework is intended to be in place for three (3) years with an option to extend it for a fourth (4th) year.