Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-22
Buyer: Procurement for Housing
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31518200 | 31625000 | 31625100 | 31625200 | 34928470
Estimated value: 250000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-05-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Established in 2004, Procurement for Housing (PfH) is a national procurement consortium dedicated to the social housing sector and supported by the National Housing Federation (NHF), the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Housemark. PfH is a contracting authority under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015 and a central purchasing body under Regulation 37 PCR 2015. PfH is seeking qualified and experienced contractors to establish a framework agreement for fire safety installation, service and maintenance works and services to cover sprinkler and fire suppression systems, fire alarm and emergency lighting systems, passive works, whole building works and cladding. The framework will be divided into regions and value bands. Separate frameworks are being procured for fire safety consultancy works and for Scotland.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, servicing and maintenance of sprinkler and fire suppression systems. The framework is divided into 11 geographical regions and across 3 value bands. Organisations may bid for all regions but a maximum of two value bands per geographical region. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the selection questionnaire. PfH intends to appoint 5 contractors to each geographical region and value band, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Servicing and maintenance of sprinkler and fire suppression systems. The framework is divided into 11 geographical regions and across 3 value bands. Organisations may bid for all regions but a maximum of two value bands per geographical region. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the selection questionnaire. PfH intends to appoint 5 contractors to each geographical region and value band, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, servicing and maintenance of fire alarm and emergency lighting installations. The framework is divided into 11 geographical regions and across 3 value bands. Organisations may bid for all regions but a maximum of two value bands per geographical region. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the selection questionnaire. PfH intends to appoint 5 contractors to each geographical region and value band, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Service and maintenance of fire alarm and emergency lighting installations. The framework is divided into 11 geographical regions and across 3 value bands. Organisations may bid for all regions but a maximum of two value bands per geographical region. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the selection questionnaire. PfH intends to appoint 5 contractors to each geographical region and value band, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, servicing and maintenance of a range of passive fire protection measures including but not limited to fire resistant rated compartmentation works, replacement fire doors to PAS 24 standards, fire sealing and damping, signage and photoluminescent path markers. The framework is divided into 11 geographical regions and across 3 value bands. Organisations may bid for all regions but a maximum of two value bands per geographical region. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the selection questionnaire. PfH intends to appoint 5 contractors to each geographical region and value band, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, servicing and maintenance of a range of active and passive fore protection measures as set out in lots 1-5. The framework is divided into 11 geographical regions and across 3 value bands. Organisations may bid for all regions but a maximum of two value bands per geographical region. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the selection questionnaire. PfH intends to appoint 5 contractors to each geographical region and value band, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Design, installation, testing, commissioning, handover, servicing and maintenance in relation to the replacement of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding panels with new fire resistant cladding systems with appropriate compartmentation. The framework is divided into 11 geographical regions and across 3 value bands. Organisations may bid for all regions but a maximum of two value bands per geographical region. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the Selection Questionnaire. PfH intends to appoint 5 contractors to each geographical region and value band, but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
This 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 for this procurement; 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 agreement; Any public authority (as defined in the Freedom of Information 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 agreement; 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.
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Eligibility requirements: As set out in the procurement documentation.

Award value: 250000000