Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-07-30
Buyer: LHC on behalf of Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44221220 | 45210000: Building construction work | 45343000 | 45343100
Estimated value: 20000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This framework is to supply competent and capable economic operators to help public sector organisations (clients) manage their buildings/environments as occupiers or landlords in the provision of fire safety for life safety, property, environmental and asset protection. The scope of this framework includes: inspection, installation, repair and maintenance of fire and security doors, doorsets, shutters, passive and active smoke/fire barriers, and escape route signage. The scope includes the design, installation, administration and management of all works including specialist sub-contractors. Our clients have various building types from simple to complex buildings, properties with sleeping accommodation, and public buildings, across a large geographical area.
Passive fire protection works by third-party certified economical operators. The minimum essential company qualifications/attributes required for appointment to this framework and subsequent call-off contracts are:
Various locations across the region. The framework terms allows for work to also be undertaken in other regions.
Companies could not apply for this lot. All companies appointed to Scottish regional lots have automatically been appointed to this lot.
LHC is a joint committee of local authorities acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of contracting authorities throughout England, Scotland (incl partners of the Scottish Procurement Alliance) and Wales (incl partners of the Welsh Procurement Alliance) with whom and for whom this framework has been developed.
This framework has been developed in consultation with partner members and it is designed and anticipated to support the reasonable expected requirements of existing and future partner members. Partner members that were not specifically consulted in the development of this framework may nevertheless also deem the framework to offer a value for money procurement solution for their own requirements, and may also use the framework.
As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Public Contracts Regulations (Scotland) 2015 and as listed on www.lhc.gov.uk/24, www.scottishprocurement.scot/24 and www.welshprocurement.cymru/24 and at present include registered social landlords (RSLs), registered tenant organisations (RTOs), tenant management organisations (TMOs) and arm’s length management organisations (ALMOs), local authorities, any subsidiaries, joint-venture vehicles and arm’s-length external organisations established by local authorities, national health service boards, Councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services, registered charities.
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
The community benefit requirements will be set by clients on each individual call-off contract depending on the size and location of each contract.


Winner: Checkmate Fire Solutions Ltd
Award value: 20000000
Number of bids: 12