Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-13
Buyer: Procurement for Housing
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32500000 | 32571000 | 35113000: Safety equipment | 35121700 | 64200000
Estimated value: 50000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-12-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: PfH wish to establish a Framework Agreement for lone worker protection and consultancy services to replace its existing framework that is due to expire shortly. This will be a single lot framework with an estimated contract value of between 5 000 000 GBP and 50 000 000 GBP.
The primary objective of this contract is to provide PfH members and other public bodies (as defined in the contract notice for this agreement) with a flexible framework agreement for the provision of the lone worker protection and consultancy services to meet the demands of PfH members and other public bodies within a changing market.
— national geographical coverage to supply lone worker protection and consultancy services to a potential 900 plus PfH members (including those with multiple sites) in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland,
— a core list of lone worker protection items such as standard dedicated device, dedicated device with GPS, dedicated device with ManDown, standard mobile application, mobile application with GPS, and mobile application with ManDown,
— consultancy services including a review of lone worker requirements to determine which products and services would best suit the business and how to implement those products and services in the most efficient way, and lone worker training.
Contract periods may vary from an expected minimum 12 months to an expected maximum of 4 years. However, PfH members will be free to select the most appropriate contract period for their needs which may vary from these expected periods.
It is the intention of PfH to award to five (5) suppliers on this Lot, although PfH reserve the right but not the obligation to alter this number depending on the tenders submitted.
This framework may be used by any Contracting Authority listed in or referred to in the OJEU Notice. This includes:
— 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,
http://procurementforhousing.co.uk/permissible-users/ at the time of the OJEU notice for this procurement.
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Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria as stated in the tender documents.

Award value: 50000000