Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-25
Buyer: LGSS Procurement on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311300 | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71315100 | 71315210 | 71315300
Submission deadline: 2018-10-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cambridgeshire County Council wish to invite Tenders for the supply of services in respect of a Framework Agreement for Asbestos Surveying and Consultancy Services. The successful Potential Providers will be responsible for providing this service and liaising closely with the Contract Managers identified by the Authority.
The Authority wishes to appoint a framework of contactors to provide Asbestos Surveying including in-house air monitoring, analytical services and Consultancy Services across a variety of properties within the geographical boundaries of those highlighted bodies detailed with Invitation to Tender and OJEU notice.
To comply with this requirement the Authority is looking to set-up a framework agreement with up to 8 retained consultancies to:
It is difficult to predict the exact value of this contract as the Authorities’ requirements are likely to vary over the Framework Agreement term, but it is estimated that the total value will not be less than 100 000 GBP or greater than 5 000 000 GBP depending on the number of bodies access the Framework Agreement. The estimated spend figure for this framework is based on the potential usage for those expressing an interest but allowing sufficient spend should other eligible parties decide to utilise the framework.
LGSS will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The duration of this standstill will be disclosed at this point. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be required from (Refer to address in part 1.1). If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages.
If the Contract has been entered into the Court may order the ineffectiveness of a Contract where serious breach have occurred in addition to any fine, the Court may instead provide for alternative penalties, either contract shortening, fines or both.
— partners and other organisations delegating services and or functions to LGSS (currently Cambridgeshire County Council, Milton Keynes Council, Northamptonshire County Council, Norwich City Authority and Northampton Borough Council) who participate in LGSS’ shared services venture.
By way of access agreement this framework is also open to new LGSS customers seeking to utilise LGSS frameworks on an independent third party basis including:
— any city, district, borough or other local authority within the counties of any LGSS partner authority (currently Cambridgeshire County, the City of Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire County) including Northamptonshire Partnership Homes;
— any school, academy, university or other educational establishment within the counties of any LGSS partner authority (currently Cambridgeshire County, Northamptonshire County and Milton Keynes); and
— any Public Body outlined in either Part I or Part II of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972. Details of these can be found at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/853/made.
Providers are asked to note that for any Cambridgeshire County Council call-off contract the provider could be required to deliver across a variety of properties primarily but not limited to within the geographical boundaries of Cambridgeshire as the lead authority for the framework but also within the boundaries of Northamptonshire, and Central Bedfordshire, Essex and also to schools in Tower Hamlets in London where the Cambridgeshire Property Services currently provides these type of services to Schools and Local Authority Clients.