Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-27
Buyer: Procurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31518200 | 31625000 | 31625100 | 31625200 | 34928470
Estimated value: 160000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-05-26
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 Scotland was established in 2013. PfH is a contracting authority under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (PCSR 2015 and a central purchasing body under Regulation 38 PCSR 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, cladding and domestic fire alarms. The framework will be divided into regions. Separate frameworks are being procured for fire safety consultancy works in Scotland and for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This scope of this lot will cover the servicing and maintenance of fire alarm and emergency lighting systems. The lot is divided into six regions and organisations can bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
This scope of this lot will cover the servicing and maintenance of sprinkler and fire suppression systems. The lot is divided into six regions and organisations can bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
The scope of lot 1 includes the design, installation, testing, commissioning/handover and servicing and maintenance of sprinkler and fire suppression installations in accordance with the specification including integration with the member’s fire strategy/risk assessment and all required builder’s works. The lot is divided into six geographical regions. Organisations may bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
The scope of this lot includes fire alarm and emergency lighting installation and associated service and maintenance in accordance with the specification including integration with the member’s fire strategy/risk assessment and all required builder’s works. The lot is divided into six geographical regions. Organisations may bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and the associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
The scope includes the design, installation, testing, commissioning/handover and 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, wet/dry riser works, fire sealing and damping, signage and photoluminescent path markers in accordance with the specification including integration with the member’s fire strategy/risk assessment and all required builder’s works.The lot is divided into six regions and organisations can bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
The scope includes the design, installation, testing, commissioning/handover and servicing and maintenance of a range of active and passive fire protection measures as described in lots 1-5 inclusive, in accordance with the specification including integration with the member’s fire strategy/risk assessment and all required builder’s works.The lot is divided into six regions and organisations can bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
The scope includes the design, installation, testing, commissioning/handover and servicing and maintenance of a replacement aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding panels with new fire resistant cladding systems with appropriate compartmentation in accordance with the member’s fire strategy/risk assessment and all required builder’s works. The lot is divided into six regions and organisations can bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
The scope of lot 8 includes the design, installation, service and maintenance of domestic fire alarms. The lot is divided into six regions and organisations can bid for all regions. To be considered for the framework organisations must meet the minimum standards of accreditation and other criteria as set out in the ESPD and associated scoring methodology. PfH intends to appoint five contractors to each geographical region but reserves the right to award a greater or fewer number of places depending on the bids received.
Bidders must have the following minimum levels of general annual turnover for the lots they are applying for:
PfH will obtain an independent third-party risk report from Experian using the Company Registration number supplied by the bidder. Any bidder who does not meet the minimum threshold of 50 out of 100 (Average Risk) will be subject to further investigation. This may entail a review of recent accounts and PfH reserves the right to request additional information to satisfy itself that the organisation is financially secure. PfH reserves the right to reject a bidder where it has doubts over the financial position of an organisation. It is the bidder’s responsibility to ensure that all information held by Experian is accurate when submitting their tender.
1) Bidders are required to be able to supply at least three contract examples for each lot they are bidding for. Such examples must be within the last 5 years for public works contracts and the last 3 years for public service contracts. Bidders must provide sufficient detail in their response to enable PfH to be able to identify and assess the relevant of the contract examples to the services required under the framework agreement. Bidders should use question 4C.1 to respond to the requirement. Bidders that are unable to provide three relevant and appropriate examples demonstrating sufficient experience (or provide a justification why they are unable to do so) will be excluded from the procurement process
2) Bidders are required to self-certify that they hold membership of a minimum of three of the five following organisations: National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC), Electrical Application Committee (EAC), Electrical Contractors Association (ECA), Electrical Safety Council (ELECSA), National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT). Bidders must be able to provide evidence of membership if requested. Where equivalent national memberships are held, bidders must be able to demonstrate equivalence with those memberships.
3) Bidders must be able to self-certify that they hold approved contractor status and are registered on the Loss Certification Prevention Board (LCPB) list of approved products and services. Bidders must be able to provide evidence of registration if requested. Where equivalent national registrations are held, bidders must be able to demonstrate equivalence with those registrations.
4) Bidders must be able to self-certify that they comply with the minimum lot accreditation requirements (either holding accreditation where marked as an accreditation or complying with the standard where identified as a standard) as set out in the tables at 1.2.2 of Document 3 — Specification. Bidders must be able to provide evidence of accreditation/compliance if requested. Where equivalent national accreditations/standards are held/complied with, bidders must be able to demonstrate equivalence with those accreditations and standards.

Eligibility requirements: As set out in the ESPD and associated scoring methodology.

Award value: 160000000