Published date: 25 May 2023

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 9 June 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Fuel-gas systems - 42113390

  • Hot-water boilers - 42161000

  • Heat pumps - 42511110

    • Electrical wiring and fitting work - 45311000

    • Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work - 45331000

    • Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment - 50413200

    • Repair and maintenance services of boilers - 50531100

    • Gas appliance maintenance services - 50531200

    • Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations - 50710000

    • Repair and maintenance services of central heating - 50720000

    • Ventilation consultancy services - 71321400

    • Mechanical and electrical engineering services - 71334000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

P1022

Published date

25 May 2023

Closing date

9 June 2023

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Citizen Housing are seeking views through a soft market testing exercise in relation to a forthcoming procurement exercise to procure domestic compliance / safety services / home safety visits to our stock.
Interested providers are invited to respond to the soft market testing information which can be accessed via the provided URL. The completed soft market testing questionnaire should be completed no later than 12 Noon on 9th June 2023. Citizen reserves the right to hold further soft market testing meetings for interested organisations that respond to the soft market testing to further support this exercise. Please note that Citizen retains sole discretion as to which (if any) interested organisations it will invite to soft market testing meetings.
This is not a formal tender opportunity and there is no guarantee of any tender opportunity arising following this period of soft market testing.
All responses will be confidential for the market testing purposes only.
Please click on the URL provided here - https://forms.office.com/e/EWbt0B6ydT
The services that may be included in this service may include the following but Citizen wish to explore this through this market testing exercise.
The exact future spend on such services will be dependent on scope and contract duration but is likely to be circa £8.5M ex vat per year.
• Domestic gas/LPG servicing, breakdown, installations and compliance certification e.g. LGSR
• Smoke / CO and other monitoring / detection systems inspection and repair / replacement
• 5-year electrical compliance checking and remedial works (EICRs)
• Air source / ground source heat pump heating system servicing and repair
• Solid fuel heating system servicing and repair, including sweeping flues
• Oil fired heating system servicing and repair
• Domestic electrical works e.g. ccu upgrades and rewires
• Mechanical extraction / ventilation servicing e.g. extractor fans in individual rooms or whole house systems
• Fire door inspections (Basic visual inspection utilising Citizen's cloud based door tagging and inspection system)
• Stock condition data validation (Key components) and general property condition check including any possible tenant alterations.
• Safeguarding and referral of property or tenancy concerns
• Electric storage heaters / electric boiler heating inspections and repair
• HHSRS (scope and detail to be discussed) but likely to be basic assessment based around noting category 1 and 2 issues such as damp and mould.
• Data collection on property (scope and detail to be discussed) e.g. Noting stairlift or similar equipment within the property

About the buyer

Contact name

Citizen Procurement Team

Address

Unit 4040,Lakeside, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham Business Park
BIRMINGHAM
B377YN
England

Telephone

0300 790 6555

Email

Procurement@citizenhousing.org.uk

Website

https://forms.office.com/e/EWbt0B6ydT