Published date: 29 March 2022

This notice was replaced on 31 August 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 31 August 2022)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Lifts - 42416100

  • Hoists - 42416300

  • Stairlifts - 44115600

    • Installation services of lifting and handling equipment, except lifts and escalators - 51511000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales

Value of contract

£65,000,000

Procurement reference

EEM0050

Published date

29 March 2022

Closing date

9 May 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

11 July 2022

Contract end date

10 July 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Efficiency East Midlands (EEM Ltd) is a procurement consortium which establishes and manages a range of frameworks and DPS agreements. Our membership has grown to 255 and members include organisations providing services to the whole public sector including housing associations, local authorises, NHS Trusts, Education Providers and Emergency Services.

EEM are conducting this tender exercise to procure a Stairlifts, Hoists and Disabled Adaptations Framework to replace our existing Framework which will expire on Friday the 15th of
July 2022. This Framework is being set up to support EEM Members by providing a Framework of contractors with suitable experience in undertaking the safe and compliant installation, servicing and any subsequent repairs of straight and curved stairlifts, hoists &
disabled access equipment.

Stairlift installations and servicing will cover a varied scope of stairlifts in different heights, seat widths and to suit curved and straight staircases and a range of budgets.

The typical types of works to be covered by this Framework are detailed below;

• Service and maintenance of stair-lifts
• Service and maintenance of ceiling track hoists
• Service and maintenance of disabled access platform and step lifts
• Repairs or replacement parts service
• Removal of and where required disposal of, redundant stair-lifts and
hoist equipment
• Re-siting of existing equipment which is no longer under manufactures warranty.
• Supply and installation of new stairlifts internal and external.
• Supply and installation of new ceiling track hoists .
• Supply and installation of through floor lifts
• Supply and installation of internal and external step lifts and platform lifts
• Refitting of reconditioned equipment
• Associated Surveys and Drawings

Installation of commercial disabled lifts will be covered via this Framework but due to the varying specifications and requirements any commercial disabled
lifts will be via mini-competition only.


More information

Additional text

The call-off contracts to be awarded pursuant to the framework agreements to be entered at conclusion of the procurement exercise may extend for a duration of up to 2 years beyond expiry of the 4-year framework term.

Please note that the total potential framework value stated within this notice is in relation to the full 4-year framework and takes into consideration the lot structure, length of call off contracts and that the EEM membership may grow over the framework lifetime .

Where the contract notice states a maximum of suppliers to be appointed to the Framework, this means within each lot. EEM reserves the right to appoint less than the numbers stated. This framework is being procured by Efficiency East Midlands

Ltd (EEM) on behalf of their members and the other organisations described below as being authorised users. The following contracting authorities will be entitled to agree and award contracts under this framework agreement as Authorised Users:

1) any Member of EEM which for the avoidance of doubt currently includes 3 partners

consortia - Westworks(www.westworks.org.uk (https://www.westworks.org.uk)

Advantage South West

(www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk

and South East Consortium

(www.southeastconsortium.org.uk

A full list of current members is available at

www.eem.org.uk (https://www.eem.org.uk)

2) any future member of EEM or our partner consortia and in all cases being an organisation

which has applied to join EEM or our partner consortia in accordance with the applicable constitutional documents;

3) An EEM participant being an organisation which is neither a current or EEM member (as defined at 1 above) nor a future member of EEM (as defined at 2 above). Further details regarding the authorised users of this framework can be found in the

ITT documents. To respond to this tender or review the documentation, please:

1) Go to the portal https://xantive.supplierselect.com

2) If you need to register a new account follow the prompts to set up your organisation;

3) When you sign in select 'Public Projects' from the menu (top right). A list of all

open tenders will be displayed;

4) Select 'EEM0050 Stairlifts, Hoists and Disabled Adaptations from the list of projects and then 'Create Opportunity'. That will give you access to the basic information;

5) Click 'Accept Opportunity' to get more detail including all clarification logs. There is no obligation to submit a response;

6) If you do wish to submit a response, do so before the deadline by changing the status to submitted. You will only be allowed to submit if every mandatory question is answered


About the buyer

Contact name

Roger Martin

Address

Unit 3, Maises Way
Alfreton
DE55 2DS
England

Telephone

01246 395610

Email

tenders@eem.org.uk

Website

https://eem.org.uk/