Published date: 15 May 2018

Last edited date: 15 May 2018

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.


Closing: 11 June 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Architectural, engineering and surveying services - 71250000

  • Architectural and building-surveying services - 71251000

  • Building surveying services - 71315300

Location of contract

SW1A 0AA

Value of contract

£1,000,000 to £10,000,000

Procurement reference

FWK1098

Published date

15 May 2018

Closing date

11 June 2018

Contract start date

1 November 2018

Contract end date

31 October 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Established in June 2016, Strategic Estates [SE] deliver capital investment in the Parliamentary Estate. Comprising 27 buildings and with a total gross internal area of over 250,000m2, 70% of the Estate is listed and two buildings are Grade 1 listed (buildings of exceptional interest): The Palace of Westminster; Norman Shaw North. As part of an initiative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Strategic Estate service provision to Parliament, the Contracting Authority intends to establish a framework agreement with three suppliers through which to secure building surveying services.

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons acting jointly of the Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA are intending to establish a framework agreement for building surveying services ['the Services'] with three suppliers to support Strategic Estates in its mission to create an environment within which Parliament can flourish. It is envisaged that building surveying service provision will be an 'estate wide' offering supporting work in our Project Delivery; Maintenance and Design Authority Functions. It is envisaged that the Services will primarily be used to support Strategic Estate 'Business as Usual' projects with construction values typically ranging from 25k GBP to 3M GBP. Services will include but not be limited to demands on the following building surveying competencies: design and specification; conservation and heritage; building and measured surveys; commercial management of construction; asset management (including workspace planning) and maintenance management. The Services also encompass provision of underpinned estimates for minor works projects and / or remedial works; Building Information Modelling [BIM] management; undertaking of the role Principal Designer role under CDM 2015; provision of advice on Building Regulations and other statutory requirements as may apply to the Parliamentary Estate (and as may be required by the Authority); undertaking the role of NEC3 Project Manager / Supervisor for minor works contracts and securing and expediting specialist building services under what is envisaged to be a 'single point of responsibility' delivery model.

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Additional text

Please note this is a Prior Information Notice and there are no tender documents to download or submit at this stage. A Contract Notice will be issued to signal commencement of the formal procurement process. This is anticipated being issued during April / May 2018. If you are interested in this potential opportunity and would like to be kept informed, please submit your expression of interest via our In-Tend procurement portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home) by responding to this Prior Information Notice-FWK1098 (listed within Tenders / Current

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No
The SQ documents will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament's e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference FWK1098 in the 'current tenders' list, click on the 'view tender details' and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the 'forgotten password' link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: ppcs@parliament.uk or call +44 (0)207 219 1600 for further assistance. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12.00 noon UK time on 11th of June 2018. Late tenders will not be accepted. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRAR.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Parliamentary Procurement & Commercial Service

Address

7 Millbank
London
London
SW1A 0AA
United Kingdom

Telephone

02072191600

Email

ppcs@parliament.uk