Published date: 2 October 2015

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: 6 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction consultancy services - 71530000

Location of contract

North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£350,000 to £1,400,000

Procurement reference

ART011-0054

Published date

2 October 2015

Closing date

6 November 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Arts Council England, in the discharge of its duty to distribute public funding for the purpose of promoting the arts in England, intends to appoint to the Framework Agreement a minimum of 3 and maximum of 6 appropriately qualified service providers to work with its Investment team and to deliver construction advice to support Arts Council England's assessment, decision making and monitoring of its capital investment. The scope of the Framework includes supporting the assessment and monitoring of our funded projects from detailed design stages through to completion to ensure that public funding is used only for grant funding purposes. Suitably qualified service providers appointed to a Framework Agreement will provide services to Arts Council England on a call off basis during the period of end of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2019.

The initial term of the Framework is estimated to be 3 (three) years.

It is not possible to predict the value of work that may be awarded under the Framework Agreement with certainty but it is expected to be no more than £350,000 per year excluding VAT and including expenses.

Arts Council England reserves the right to extend the initial term and instruct the successful contractors appointed to the Framework to provide additional similar services for a further period of 12 months. The total maximum value of the spend under the Framework Agreement over a further year is estimated to be a further £350,000 excluding VAT and including expenses. The fees and rates submitted by a bidder in its tender response for the initial three year period shall apply during the extended period if the Framework Agreement is extended.

Arts Council England makes no guarantees as to the quantity of services it may order during the Framework Agreement term. We will place orders for services under this Framework Agreement from the appointed service providers at its discretion as and when the need arises.

Further details are in the Pre-qualification questionnaire attached with this notice.
If interested please complete the Pre-qualification questionnaire and return by 06 November 2015, 10:00am in accordance with the instructions set out in the PQQ.

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If interested in this opportunity you must complete and submit your response electronically into the secure document exchange by the due date of Friday 6 November 2015 at 10:00 hrs.
1. Complete your Prequalification questionnaire (PQQ).
2. Go to www.delta-esourcing.com and login using your username and password.
3. Click on the 'Responses Manager' tab and then click on the title "Framework of Construction Advisors for Arts Council England's capital investment" (access code:V3W29AXKVK) link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/V3W29AXKVK
4. Click on the 'Deposit Tenders Responses' tab.
5. Click on 'Browse' and select the file that contains your completed PQQ. Then click on 'Submit' to upload your completed PQQ.

About the buyer

Address

21 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3HF
England

Email

procurement@artscouncil.org.uk