Anglian Learning – Tender for Capital Asset Management and Professional Services for Management of Works

Anglian Learning is a successful multi-academy trust in East Anglia. We provide inclusive education and equal opportunities, celebrating our differences and supporting learners of all abilities and backgrounds. Our academies consist of 14 primary, 8 secondary schools and 2 sixth forms, each retaining their unique identity and ethos.

Further information regarding the Trust can be obtained here: anglianlearning.org ↗

Tender information:

The successful tenderer will be required to provide Capital Asset Management and Professional Services for Management of the Works across the Trust.

The contract term being tendered for 2 years, from 01/01/2027 – 31/12/2028. There is an option for 3 further extension periods of 1 year thereafter, potentially taking this contract to 31/12/2031.

The Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant to manage its Capital Asset Management Plan. The plan will be reviewed as needed at the end of the spring and summer terms and will be comprehensively updated each autumn in collaboration with the schools and the Trust. The Consultant and Trust will jointly assess and prioritise work, and the Consultant will prepare clear Project Briefs for each school’s works packages.

Once the Plan is approved, the Consultant will deliver the professional services required to implement the planned works. Depending on project size and the Trust’s in house expertise, this will be provided as a single integrated consultancy service for larger projects or as a multi-discipline consultancy. The Consultant must offer access to specialist services or tailored combinations to meet specific Trust needs, and supply a full project management and design team to carry out the programmes.

The Consultant will also produce a suitable procurement strategy and draft the documentation needed for the Trust to source and appoint the chosen building or works contractor to deliver the works.

Competitive Flexible Procedure

This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved.

Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). The Trust is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, here the evaluation of tender response will be set as 65% price and 35% quality.

Value of contract:

The annual value of the current contract is approx. £120,000

Therefore the value of this contract is approx. £600,000

Additional requirements and information:

•The Trust has a minimum requirement for a contractor’s employers' liability, public liability and professional indemnity insurances of:

Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = £10,000,000

Public Liability Insurance = £10,000,000

Professional Indemnity Insurance = £5,000,000

•The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £500,000

•TUPE does not apply to this contract

•The services are currently contracted to PCH Associates

•Please note this is a growing Trust and any other schools that may join the Trust during the tenure of this new cleaning contract may, at the Trust’s discretion, be added to this contract.

•The client reserves the right not to appoint in conclusion of this project.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Cambri… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/43Y737UU6Q ↗