Official UK procurement notice
Essex County Council: TFM Market Engagement November 2024
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIntroduction:
Essex County Council's (the Council) current Facilities Management Contract ends on the 30th September 2026. The Council has started on our journey of discovery, regarding how the Facilities Management provision could evolve and innovate beyond this date and would like to engage with the Facilities Management Industry as part of this approach.
Market engagement:
Following our previous market engagement sessions and our RFI, the Council is seeking further engagement with TFM Providers. Throughout November, December, January and February the Council will be hosting a series of market engagement sessions, aimed solely at providers who can provide Hard FM, Soft FM and Programme Management as a single package. The events will aim to cover in detail topics of, the pricing model, specification, KPI’s and climate and social value although this is not an exhaustive list.
If you would like to attend 1-1 discussions on the topics listed above with the Council, Please respond using the message function on Pro Contract Project DN710367. Deadline for responses is Thursday 24th October.
The pre- event briefing, with more details about the first event in November can be found here: www.essexproviderhub.org/facilities-managemen… ↗. Please ensure you have read the pre-event briefing before registering your interest for this event.
These events are aimed solely at TFM providers. Please only respond to this event if you are able to provide Hard and Soft FM and Programme Management as a single package. This can be as a self-delivery or via a sub-contracting model.
To be notified of our future upcoming events please visit the Essex Provider Hub www.essexproviderhub.org/facilities-managemen… ↗. We release updates of our latest events and all resources relating to the project through our provider hub. Please also ensure you are signed up on our project dashboard Project DN710367 Pro Contract, the Councils eSourcing portal.
CPV: Building and facilities management services · Printing and related services · Public utilities · Real estate services · Repair and maintenance services · Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The full description of the Procurement is provided in the previous PIN: 2024/S 000-004244PlannedRenewal
The full description of the Procurement is provided in the previous PIN: 2024/S 000-004244. However, please note this PIN is for market engagement. Additional information: Respondents are advised that the purpose of this notice is to engage in dialogue with the market and ascertain interest / options available. The scope of service, date of publication or potential contract value should not be taken as a final "version" of requirement.
This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to procure any works or services and is not published to reduce time limited for the receipt of tenders. This is NOT a live tender opportunity.
Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or (lack) to this PIN. Nor shall a response to this PIN guarantee an invitation to participate in this market consultation exercise or any future procurement process that Essex County Council may conduct.
Essex County Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party responding to this PIN or any party who may participate in the market consultation exercise.
Essex County Council uses Proactis ProContract as its eSourcing portal. Suppliers will only be able to access further information and messaging functionality with the Council via a registered account. Registration is free of charge and gives bidders access to opportunities from several other Local Authority and Public Sector organisations. To register, visit procontract.due-north.com/Register ↗
The Proactis supplier helpdesk (www.proactis.com/uk/support-login/sup… ↗) can help with registration queries. Please direct any technical queries to the helpdesk in the first instance.
Please direct all queries via the ProContract messaging functionality linked with the advertised opportunity. Anyone contacting the Council via email will be directed to the portal for communications.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Aug 2023, 16:59 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Oct 2024, 10:58 BST
- Authority reference
DN710367- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033696- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f679Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Oct 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Oct 2024, 10:58 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Feb 2024- Published value published: £18 Feb 2024, 14:09 GMT
- Published value updated to £200,000,00020 May 2024, 17:23 BSTwas £1
- Published value updated to £250,000,00018 Oct 2024, 10:58 BSTwas £200,000,000
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.4 | Original deadline for in person attendance as 12pm Wednesday 13th September | *Please note, since we still have spaces left, we have extended registration for the in person event to this Friday, 22nd September 2023 at 5pm* | |
| — | TextII.2.4 | — | Extending the deadline for registration from Friday 22nd September, to Wednesday 27th September Midday 2023 |
2 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2023-09: 2 releases · 19 Sept 2023, 25 Sept 2023
- 2023-08: 1 release · 23 Aug 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.