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Published 27 Sept 2021, 16:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fire Safety Consultancy Framework

Official notice

Authority: Peabody Trust Ltd (Public body)

Framework agreement4 lotsServicesRestricted procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)£10,500,000total for 4 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 27 Oct 2021
Lots 4see the lot list below

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Peabody Trust (“Peabody”) is seeking to appoint multiple providers to this Fire Safety framework agreement;

•Lot 1 – Fire Engineering Services

•Lot 2a – External Wall Investigation & Risk Assessment (Services)

•Lot 2b – External Wall Risk Assessment for Taller Buildings (Services)

•Lot 3 – Client Monitoring (Design)

1.2.During the Selection Stage, the intention is to assess the responses to the SQ and select a Bidder shortlist of the below for each Lot:

Lot 1 – Fire Engineering (Design): shortlist of 10.

Lot 2a – External Wall Investigation & Risk Assessment (Services): shortlist of 10.

Lot 2b – External Wall Risk Assessment for Taller Buildings (Services): shortlist of 10.

Lot 3 – Client Monitoring: shortlist of 10.

Where there are suitably qualified Bidders, we will invite these Bidders to proceed to the next stage (Stage 2) of the formal Invitation to Tender (ITT). Peabody retains the right to invite more/less Suppliers to Tender than specified above.

CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Building consultancy services · Building surveying services · Building-inspection services · Engineering design services · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Fire-prevention services · Hazard protection and control consultancy services · Health and safety consultancy services · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs · Risk or hazard assessment for construction · Risk or hazard assessment other than for construction

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £4,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Fire Engineering Servicesceiling above
Lot #2Client Monitoring (Design)Published value£1,000,000
Lot #3External Wall Investigation & Risk Assessment (Services)ceiling above
Lot #4External Wall Risk Assessment for Taller Buildings (Services)Published value£1,500,000

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    If responding to Lot 2a, your organisation must be a member of a relevant professional body within the construction industry with sufficient expertise to identify the relevant materials within the external wall and attachments and whether fire resisting cavity barriers and fire stopping have been installed correctly. Relevant professional bodies include:

    • Architects Registration Board (ARB)
    • Association of Consultant Approved Inspectors (ACAI)
    • Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)
    • Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
    • Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
    • Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
    • Construction Industry Council Approver Inspectors Register (CICAIR)
    • Institute of Clerks of Works and Construction Inspectorate (ICWCI)
    • Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
    • Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)
    • Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
    • Local Authority Building Control (LABC)
    • Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
    • Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
    • Society of Façade Engineers (SFE)

    If responding to Lot 2b, your organisation must have expertise in the assessment of the fire risk presented by external wall materials and should be a member of a relevant professional body that deals with fire safety in the built environment. This could be a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Fire Engineers or equivalent.

What this means for your bid
  • “Fire Safety Consultancy Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
27 Sept 2021, 16:15 BST
Last source update
27 Sept 2021, 16:15 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023979
Classification (CPV)
Advisory and consultative engineering servicesBuilding consultancy servicesBuilding surveying servicesBuilding-inspection servicesEngineering design servicesFire and explosion protection and control consultancy servicesFire-prevention servicesHazard protection and control consultancy servicesHealth and safety consultancy servicesProject and design preparation, estimation of costs
+2 moreRisk or hazard assessment for constructionRisk or hazard assessment other than for construction
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e51b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Fire-and-explosion-protection-and-control-consultancy-services./6SRQXY825Q To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6SRQXY825Q GO Reference: GO-2021927-PRO-18975695

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
27 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

27 Sept 2021 → 6 Dec 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    27 Sept 2021, 16:15 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    27 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    6 Dec 2021

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Peabody Trust

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Minster Court, 45-47 Westminster Bridge Road, London, London, SE1 7JBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point London

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria