Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
LHC for the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)
Royal House, 2-4 Vine Street
Uxbridge
UB8 1QE
UK
Telephone: +44 1895274800
E-mail: procurement@lhc.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.lhc.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA61405
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public Sector Framework Provider
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Consultancy Services
Reference number: CS1
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71315200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to provide awareness of an upcoming framework tender.
This opportunity has been listed by LHC on behalf of:
Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
South-West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)
Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)
LHC
Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC)
LHC is seeking expressions of interest from consultants from various disciplines to bid for the replacement and amalgamation of our current housing consultancy, fire safety and energy efficiency consultancy Frameworks.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71314300
71315200
71315210
71315400
71317100
71315300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
LHC are intending to the framework into multiple lots, it should be noted however that the list provided below will be further refined following our pre-tender engagement and therefore may not represent the lot structure in the final tender issued.
- Fire safety consultants
- Fire risk assessors
- Energy Efficiency consultants
- EPC assessors
- Stock appraisals
- Architectural services
- Project management
- Planning consultants
- Principal designer
- Civil and structural engineering
- Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing services
- Clerk of works
- Building surveyor
- Quantity surveyors
- Employers agent
- Health and safety environmental consultants
- Construction management
- Digital coordinator
- Retrofit Assessors and coordinators
- Multidisciplinary team and ancillary services.
As this will be a national framework, within each lot there will be multiple geographical areas that bidders can apply for. It should be noted that some consultancy services are not planned to be procured for the North and Central England and London and South East regional areas due to existing framework offerings in those regions already available.
LHC intend to carry out further engagement webinars with interested parties in due course to discuss or initial proposals and gain feedback before finalising the framework and issuing the tender.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
06/06/2022
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=118598.
(WA Ref:118598)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/02/2022