Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
2Gether Support Solutions Limited
William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Ashford
Kent
TN24 0LZ
UK
Contact person: Senior Category Manager - Corporate (C319420)
E-mail: 2gether.2getherprocurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ44
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.2gethersupportsolutions.org/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.2gethersupportsolutions.org/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Major capital works at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Reference number: C319420
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (herein referred to as "our" or "us" or "we") was formed in April 2018 as a new, wholly owned subsidiary company of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust"). <br/><br/>We provide essential support services to the Trust, from facilities and property management to catering, procurement and portering.<br/><br/>We are seeking to appoint up to fifteen capable and suitably experienced providers to deliver multiple major capital works projects, including lot:<br/><br/>#1: Projects (excluding Mechanical & Electrical works) across all hospital sites, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP; OR<br/>#2) Projects (excluding Mechanical & Electrical works) across all hospital sites, valued between 1,000,000 GBP and 10,000,000 GBP; OR<br/>#3) Mechanical Projects (excluding Electrical) across all hospital sites, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP; OR<br/>#4a) Electrical Projects (excluding Mechanical) at our William Harvey Hospital site only, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP; OR<br/>#4b) Electrical Projects (excluding Mechanical) across all other hospital sites, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP.<br/><br/>We are seeking a long-term collaborative working partnership with each appointed provider and hoping to appoint partners who will adopt the same ethos throughout the proposed contract term.<br/><br/>Further information about the requirements, including how this contract opportunity will be awarded, is available from the published procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the Health Family Single eCommercial System e-tendering portal ("Atamis e-sourcing portal").<br/><br/>If you are capable of delivering the requirement described and interested in helping support us, then you are invited to submit a response in accordance with the instructions set out in the Additional information section of this notice.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
200 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 4
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Projects (excl. M&E): valued up to 1,000,000 GBP
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ44
Main site or place of performance:
Sites as stated within the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Delivery of major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) across all hospital sites, with a value of up to 1,000,000 GBP. The objective of this lot is to encompass a range of major capital works projects, including:<br/><br/>i) light to medium alterations or maintenance or modifications or repairs or refurbishment or other building works to either the internal or external envelope of identified buildings across all hospital sites; OR<br/>ii) small new build construction projects; OR<br/>iii) necessary enabling works packages to allow for medium to large major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) projects to be carried out under lot 2 (Delivery of major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) across all hospital sites, valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBP); OR<br/>iv) external works across all hospitals sites, such as car parking, hard and soft landscaping and below ground drainage etc.<br/><br/>Works will be required to typically take place within any land or property and related asset owned, rented, leased or developed by OR on property or related assets in which, 2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (or any of the other identified contracting authorities) may have an interest at the time or prospectively.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Projects (excl. M&E): valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBP
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ44
Main site or place of performance:
Sites as stated within the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Delivery of major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) with a value between 1,000,000 GBP and 10,000,000 GBP. The objective of this lot is to encompass a range of major capital works projects, including:<br/><br/>i) medium to large alterations or maintenance or modifications or repairs or refurbishment or other building works to either the internal or external envelope of identified buildings across all hospital sites; OR<br/>ii) medium to large new build construction projects; OR<br/>iii) necessary enabling works packages for medium and large major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) projects to be carried out; OR<br/>iv) external works across all hospitals sites, such as car parking, hard and soft landscaping and below ground drainage; OR<br/>v) external services across all hospital sites, such as sub-stations etc.<br/><br/>Works will be required to typically take place within any land or property and related asset owned, rented, leased or developed by OR on property or related assets in which, 2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (or any of the other identified contracting authorities) may have an interest at the time or prospectively.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Mechanical projects: value up to 1,000,000 GBP
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ44
Main site or place of performance:
Sites as stated within the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Delivery of mechanical (excl. Electrical) works related major capital works with a value of up to 1,000,000 GBP.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Electrical projects: value up to 1,000,000 GBP
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ44
Main site or place of performance:
Sites as stated within the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Delivery of electrical (excl. Mechanical) works related major capital works with a value of up to 1,000,000 GBP
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Performance conditions as stated with the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal.
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 15
Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 4 years: Criteria as stated within the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
12/02/2025
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
13/02/2025
Local time: 09:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
We reserve the right not to award this contract opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described herein.<br/><br/>Further information about us can be found from https://2gethersupportsolutions.org. <br/><br/>To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.<br/><br/>Should you have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 or E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk.<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority reserves the not to award the contract opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice.<br/><br/>Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the procurement documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority will not accept completed tenders after the stated closing date. All tender related costs and liabilities incurred by Bidders shall be the sole responsibility of that Bidder.<br/><br/>For information on the review procedure bidders are referred to Regulation 86 (Notice of decision to award a contract or conclude a framework agreement); Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulation 91 to 102 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).<br/><br/>Following any decision to award the concession contract, the contracting authority will providing debriefing information to unsuccessful bidders (in accordance with Regulation 86 of the PCR 2015) and observe a minimum ten day standstill period (in accordance with Regulation 87 of the PCR 2015) before the contract is entered into.<br/><br/>This contract opportunity may be used by other Contracting Authorities including any of the following:<br/><br/>a) other public sector bodies located in, or around, Kent and Medway, including Clinical Commissioning Groups or GP Practices and any other provider of primary medical services; or local authorities or NHS Foundation Trusts / NHS Trusts; or social enterprises or subsidiary companies of any of the above; and<br/>b) any statutory and any other successor organisations to the above and any of the foregoing contracting authorities.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
2Gether Support Solutions Limited
William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Ashford
Kent
TN24 0LZ
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.2gethersupportsolutions.org/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/01/2025