PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II.B: Object of the Contract(SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)

II.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Property Services Design Consultancy Framework.

II.2)

Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance

II.3)

Short description of nature and quantity or supplies or services

II.4)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.5)

Scheduled date for start of award procedures

II.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.7)

Additional information

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

III.2)

Conditions for participation

III.2.1)

Reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community fund

VI.2)

Additional information

Property Services Design Consultancy Framework:

Northumberland County Council wishes to create a building design consultancy framework to supplement the in-house team in the delivery of a design and project management function for the property-related capital programme. The consultancy will include architecture, services engineering, structural engineering, quantity and building surveying, environmental design, CDM co-ordination, ecology and clerk of works functions.

Projects to be delivered through the framework will be associated with a number of capital programmes:

1. The Estate Transformation Programme, i.e. the refurbishment and upgrading of existing Council premises to support ‘new ways' of working for Council services.

2. The Property Stewardship Programme, i.e. the delivery of a life-cycle capitalised maintenance programme to the corporate portfolio — boiler replacements, rewires, re-roofing, window replacement, etc.

3.The Schools Capital Investment Programme, i.e. the delivery of a life-cycle capitalised maintenance programme to the schools portfolio — boiler replacements, rewires, re-roofing, window replacement, etc.

4. The Leisure Condition / Invest-to-Save Programme, i.e. the delivery of a life-cycle capitalised maintenance programme to the leisure centre portfolio — boiler replacements, rewires, re-roofing, window replacement, etc. together with more specialist improvement works associated with swimming pools and leisure facilities.

The number of projects delivered annually against these programmes is in the region of 150 with an annual expenditure of approximately 8 000 000 GBP. Individual project values range from 10 000 GBP to 500 000 GBP.

VI.3)

Information on general regulatory framework

VI.4)

Date of dispatch of this notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained