Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

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

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.2) Description

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

01/10/2021

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

The purpose of the PIN is to give notice that Crown Commercial Service is to undertake a tendering exercise to set up a new Framework to service Central Government and Wider Public Sector FM Services requirements. The framework will provide opportunities for regional as well as national providers.

The estimated value of the Framework Agreement, the Lot structure and Lot values will be confirmed within the Finder a Tender Service, however, it is anticipated that individual contract values may range from £500 and potentially up to £1.4Bn.

The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years 0 months, which is the lifetime of the framework but also includes the duration of a call off contract that can be a maximum of 7 years initial terms, with the option of 10 years with extensions.

Please see the below link to the latest webinar that took place on the 8th June for both suppliers and customers. The webinar will provide you with the latest information on RM6232 Facilities Management and Workplace Services

https://youtu.be/ioHk1vV-i4I

Crown Commercial Service is keen to gauge the level of interest in the new framework so requests suppliers complete a survey which can be found as an attachment on Contracts Finder and return it to:

Fmworkplaceservices@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6232 for updates and monitor Tenders Electronic Daily for the publication of the contract notice.

The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.

To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.

The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.

The services that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the RM6232 Facilities Management & Workplace Services Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet RM6232 Facilities Management & Workplace Services requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.

‘A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d7e06baa-963d-475b-a526-2d49d5fae968

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

23/07/2021