Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Home Office
London
UK
E-mail: bethany.moynihan@homeoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
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
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Contingency Asylum Accommodation
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98341000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Home Office are currently using their Call Off agreement from the CCS Framework RM6016 (Public Sector Travel and Venue Solutions), to secure additional accommodation for asylum seekers. These Call Off agreements are in place with Calder and Corporate Travel Management (CTM) and were awarded using via the CCS Public Sector Travel and Venue Solutions Commercial Agreement. Under this agreement CTM and Calder are able to approach the open market for the availability of accommodation provision and to obtain related pricing. No Hotel/Venue is therefore "off limits", and everyone is welcome to be part of this process if they wish to.
If your organisation would like to offer short or long term accommodation solutions to accommodate asylum seekers, please email katrina.williams@crowncommercial.gov.uk sharing the following details as a minimum:
Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number
1. Hotel/Venue Name, address and postcode
2. Number of Bedrooms & Beds available (including breakdown of Single, Double, Family occupancy)
3. Available Catering Options (i.e. room service, plated collection, buffet style etc)
4. Details of laundry facilities/solutions available
Once you have provided the details above to CCS, your organisation details will be placed on to the relevant database and you will receive notifications of available opportunities.
To register you interest in providing these services, please register with CCS as soon as possible and by 31st July 2021 at the latest.
This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
55100000
55110000
55120000
70333000
79952000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Home Office are currently using their Call Off agreement from the CCS Framework RM6016 (Public Sector Travel and Venue Solutions), to secure additional accommodation for asylum seekers. These Call Off agreements are in place with Calder and Corporate Travel Management (CTM) and were awarded using via the CCS Public Sector Travel and Venue Solutions Commercial Agreement. Under this agreement CTM and Calder are able to approach the open market for the availability of accommodation provision and to obtain related pricing. No Hotel/Venue is therefore "off limits", and everyone is welcome to be part of this process if they wish to.
If your organisation would like to offer short or long term accommodation solutions to accommodate asylum seekers, please email katrina.williams@crowncommercial.gov.uk sharing the following details as a minimum:
Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number
1. Hotel/Venue Name, address and postcode
2. Number of Bedrooms & Beds available (including breakdown of Single, Double, Family occupancy)
3. Available Catering Options (i.e. room service, plated collection, buffet style etc)
4. Details of laundry facilities/solutions available
Once you have provided the details above to CCS, your organisation details will be placed on to the relevant database and you will receive notifications of available opportunities.
To register you interest in providing these services, please register with CCS as soon as possible and by 31st July 2021 at the latest.
This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services.
II.2.14) Additional information
At present the top 20 locations where accommodation is required are:
No. City
1. London
2. Birmingham
3. Glasgow
4. Liverpool
5. Bristol
6. Sheffield
7. Manchester
8. Leeds
9. Edinburgh
10. Leicester
11. Bradford
12. Cardiff
13. Coventry
14. Nottingham
15. Kingston upon Hull
16. Stoke-on-Trent
17. Newcastle upon Tyne
18. Plymouth
19. Derby
20. Southampton
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
01/08/2021
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
If your organisation would like to offer short or long term accommodation solutions to accommodate asylum seekers, please email katrina.williams@crowncommercial.gov.uk sharing the following details as a minimum:
Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number
1. Hotel/Venue Name, address and postcode
2. Number of Bedrooms & Beds available (including breakdown of Single, Double, Family occupancy)
3. Available Catering Options (i.e. room service, plated collection, buffet style etc)
4. Details of laundry facilities/solutions available
Once you have provided the details above to CCS, your organisation details will be placed on to the relevant database and you will receive notifications of available opportunities.
To register you interest in providing these services, please register with CCS as soon as possible and by 31st July 2021 at the latest.
This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services.
At present the top 20 locations where accommodation is required are:
No. City
1. London
2. Birmingham
3. Glasgow
4. Liverpool
5. Bristol
6. Sheffield
7. Manchester
8. Leeds
9. Edinburgh
10. Leicester
11. Bradford
12. Cardiff
13. Coventry
14. Nottingham
15. Kingston upon Hull
16. Stoke-on-Trent
17. Newcastle upon Tyne
18. Plymouth
19. Derby
20. Southampton
However, please also note that you may also express an interest in this opportunity if you have accommodation in the locations set out below or in any other location not listed above.
No. City
1. Reading
2. Brighton and Hove
3. Portsmouth
4. Aberdeen
5. Luton
6. Bournemouth
7. Norwich
8. Swansea
9. Oxford
To register you interest in providing these services, please register with CCS as soon as possible and by 31st July at the latest.
This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/07/2021