Kitchen & Bathroom Replacement Programme - Phase 34

Hillingdon Council is seeking a suitably experienced contractor to deliver (as the sole main-contractor) a programme of kitchen replacements and/or bathroom replacements over an agreed programme period for circa 78 occupied domestic dwellings in various wards, Hillingdon. (40 Kitchens & 40 Bathrooms & 11 Seperate WC's).

The proposed contract will be based upon a pre-determined basket of rates developed using the National Housing Maintenance Forum M3NHF Schedule of Rates version 7.1 including its long descriptions, the specifications of workmanship and materials and the relevant SOR (schedules of rates) rates for each element of the required works. The rates are to include for all preliminaries, overheads, and profits. As part of their tender submission, contractors are required to tender a single percentage increase or deduction adjustment to these basket rates as stipulated in the Pricing Schedule and enter this adjustment into the Basket Rate Adjustment Tab.

The proposed contract will be for a period of approximately 16-20 weeks or as agreed with the successful Contractor.

The Council has concluded a selection process to identify our preferred Kitchen Supplies provider. All bidding Contractors must purchase kitchen items required to complete the installations from Howdens Joinery Ltd using Hillingdon's pre agreed rates.

Bidders must obtain details of the agreed Howdens supply rates/costs prior to tender submission and these can be supplied directly by contacting the following and quoting ITT reference No : 18219

Daniel Clarke

Regional Contract Manager Social Housing

Daniel.clarke@howdens.com

Trading terms in the attachments area (Appendix F). (non-negotiable).

Tenderers who have not obtained their pricing via the above Howdens contact will not have their bids considered.

Additional information:

I would confirm that the London Borough of Hillingdon is inviting all interested organisations to tender through the Council's nominated electronic tendering portal, www.capitalesourcing.com Please register on the above portal where the tender documents for this project can be downloaded.