Disabled Facilities Grant Adaptations

Derby City Council is seeking to appoint economic operators to a Framework to deliver a programme of adaptations, remodelling and extensions as part of its delivery of the Disabled Facilities Grant i.e. to appoint competent contractors to deliver high quality projects to home owners in the domestic market place through the establishment of a Framework. The work will typically involve:

• Bathroom and bedroom extensions
• Internal adaptations and remodelling
• Ramps
• External works
• Kitchen alteration/adaptations.

The Framework is to last up to a maximum of 4 years (2 years initially with options to extend in one year increments) and will require the selected suppliers to sign Derby City Council's data processing agreement.

Additional information: This tender will be managed electronically at the Council's e-tendering system at https://www.eastmidstenders.org where you can express interest now and obtain the documents from the anticipated date 03/08/2018. To access the tender documentation and to be able to submit your response, you must first register your organisation on EastMidsTenders (unless you have done this previously). Please note we will only accept expressions of interest/tender returns through the East Mids Tenders e-tendering system.

To Register: On the opportunities portal home page (https://www.eastmidstenders.org) there is an option to 'Register' link in the top right hand corner of the screen. Click this to begin the registration process. Further information can be found in the user guide 'how to do business on the portal' which can be found in the 'Help' section at the top right of the homepage. Once you have received the 2 system generated emails confirming your user name and password you can search for new opportunities from the supplier home page.

To Search: On the opportunities portal home page (https://www.eastmidstenders.org) click on 'view opportunities'. On the 'Find Opportunities' page you can narrow your search. The "Organisation" field allows the organisation you are searching on to be chosen. Click the arrow to bring a drop down menu displaying the

various organisations. Select 'Derby City Council', then click on the 'Update' button to return the results. This will then return all the opportunities that are applicable to Derby City Council. You can narrow the search further using the 'keyword' option. To view the further details of the opportunity, click the corresponding contract title and click on the Login and Register Interest button and login to the EastMids Tenders system to start the tender process. The EastMids Tenders system is a very secure site and is simple to use. However, if this is the first time you will be using the system for submitting documents you should read the comprehensive ProContract reference guides which will provide the guidance required by clicking the 'Help' icon that is located on the home page on the top right of the East Mids Tenders System. Once you have registered your interest, the tender information will be moved to, and can be found on, the 'My Opportunities' page on the EastMidsTenders page once you are logged in. You will be able to view and download the documents for completion, along with

instructions on how to make a submission.