Building Safety Consultancy - Framework Agreement

Portsmouth City Council - the 'council' - is inviting tenders from suitably qualified and experienced consultants for inclusion on a new multi-supplier fire & building safety services framework agreement.

The framework agreement will be used to source relevant services required to fulfil the council's landlord duties in respect of its portfolio of 15,000 social housing properties and 900 corporate assets. The framework agreement may also be accessed by Gosport Borough Council and Southampton City Council, however the council can provide no guarantees in respect of usage by these additional named Contracting Authorities. Between 3-4 consultants will be appointed a place on the framework agreement on a ranked basis.

The framework agreement will established via, and concurrently with, the award of two significant council call off contracts, being 1) 18m+ Project Contract and 2) Individual Surveys Contract.

Tenderers must submit bids for both contracts and it is intended that the council will award both contracts to the overall highest scoring tenderer who will also be appointed as the number 1 ranked consultant on the framework agreement. In order to ensure consistency the council is not pursuing a Lotted multiple award strategy for the call off contracts in this instance.

The target date for award of the framework agreement and call off contracts referred to above is 13th July 2023 with commencement immediately following execution of the framework agreements and call off contracts. The framework agreement will then run for a duration of 4 years.

Total spend let via the framework agreement over the 4-year term is estimated at between £2.2M - £8.3M based upon the breakdown set out below:

• Portsmouth City Council - Call Off Contract 1 '18m+ Project' = £1.2M - £2M
• Portsmouth City Council - Call Off Contract 2 'Individual Surveys' = £1M - £1.5M (over max 5 year term)
• *Portsmouth City Council - Call Off Contract 3 '11-18m Blocks' = £2.5M - £3M
• **Gosport Borough Council = £400,000 - £600,000
• **SCC Demand = £800,000 - £1.2M

*This call off contract will only be let in the event that the Building Safety Regulator reduces the height of 'higher risk' buildings to 11m during the term of the framework agreement.

**These estimates are based upon values which have been provided by each of the named Contracting Authorities. The council provides no guarantee in respect of the accuracy of these estimates or any guarantee that the Contracting Authorities will call off from the framework agreement.

The value of individual surveys commissioned via council Call Off Contract 2) is expected to vary form between £500 to £15,000 per building. However, the council may also commission packages of surveys which may be of a higher value. These ranges are purely indicative and no minimum or maximum values for surveys or packages of surveys will apply.

The Council will establish the framewor...

Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No