Refurbishment and Modernisation Framework Agreement

This opportunity has been listed by LHC Procurement Group on behalf of the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) and our other regional entities:

Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC)

LHC London and South East (LSE)

South-West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)

Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)

LHC Procurement Group is seeking suitable organisations for our Refurbishment and Modernisation Framework (RM3). This new Framework will replace our successful Whole House Framework (WH2).

The Refurbishment and Modernisation Framework will provide our clients with access to a range of refurbishment, improvement and modernisation services to maintain their buildings and surrounding external areas.

The framework builds on the scope of LHCs’ Whole House Framework and extends the scope to allow for works to be carried out in both residential and non-residential buildings.

This Framework consists of the following workstreams:

• Kitchens & Bathrooms with Associated Works
• Electrical Works
• Painting & Decorating
• Environmental & External Works
• Multi-Disciplinary Works

To encourage SMEs and regional bidders most workstreams are further split into project value band lots and each lot is also broken down into multiple regional areas allowing bidders to apply for the regional areas they commonly operate in.

In addition to encourage a good representation of SME and larger organisations on both the kitchen and bathroom and multi-disciplinary workstreams, bidders will only be able to apply for 2 of the 3 lots available under each of these workstreams. No restrictions are applied to the remaining workstreams. Refer to the ITT documentation for further guidance.

LHC Procurement Group Limited is a not for profit central purchasing body acting on behalf of contracting authorities throughout Scotland, England and Wales (including partners of the Scottish Procurement Alliance, Welsh Procurement Alliance and South West Procurement Alliance) for whom we continue to monitor up to 500 live projects at any one time. Thanks to their ongoing and collective feedback and input into the development of this framework and given the reach and scale of their collective portfolios, the framework is both designed and anticipated to support the vast majority of requirements. Consequently, other contracting authorities that were not specifically consulted in the development of this framework may nevertheless also deem the framework to offer a value for money procurement solution for their own requirements and may also use the framework.

As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities in Scotland as defined by the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and as listed on https:// www.scottishprocurement.scot/who-we-work-with/, including, but not limited to Registered social landlords (RSL's), tenant management organisations (TMOs) and arm’s length management organisations (ALMOs), local authorities and any subsidiaries and joint-venture vehicles of those local authorities, health authorities, councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services or registered charities.

SPA partners may add community benefit requirements in their call-off contracts from this Framework including but not limited to:

• to generate employment and training opportunities for priority groups;
• vocational training;
• to up-skill the existing workforce;
• equality and diversity initiatives;
• to make sub-contracting opportunities available to SMEs, the third sector and supported businesses;
• supply-chain development activity;
• to build capacity in community organisations;
• educational support initiatives