Responsive Repairs, Voids and Multi Trade Project Works Dynamic Purchasing System (iFlair Consortium/West Central Scotland)

Procurement for Housing wish to establish a DPS for the delivery of responsive repairs, voids and multi trade project works for PfH Members throughout West Central Scotland. It is intended that the DPS will run for an initial period of four years with the option to extend for a further period of up to three years. The estimated value is based on the maximum seven-year period.

The opportunity has been divided into six categories as follows:

1. Joinery Repairs

2. Electrical Repairs

3. Plumbing Repairs

4. Voids and Multi Trade Work

5. Out of Hours

6. Specialist Works

Organisations can apply to become qualified suppliers in one or more lots.

iFlair is a consortium of housing associations in Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire. It is envisaged that member’s will utilise this DPS for the procurement of contracts to deliver the services defined above based on their individual and/or joint requirements. At the invitation to tender stage PfH Members will define the requirements including tender requirements and specification, delivery model, pricing model and form of contract.

This dynamic purchasing system (“DPS”) may be used by any contracting authority listed in or referred to in the Find a Tender Service notice.

This includes:

• all current members of PfH Scotland at the time of the Find a Tender Service notice for this procurement, as detailed on the following page of the PFH Scotland website https://www.pfhscotland.co.uk/members/;
• any registered provider of social housing that becomes a member of Procurement for Housing / PfH Scotland during the period of the DPS;
• any public authority (as defined in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for public authorities) UK-wide public authorities based in Scotland, or as defined in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for Scottish public authorities that becomes a member of Procurement for Housing/ PfH Scotland at any time during the period of the DPS;
• any local authority as defined in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 for Scottish local authorities that becomes a member of Procurement for Housing / PfH Scotland at any time during the period of the DPS;
• any housing Arm’s Length Management Organisation that becomes a member of Procurement for Housing / PfH Scotland during the period of the DPS;
• any wholly owned subsidiary of any of the above organisations; and
• any other contracting authority listed on the following page of the Procurement for Housing website - http://procurementforhousing.co.uk/permissible-users/ at the time of the Find a Tender Service notice for this procurement.

These bodies are referred to collectively as “PfH Members” in this procurement process.

The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:

n/a

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

As detailed in the procurement documentation.