Procurement of Facilities Management Soft Services

Provision of Facilities Management Soft Services across the Trust portfolio. The Trust wish to consider a total or part provision as it is keen to offer some of the services to SME’s and local businesses on a separate but co-terminus contract arrangement. The proposed process will be Competition with Negotiation where the Trust will retain the right to award after the first stage without further negotiation. Alternatively, it may choose to instigate a further round of negotiation if the final solution is not achieved where, for instance, the MEAT score is within 10 percent of the nearest bidder.

The procurement of a range of Facilities Management Soft Services for the BEH estate which are managed by the Trust and their Contract Management team. The process will split into a prior information notice followed by a Contract Notice and requirement to complete a Supplier Questionnaire which will be evaluated and moderated by the Trust. Following this stage the Trust can shortlist to a minimum 3 providers to continue the negotiation process. The procurement will be a mix of document completion and negotiation sessions with the Trust . There is an option to run a further round of negotiation if there is no clear winning bid and the evaluation criteria for the entire exercise will be based on a suitable price/quality ratio set out in the procurement documents issued with the Contract Notice. Additional information: The Trust reserves the right to submit an in-house bid or only partially award lots on a blended service basis