Provision of Hard Facilities Management Services

The Buyer is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), based in Swansea, employing around 6,200 staff. The Buyer's primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining accurate registers of drivers and vehicle keepers, and to collect Vehicle Excise Duty.

In March 2005 the Buyer entered a 20-year Private Finance Initiative ("PFI") Contract for the refurbishment of the estate and the provision of facilities management ("FM") services. The overall PFI Contract expires on 31st March 2025,

The Buyer requires a Hard Services Facilities Management Service from the point of exit commencing 1st April 2025 to manage the Hard Services Management services across the Swansea estate; comprising of Morriston, Swansea Vale and Fforestfach. The Buyer requires bidders to provide innovative proposals in response to this Specification to assist the Buyer's strategy of providing modern services for the Buyer's workforce.

The Buyer requires a Hard Services Facilities Management Service to provide a service 24/7, 365 days a year, for an initial 5-year Contract term with the option to extend on a +1-year, +1-year based/. The individual Hard FM services listed in the work packages within this document, each require an innovative, proactive approach to delivery.