SC21025 - Property Construction Partnership Framework

Kent County Council (the Client) is the largest county council in England covering an area of 3 500 km2. It has an annual expenditure of over GBP 900 million on goods and services and a population of 1.3 million. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 305 parish/town councils.

The framework is to enable the procurement and delivery of significant Property Infrastructure including new builds, extensions, refurbishments and alterations to its estate. The majority of this is existing schools; however any type of building work to any property including housing, and associated construction services such as hard or soft landscaping is included. A framework is to be established with up to four Suppliers to deliver the pipeline of work based on a rotation approach.

There is no guarantee of work within this Framework and the Client reserves the right to competitively tender any future project it deems appropriate. Call-off arrangement will be based on the NEC 4 suite of contracts with the framework covering the South East of England.

This framework will support the Infrastructure Property Building programme. Projects will be are proposed to be awarded on the basis of rotation, with the opportunity to run a mini-competition process, should it be required. This is at the discretion of the Client.

The primary objective of the Client is to create sustainable relationships while increasing flexibility and agility when commissioning new projects. However work will only be awarded should a Contractor be meeting its Key Performance Indicators and demonstrate value for money for each scheme. The framework pricing structure will be open book, with the Client able to award to the next Supplier should these conditions not be met.

Suppliers may be appointed to provide either 'Professional Services', 'Design, Build and Operate' schemes or 'Construction' schemes throughout the framework period. Where there is a two stage appointment, the Client will reserve the right to award the build element of the project if value for money is not identified. Working closely in a collaborative partnership will help identify the build costs. Awards can be based on either a two stage appointment (where Early Contractor Involvement is required) or a single stage appointment (where Early Contractor Involvement is not required).

The Supplier will usually procure the specialist organisations such as M&E, Glazing, Roofing, Groundwork's etc who will work as Sub-Contractors. Minimum project builds will be worth £1m with no maximum limit. A detailed pipeline has been provided in the documentation to provide prospective candidates project values expected through this framework. Future projects will be dependent on available budgets.

This framework will support the Infrastructure Property Building programme. Projects will be

are proposed to be awarded on the basis of rotation, with the opportunity to run a mini competition process, should it be required.

The primary objective of the Client is to create sustainable relationships while increasing

flexibility and agility when commissioning new projects. However work will only be awarded

should a Contractor be meeting its Key Performance Indicators and demonstrate value for

money for each scheme. The framework pricing structure will be open book, with the Client

able to award to the next Supplier should these conditions not be met.

Suppliers may be appointed to provide either ‘Professional Services’, 'Design, Build and

Operate' schemes or 'Construction' schemes throughout the framework period. Where there

is a two stage appointment, the Client will reserve the right to award the build element of the

project if value for money is not identified. Working closely in a collaborative partnership will

help identify the build costs. Awards can be based on either a two stage appointment (where

Early Contractor Involvement is required) or a single stage appointment (where Early

Contractor Involvement is not required). Additional information: The estimated Framework value represents the total value of contracts which may be awarded via this Framework. There is no guarantee of work under this Framework. The Framework length is 4 years (48 months), with an option to extend for an additional 2 years (24 months), giving a total potential Framework period of 6 years (72 months).

The framework is being procured by the authority for its own use. However other public

sector bodies have entitlement to procure works through this framework.

The public sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open, include

without limitation, the following contracting authorities commissioning construction works

and services in the geographical areas stated in II.2.3) (and any future successors to these

organisations):

— government departments, agencies and public bodies:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

— local authorities:

http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/MapLocationSearch.do?mode=1.1

— local authorities:

https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/guidance-and-resources/communicationssupport/digital-councils/social-media/go-further/a-z-councils-online

—Educational establishments (ie schools maintained by local authorities; academies; city

technology, colleges; the learning and skills council; further education establishments, and

universities, a list can be found at www.education.gov.uk and

http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/

about/resources/ndpb and http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/

— social enterprises within culture and leisure: http://www.sporta.org/member-directory

— police forces in the United Kingdom:

http://www.police.uk/?view=force_sites#force_sites

— fire and rescue services (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland):

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs

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— NHS bodies including Acute Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Mental Health

Trusts, Health and Care Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, area teams, special health authorities,

others and NHS property services:

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx

— department of health advisory bodies and committees:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/about-us/public- bodies-2/advisory-bodies/

— registered providers of social housing:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered- providers-of-socialhousing

— national housing federation: http://www.nhfdirectory.co.uk

— third sector and charities: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities

Ltd companies and other enterprises owned by other bodies other than those listed above

but qualifying as Bodies Governed by Public Law for the purposes of the Public Contracts

Regulations 2015.