North West Contractor Framework

For full details please view Find A Tender Service (FaTS) Contract Notice reference: 2021/S 000-012131 and the Procurement Documents.

Oldham Council as the Contracting Authority in partnership with Procure Partnerships intends to let a North West Contractor Framework, which may be used to award contracts for Oldham Council's pipeline of works and will be accessible by North West public sector bodies / 'Contracting Authorities' as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Procure Partnerships have successfully been operating and delivering a North West Contractor Framework across the North West of England for the past three years supporting with the procurement and delivery of over 100 construction projects within this period.

Users of the Framework will be able to procure works with associated services (e.g., new build, refurbishment, fit out, infrastructure, single site/project works or multi site projects/ programmes of works) thereunder on the basis of established fixed Contractor overhead and profit rates, and hourly rates. Projects may be of Design and Build or Build Only in nature, under a Two Stage or Single Stage procurement route, embracing both NEC and JCT forms of contract, in compliance with the restrictions on and full freedoms for the range of works and building types provided by the CPV codes fully detailed in the FaTS Contract Notice referenced above. On the same basis, the tender/Framework includes infrastructure works Lots; construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork.

Potential Framework users may include North West; Schools, Academies, Colleges, Universities, Blue Light/Emergency Services, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Health and Social Care Bodies, Housing Associations, Libraries and Museums, Registered Charities, Government Departments, Leisure Providers, Clinical Commissioning Groups; as more particularly set out in the Additional Information at Section 5 below.

A Framework go-live date of 1st April 2022 is planned. The Framework is therefore anticipated to expire in March 2026. The Framework comprises of 8 Lots: 5 for construction and 3 for infrastructure, each defined by value band. There are limitations on the number of Lots which can be bid for. The Council aims to appoint 8 contractors per Lot and offer 2 reserve places per Lot.

Any indicative Framework value provided is a forecast estimate informed by historical data and anticipated future demand and cannot be guaranteed. To cover the legal and administrative costs of procuring and setting up the Framework each successful Tenderer offered a place on a Framework Lot will be charged a one-time subscription fee should they wish to accept their place.

Procurement documents must be accessed through the Council's e-tendering portal: The Chest/Proactis (www.the-chest.org.uk). Project reference: DN535239. All communications must also be directed via this portal.