CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Loft Insulation Works Framework Agreement

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Tai Tarian is seeking to appoint a single Contractor (Service Provider) as Primary Service Provider and a reserve Contractor (Service Provider) as Reserve Service Provider to a Framework Agreement for Loft Insulation Works to support Tai Tarian in the delivery of its capital investment programme.

The scope of this Framework Agreement comprises of installation of loft insulation to Tai Tarian’s domestic properties through Neath Port Talbot County Borough.

All pre-inspection surveys and installation works are to be carried out in accordance with the Specification (Appendix 1) and Preliminaries (Appendix 4), for the Service Provider’s submitted rates set out in the NHF Schedule of Rates for Planned Maintenance and Property Reinvestment Works Version 7.2 (Appendix 2).

In addition to this, the Service Provider may be required to carry out works that are within the scope of the Framework Agreement but are not specifically provided for within the relevant Schedule of Rates.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=136342.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

It is anticipated that there will be approximately 2800 – 3000 properties issued as part of call-off contracts within this Framework Agreement, broken down per annum in the table in the ITT.

The Framework Agreement shall operate for a period of 3 years and 3 months, until 31st March 2027.

The estimated whole-life value of the Framework Agreement is 1,400,000 GBP (excluding VAT).

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

968

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:136342)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

It’s Tai Tarian’s intention that the delivery of the Framework Agreement assists in the achievement of their commitment towards community benefits as outlined in Tai Tarian’s Community Benefits Policy. Therefore, as a minimum requirement, Tenderers will have to agree that community benefits will become part of the Framework Agreement, if a Tenderer does not agree to this, then the Tenderer will be rejected.

It is a contract condition that the Service Provider delivers community benefits as part of this Framework Agreement.

There are a variety of community benefit obligations outlined in the Framework Agreement and the Service Provider must agree to deliver one or more.

Tenderers must not outline the community benefit’s they are currently delivering for existing Clients. Tenderers must outline what they propose to offer for Tai Tarian if awarded the Framework Agreement.

Delivery of community benefits through all spend is aligned with the Well-being of Future Generations Act Wales and delivers against its goals.

All community benefit activities must take place within the Neath Port Talbot County Borough.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice