Date of dispatch of this notice: 20/02/2025
Expire date: 06/05/2025
External Reference: 54b92ffa-320a-42f0-b514-bd27dba296f4
Date of dispatch of this notice: 20/02/2025
Expire date: 06/05/2025
External Reference: 54b92ffa-320a-42f0-b514-bd27dba296f4
Official name: Watford Community Housing
Url:
Address line 1: 59 Clarendon Road
Town: Watford
Postal Code: WD17 1LA
Country: England
Contact person: Sharon Hunt
E-mail: maintain@echelonconsultancy.co.uk
Phone: +44 1707339800
Title attributed to the contract: Maintain Framework
Description:
Watford Community Housing (WCH) are seeking expressions of interest from suitably skilled and experienced Suppliers to deliver Repairs and Empty Homes works across this multi lot framework which will operate for a period of four years throughout the UK The framework will be open to all UK public sector bodies (and others as detailed in the procurement documents) to access via an Access Agreement between WCH, the Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on their behalf. Full details of the scope and requirements of the Framework and the procurement process, including how to tender are included within the procurement and the tender documents.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with all or any part of the Framework at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right not to award the Framework. Neither the Contracting Authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or Tendering for this Framework. The Contracting Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to all UK public sector bodies to access via an access Agreement between Watford Community Housing (WCH), the supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf. The framework will comprise of 18 lots as specified in the procurement and tender documents. It should be noted that lots 9a and 9b are National lots. The framework will be open to but not limited to any "Authorised User", which is defined as follows: • any entity within the same group of companies as WCH from time to time (a "WCH member"); • any entity or joint venture company that WCH or any other WCH member holds an interest in from time to time (a "WCH JV"); • any social housing provider in the United Kingdom (excluding WCH, WCH members and WCH JVS); • any supply chain member of any social housing provider in the United Kingdom, including direct labour organisations and suppliers (excluding WCH, WCH members and WCH JVS); • any national, regional or local health authority in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, any NHS group, and any organisation providing a service to these bodies; • any local or regional authority in the United Kingdom (including any arms length organisation or service provider working on their behalf) delivering any public or private sector construction related projects including, without limitation, housing, education, highways and infrastructure work; • any other "Contracting Authority" in the UK as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015; and • any service provider delivering services to any other Government Agency in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, the Ministry of Defence and the Highways Agency. In addition, it should be noted that neither Devonshires, Pretium or Echelon shall be responsible for any changes made to the documents without the approval or engagement of the authors of the relevant documents at or prior to call off stage. The framework is for a period of four years, but Authorised users should note that Contracts called off under the framework can themselves extend beyond the expiry of the original framework.