Highlights
- Contracting Authorities may carry out a Further Competition tender exercise or make a Direct Award of a contract (in accordance with Schedule 7 of the Framework Agreement) for Lot 1, 2 & 3.
- The Framework Agreement will be subject to the NHS Standard Terms and Conditions of Framework Agreement for the Supply of Goods and the Provision of Services. All subsequent call-off Contracts are subject to the Call-Off Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Goods and the Provision of Services of the NHS Framework Agreement.
- This Framework Agreement is subject to ‘Procurement Policy Note 06/20 – taking account of social value in the award of central government contracts’ and ‘The Social Value Model’.
- The Suppliers appointed under this Framework Agreement comply with a wide range of standards and regulations, for example Modern Method of Construction (MMC); Passivhaus; Ligature-proof/Anti-ligature Furniture and Fixture; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Health Building Note (HBN); Health Technical Memoranda (HTM); Building Regulations and the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999; ‘School-specific Brief’ in the Output Specification 2017: ESFA Employer’s Requirements part C.
Why this framework matters to you
This framework is free for all NHS organisations and other public-sector bodies to use, including local authorities and schools, colleges, and universities.
This Framework Agreement following is governed under PCR 2015.
The Suppliers appointed under the Framework Agreement demonstrated knowledge of working with the NHS, providing evidence of a well-structured and detailed methodology and were evaluated on Management Reporting, Training, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Review, System functionality, Staff and resources skills, turnaround time, etc.
Multiple suppliers were successful in three lots and they have been awarded onto the Framework, which has been let for two years with an option to extend a further two years.
The Framework provides NHS organisations and all public sector organisations with a legally compliant access to the market, with the benefits of significantly reduced procurement timescales and access to cost-effective and quality approved suppliers.