Grounds Maintenance 21-31

Descriptions

To establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for grounds maintenance services for members of the Northern Housing Consortium. The DPS will be available to be accessed by all current and future members of the Northern Housing Consortium. Further information on who can access the DPS is available at this linkhttps://consortiumprocurement.org.uk/framework-agreements/who-can-access/, The DPS shall run for 10 years, from September 2021 to August 2031. , The first stage of, and the initial on-boarding of suppliers onto the DPS, will take place between 20 July 2021 and 31 August 2031. Applicants are required to complete the selection questionnaire (SQ) and submit this (with all supporting documents requested in the SQ) via the Delta portal. Applications will be evaluated accordingly, and successful Applicants will be appointed to the DPS as an appointed supply partner. There will be no limit to the number of applicants that will be admitted to the DPS against each region, sector, and service category. New applicants can apply to join the DPS throughout the duration of the period via the SQ process., An outline of the categories to be covered by the DPS are as follows, further breakdowns of the categories are available within the procurement documents:, Tier 1: Region:, • national (coverage of all NUTS Level 2 Codes for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and geographic regions for Wales);, Tier 2: Sector:, • Blue Light Services (including Ambulance, Fire and Police),, • education (including Academy Trusts, Schools, Universities and Higher Education),, • government bodies,, • health (including Care Homes, Commissioning Bodies, Hospices, NHS Trusts),, • housing associations, registered providers and ALMOs,, • local authorities,, • prison service;, Tier 3: Service, • Grounds maintenance - grass maintenance, hedge maintenance, chemical treatments, litter clearance, play area maintenance, garden maintenance, pond maintenance, • Arboriculture works, • Specialist planting, • Sports ground maintenance, • Winter services, • Pest control, • Fencing - design, supply, installation, and maintenance, • Invasive weeds - surveying, controlling and eradicating, • Landscaping services, • Cemetery maintenance, • Groundcare and arboriculture equipment hire, Applicants are not restricted to the number of categories they wish to apply for and will be invited to select which category(s) they wish to apply for by completing the category application table within the procurement documents., The second stage is where appointed supply partners compete for members individual contracts, more commonly referred to as a further competition (also known as mini-tender) stage and consists of members refining the requirements for their specific contract. Following acceptance on to the DPS, supply partners will be invited to tender for all members’ further competitions under the region, sector, and service category(s) they have successfully applied for. The DPS includes terms and conditions for the second stage Further competitions by way of a supply agreement but places no obligations on members to procure any services via the DPS. The DPS itself is not a contract and contracts (Supply Agreements) are only formed when services are called off by members under the DPS., The estimated value of the services to be procured for the entire duration of the DPS is an indicative amount and cannot be guaranteed., Further information can be found within the procurement documents as detailed in section I.3) of the notice.