Power Supplies Framework Agreement.

Descriptions

This framework agreement is for the supply and installation of power supplies to Centro's suite of roadside infrastructure products for a maximum period of 4 years.The outputs required are as follows:1. Provide new electrical connections to agreed sites (Providing all excavation and reinstatement),2. Provide necessary project management, supervision of works and discharge of principal contractors obligations,3. Order and supply feeder pillar to include single circuit isolator ready to accommodate outgoing private network cabling,4. Provide traffic/pedestrian management on site associated to servicing work.The framework agreement will have either 1, 3 or 4 suppliers qualified to it and usually a mini-competition will be undertaken to award each piece of work. However, Centro reserves the right to make a direct award, if applicable. All qualified suppliers will be invited to take part in each mini-competition. The rates tendered in the framework agreement will be the maximum that can be charged throughout the life of the framework.Also please note that the successful Contractor (s) shall be registered with the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC) or equivalent.Some call off undertaken from this framework agreement may be subject to EU Involve/ERDF or other associated or relevant funding.Tenders are due back by the closing date of 12:00 on Tuesday, 8.9.2015 and the deadline for clarification questions via the messaging section of BravoSolution is 12:00 on Tuesday, 1.9.2015.This framework agreement is available for any Local Authority, Integrated Transport Authority or public body in the UK to access and order from including specifically all 7 West Midlands Authorities (Birmingham City Council, Solihull, Coventry, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Sandwell).As this is a framework agreement, it is not known at this stage what the aggregate value of spend will be over the duration of the framework in terms of Centro spend or spend incurred by the various organisations that can access and order directly from the framework. It is not the intention that Centro uses the framework to procure on behalf of other organisations rather that other public bodies have access to it and procure directly from the qualified suppliers. The estimated value quoted above is an indication only of what the anticipated Centro spend may be over the duration of the framework agreement based on previous annual spend. However, Centro cannot be held to this level of spend it is a guide and for tendering purposes only. Final aggregate level of spend from a Centro perspective could be in excess of this figure or below it.