Protect Framework (Compliance Services)

This procurement relates to the establishment of a framework for the provision of various compliance services across the property and housing sector. The framework is designed to support Hyde Housing Association (Hyde) and other public sector bodies in accessing high-quality services to deliver their compliance servicing, maintenance and installation programmes.

The framework will offer services regionally and nationally, with an estimated value of £2,688,000,000 exc VAT (£3,225,600,000 inc VAT) over its possible six-year term (an initial term of four years with the option to extend for a further two years). Individual framework lots will have anticipated values, but all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value.

All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure. Call-off contracts awarded under this framework may be extended beyond the initial contract term.

The maximum duration of any individual call-off contract, including any extensions, shall not exceed 15 years. The Authorised Users may exercise the right to extend at their sole discretion, provided that written notice is given to the Framework Supplier no later than 3 months prior to the expiry of the then-current term.

Extensions are subject to satisfactory performance, continued need, and budgetary approval. The framework consists of 141 lots covering specific workstreams across four regional areas (Region 1.

London, South East and East of England, Region 2. South Wales and the South West, Region 3.

East and West Midlands, Region 4. North Wales and the North of England) and a national region (Region 5).

For each workstream, bidder are able to bid for a combination of regional lots or the national lot. The framework will be accessible nationally and will allow for both award without further competition, formerly direct award and competitive selection process, formerly mini competition under the Open Procedure, in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and associated Regulations and will be open to all UK public sector bodies (and others as detailed in the procurement documents and in the description below) to access via an Access Agreement between Hyde, the Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who Hyde has appointed to administer the framework on their behalf.

Pretium will act as the agent, as per the Procurement Act 23. Full details of the scope and requirements of the framework and the procurement process, including how to tender are included within the procurement and tender documents.

Hyde anticipate appointing ten suppliers to each individual workstream lot (per region), and twelve suppliers to each national workstream lot, but reserve the right to adjust these numbers at their discretion as set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form. 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.

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 will be open to but not limited to any "Authorised User", which is defined as follows: Authorised User” means any of the following: (i) any entity within the same group of companies as Hyde from time to time (a “Hyde Group Member”); (ii) any entity or joint venture company that Hyde or any other Hyde Member holds an interest in from time to time (a “Hyde JV”); (iii) any provider in the UK Housing Sector (including Local Authorities, Registered Providers and any members of their supply chain including Direct Labour Organisations and Suppliers), Any other "contracting authority" in the UK as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 Any Body that has to comply with the Procurement Act 2023 or Public Contracts Regulations Scotland, Educational establishments, including but not limited to; primary and secondary schools, further and higher education institutions, academies and free schools or service providers working on their behalf, National, Regional and Local Health Authorities, including National Health Service (NHS) Bodies NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts, other NHS entities, and any organisation providing a service to these bodies, Any local and Regional Authorities, including any arm’s length organisations or service providers working on their behalf, 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, Any supply chain member of Hyde or of any of the above organisations

This workstream consists of: A.1 Electrical Testing and Remedials - Domestic (works value up to £3m), A.2 Electrical Testing & Remedials - Communal (works value up to £3m) across four regional areas and AN - Electrical Testing & Remedials - All Elements (works value over £2m) national. The four regional areas are: Region 1 - London, South East and East of England, Region 2 - South Wales and the South West, Region 3 - East and West Midlands, Region 4 - North Wales and The North of England and Region 5 - National.

Bidders do not have to be able to cover ALL areas within a region to bid for that region, but will be asked to complete a Postcode Checker form to declare which areas within that region they are currently delivering work. All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure.

Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework. This workstream consists of: B.1 Gas Safety - Domestic (works value up to £3m), B.2 Gas Safety - Communal (works value up to £3m), B.3 Boiler Replacements & Installs (works value up to £3m) and B.4 Maintenance of Retrofit equipment (works value up to £3m) across four regional areas and BN Gas - All Elements (works value over £2m) national All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure.

Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework. This workstream consists of: C.1 Legionella Risk Assessments (works value up to £3m), C.2 Cold water storage and tank Inspections and associated follow up work (works value up to £3m), C.3 Rainwater harvesting & Sump Pumps (works value up to £3m) and C.4 Sewerage and Wastewater (works value up to £3m) across four regional areas and CN Water Hygiene & Safety - All Elements (works value over £2m) national All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure.

Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework. This workstream consists of: D.1 Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) Compliance (works value up to £3m), D.2 Passenger Lift - Maintenance & Servicing (works value up to £3m), D.3 Passenger Lift - Installation (works value up to £3m) and D.4 Domestic Lift - Maintenance & Servicing (works value up to £3m) across four regional areas and DN.1 Lifts - All Elements Domestic (works over £2m), DN.2 Lifts - All Elements Passenger/Commercial (works over £2m) national All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure.

Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework. This workstream consists of: E.1 Asbestos Testing (works value up to £3m) and E.2 Asbestos Removal (works value up to £3m) across four regional areas and EN Asbestos - All Elements (works value over £2m) national All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure.

Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework. This workstream consists of: F.1 Fire detection systems (works up to £3m), F.2 AOVs (works up to £3m), F.3 Mechanical ventilation (works up to £3m), F.4 Emergency lighting (works up to £3m), F.5 Dry risers (works up to £3m), F.6 Firefighting equipment (works up to £3m), F.7 Fire shutters (works up to £3m), F.8 Sprinklers (works up to £3m) and F9 Fire door inspections (works up to £3m) across four regional areas and FN Fire Safety - All Elements (works over £2m) national All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure.

Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework. This workstream consists of: G.1 Door Entry Systems-Servicing, Maintenance, Installs (works up to £3m) G.2 Access Controls-Servicing, Maintenance, Installs (works up to £3m) G.3 CCTV-Servicing, Maintenance, Installs (works up to £3m) G.4 Warden Call Systems-Servicing, Maintenance, Installs (works up to £3m) G.5 Automatic Gates/Doors servicing, Maintenance, Installs (works up to £3m) G.6 Working at Height Equipment-Maintenance & Installs (works up to £3m) across 4 regional lots GN Security & Safety All elements (works over £2m) national All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure.

Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework. This workstream consists of: H.1 Playground Inspections (works value up to £3m) H. 2 Playground Maintenance (works value up to £3m) across four regional lots and HN Playgrounds - All Elements (works value over £2m) national All works relevant and appropriate to the above workstreams will be included, examples of the types of work expected are as set out in the specifications, but additional relevant work may be included at the discretion of the authorised user and may include servicing, maintenance and installations as required by authorised users.

The regional lots will cover call offs up to £3m (including VAT), the national lot will cover call offs over £2m (including VAT. There is an intentional cross over between the 'up to' and 'over' lots, giving authorised users the flexibility to call off from either lot at their discretion.

Bidders should note that the 'up to' and 'over' values are PER call off and not annual values, so for example if an authorised used wants to call off a 10-year contract with an annual value of £400,000 this would only be available to call off under the 'over' national lot. As set out in the procurement documents, specifically the Lot Bidding Form, bidders can bid for any or all of the regional lots OR the national lot for each specific workstream - but not both the regional and national lots for a specific workstream.

Bidders can bid for a mixture of regional and national lots across different workstreams e.g a bidder could bid for works stream lots A.1 and A.2 (regional) and workstream lot BN (national) If we do not receive the expected number of bids within a regional lot, we reserve the right to blend those regional lots (any or all regional lots) into a single regional lot. A full explanation and examples of this are set out in the Lot Bidding Form.

In the event that there is insufficient interest in a call off in a regional area, we reserve the right to use bidders on the adjacent regional lot or the national lot. Method statement questions are broken down into three sections i.

Two generic questions to be answered regardless of how many lots a bidder is bidding for, ii. One customer centric question to be answered once, regardless of how many lots are being bid for, iii. between two and four technical questions which must be answered specifically for each workstream being bid for (a workstream is called as A.1 and A.2, or B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4 in which case you would only need to answer the questions once for workstream A and once for workstream B) One pricing schedule is to be completed per workstream e.g. workstream lots A including AN, workstream lots B including BN.

The value shown for this lot is an anticipated value only and given as an estimation, all lots will draw from the single aggregate total framework value. All values shown are estimates only and do not guarantee expenditure. Please carefully read all of the information contained within this Tender notice and the procurement documents to ensure you fully understand the requirements of the tender and the framework.