Transparency Notice of ITN Issue: Wales and West Midlands Region Multi Activity Contract

This notice serves to announce the issue of an Invitation to Negotiate. It is not to seek expressions of interest for a new opportunity.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is seeking expressions of interest, via the completion of the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), from Potential Providers (PPs) for managing and delivering the Soft Facilities Management services (Soft FM) detailed in this advert, at sites within the Wales and West Midlands region where the Ministry of Defence (MOD) operates, covering the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the whole of Wales. This Contract is the fifth of a number of regional contracts which will be advertised as part of Project HESTIA over 2 years, which will deliver Soft FM to MOD sites across the UK.

PPs must be in a position to bid for the entirety of this contract, whether as a single prime contractor or as a Special Purpose Vehicle/consortium of organisations acting together to deliver the services. The services required are detailed below, but they may not be required at every site within the region.

Military mess and non-mess based catering/other short term catering; Military functions; Retail; Refreshment services; Military mess accommodation/hotel services (including cleaning and bookings); Cleaning, general and specialist; Domestic Assistance; Waste Management; Tailoring; Cobbling; Reception services; Labour/porterage; Laundry/Dry Cleaning Portable Toilets In addition to the required services above, there is a business opportunity to provide additional retail and leisure services at each of the sites, including unofficial and private functions. This competition will be conducted under the Competitive Negotiated Procedure and in accordance with theDefence and Security Public Contract Regulations (2011).

PPs should note that once the contract has beenplaced, the negotiated procedure without prior publication might be adopted for the procurement of new serviceswhich constitute a repetition of similar services carried out under the original contract. Additional information: ITN documents added in line with the transparency agenda commitment. Certain information has been redacted due to it's personal; commercially sensitive or secure nature.