Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Unit 7-8 Silver Fox Way Cobalt Business Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 8EW
Contact
Thalia Southgate
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Utilities Partner
Reference number
2021/S 000-007839
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 65000000 - Public utilities
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Authority provides the services from a new Specialist emergency care Hospital, the first of its type in the country, through three acute hospitals located in Ashington, Hexham and North shields. It provides community healthcare through its seven community hospitals located throughout the area and also community services in a significant number of properties throughout the geographical area. The Authority has a wholly owned subsidiary, Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management Ltd ("NHFM"). This organisation, manages all of the hard and soft FM services for the trust this includes the purchase of all Trust energy and utilities requirements. The Authority intends to establish a utilities partner framework and also anticipates being the first public sector framework user to draw down a service from the framework, upon completion of the framework accreditation process. This framework will be available to all public sector bodies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-007839
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
Scottish public bodies.The framework agreement will be available for use by any Scottish public sector body: the authority; Scottish non-departmental public bodies; offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices; cross- border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998; the Scotland Office;the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body; councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (except where they are acting in their capacity as educational authority); Scottish jointfire boards or joint fire and rescue boards; Scottish joint police boards or any successor national police or fire authority; Scottish National Park authorities, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Ltd, Northern Lighthouse Board, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by 1 or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. Scottish Government:http://www.gov.scotScottish Parliament:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/abouttheparliament/27110.aspxScottish local authorities:http://www.gov.scot/About/Government/councilshttp://www.scotland.org.uk/home/AboutUs/OurMembers/AssociateMembers.aspxScottish agencies, non-departmental public bodies:http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/BodiesScottish NHS bodies:http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/NHS-Workforce/NHS-Boardshttp://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/Scottish further and higher education bodies:http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/index.php?page=membershttp://www.collegesscotland.ac.uk/member-colleges.htmlhttp://www.sfc.ac.uk/aboutus/council_funded_institutions/WhoWeFundColleges.aspxScottish Police:http://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/Scottish housing associations: http://www.sfha.co.uk/component/option,com_membersdir/Itemid,149/view,membersdir/The Scotland Office:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scotland-officeRegistered social landlords (housing associations) — Scotland.