Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
LHC
4 Vine Street
Uxbridge
UB81QE
Contact
Meghan Wharton
Telephone
+44 7496410193
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI74 - Harrow and Hillingdon
Companies House
14601330
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Fire Safety Framework
Reference number
FS2
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75251110 - Fire-prevention services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
This framework covers the geographical area of England.
This new framework replaces our previous Fire Safety framework and extends the
scope to include waking watch services, active fire protection, fire suppression and
cladding remediation.
The framework consists of 8 (eight) workstreams and some workstreams have
multiple lots.
As follows:
- Lot 1a - Fire Safety Consultancy
- Lot 2a - Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Safety Inspections
- Lot 3a - Waking Watch Services
- Lot 4a - Installation, Maintenance & Remediation of Passive Fire Protection
- Lot 5a - Installation of Active Fire Protection
- Lot 5b - Active Fire Protection Testing, Servicing and Maintenance
- Lot 6a - Installation of Fire Suppression Systems
- Lot 6b - Fire Suppression System Testing, Servicing and Maintenance
- Lot 7a - Cladding Remediation
- Lot 8a - Multi-Disciplinary - Installation of Passive, Active and Fire Suppression
Measures
- Lot 8b - Multi-Disciplinary - Testing, Servicing and Maintenance of Passive, Active
and Fire Suppression Measures
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
48
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2024/S 000-010650
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
Fire Safety Framework (FS2)
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
2 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
ABCA Systems Limited
Tyne & Wear
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC - North East (England)
Companies House
06294877
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Amber Construction Services Ltd
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
04184802
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Axis Europe plc
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
01991637
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Gemini AMPM Ltd
West Sussex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ - South East (England)
Companies House
03437130
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Global HSE Solutions Ltd
Nottinghamshire
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
Companies House
05906312
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Greyline Builders Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
01181590
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Ian Williams Limited
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
Companies House
00879464
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Marlowe Fire & Security Limited
Greater Manchester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
Companies House
05239777
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Mulalley and Company Limited
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
01534913
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
P Casey & Co Ltd
Lancashire
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
Companies House
01074194
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
SERS Energy Solutions Group Ltd
Gwent
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKL - Wales
Companies House
04946501
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £110,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
LHC Procurement Group Limited is a not for profit central purchasing body acting on behalf of contracting authorities throughout England, Wales and Scotland (including
partners of the Scottish Procurement Alliance, Welsh Procurement Alliance, and South West Procurement Alliance) for whom we continue to monitor up to 500 live projects at any one time. Thanks to their ongoing and collective feedback and input into the development of this framework and given the reach and scale of their collective portfolios, the framework is both designed and anticipated to support the vast majority of requirements. Consequently, other contracting authorities that were not specifically consulted in the development of this framework may nevertheless also deem the framework to offer a value for money procurement solution for their own requirements
and may also use the framework. As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities in England, Wales and Scotland as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as listed on:
https://www.cpconstruction.org.uk/who-we-work-with/
https://lse.lhcprocure.org.uk/who-we-work-with/
https://www.scottishprocurement.scot/who-we-work-with/
https://www.swpa.org.uk/who-we-work-with/
https://www.welshprocurement.cymru/who-we-work-with/
including, but not limited to Registered social landlords (RSL's), tenant management organisations (TMOs) and arm's length management organisations (ALMOs), local
authorities and any subsidiaries and joint-venture vehicles of those local authorities, health authorities, councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services or registered charities.
LHC clients may add community benefit requirements in their call-off contracts from this Framework including but not limited to:
- to generate employment and training opportunities for priority groups;
- vocational training;
- to up-skill the existing workforce;
- equality and diversity initiatives;
- to make sub-contracting opportunities available to SMEs, the third sector and
supported businesses;
- supply-chain development activity;
- to build capacity in community organisations;
- educational support initiatives.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Public Review Body
Norwich
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 75251110 - Fire-prevention services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
The purpose of this multi-disciplinary lot is to provide LHC clients with a route
to approved contractors who can cover multiple services that cover the
installation of passive, active or suppression fire measures either via direct
labour or via sub-contractor where they will act as principal contractors.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
48
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£10,000,000
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
ABCA Systems Limited
Tyne & Wear
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC - North East (England)
Companies House
06294877
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Amber Construction Services Ltd
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
04184802
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Axis Europe plc
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
01991637
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Gemini AMPM Ltd
West Sussex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ - South East (England)
Companies House
03437130
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Global HSE Solutions Ltd
Nottinghamshire
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
Companies House
05906312
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Greyline Builders Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
01181590
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Ian Williams Limited
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
Companies House
00879464
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Marlowe Fire & Security Limited
Greater Manchester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
Companies House
05239777
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Mulalley and Company Limited
Essex
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
01534913
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
P Casey & Co Ltd
Lancashire
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
Companies House
01074194
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
SERS Energy Solutions Group Ltd
Gwent
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKL - Wales
Companies House
04946501
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Ventro Ltd
Devon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
Companies House
08765695
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
Supplier omitted from the original contract notice
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee.
Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:
An error was made on the original contract notice and a successful supplier was missed in the list of awarded suppliers.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £110,000,000
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £110,000,000