Official UK procurement notice
Workplace and FM24 - Market Sounding
Authority: Defra Network eTendering Portal
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of the market sounding is to determine the market’s interest in the delivery of Workplace and Facilities Management for the Defra group from 2024. This includes the market’s interest in the commercial contractual commitment with Defra and explore the benefits of different commercial approaches to delivery. Defra are keen to undertake early engagement with the market to understand the available skills, market capacity and capability, any barriers to entry and market concentration. Defra are also keen to drive collaboration and joint working with the market.
The questionnaire in the prospectus (available on request from becca.simmins@environment-agency.gov.uk) is designed to inform how Defra can best meet its objectives and how we best engage with the market. By seeking supply chain information this will support Defra’s decision making on the optimum operating model as part of our business case.
This is the first part of a series of market engagement sessions that Defra will undertake as we progress through the project.
This market engagement will give you the chance to provide feedback on our current plans. It will also give you the opportunity to tell us about any alternative approaches or innovative ideas, to successfully manage the project delivery more efficiently and generate significant savings.
The questions primarily focus on:
- Proposed Delivery Models
- Commercial principles and models to support the Outline Business Case
- Market and supply chain constraints we need to consider
CPV: Building and facilities management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1To be determinedPlanned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013968- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02be03Find a Tender
Publisher note: Organisations may register interest in this Market Sounding exercise via the following email address: becca.simmins@environment-agency.gov.uk We envisage the following time-scales: Market Sounding Questionnaire will be available - 21 June 2021 Questionnaire return deadline - 9th July 2021 To clarify our understanding of any points raised following review of the returned questionnaires, Defra reserve the right to invite a limited number of respondents to participate in 1-to-1 discussions. The results of the Market Sounding exercise (including any 1-to-1 discussions) may be used to shape and refine Defra's proposition before any formal procurement commences. It should be noted that any information provided on our current thinking should be considered formative in nature and no decision on the future solution, funding or commercial approach has yet been agreed. All participants in the Market Sounding. exercise will do so at their own cost.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Jun 2021 → 28 Jan 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Tender notice expected28 Jan 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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