To establish a National Framework Agreement, regionally awarded, for the provision of Specialist Engineering Maintenance Services with an additional option for suppliers to provide a Fully Managed Building and Engineering Maintenance Service.

This framework will be let by the contracting authority and can be utilised by NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts (including PFI healthcare buildings and facilities), NHS Collaborative Procurement Organisations, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS England and NHS Property Services Ltd.

The framework duration will be 2 years with the option to extend by up to 24 months, using two twelve month blocks (2 x 12 months).

This framework will enable participating organisations to conduct further (mini) competitions with selected service providers as and when their organisation's requirement arises. The framework will be divided into Lots to cover specific areas of Maintenance Services. The lots have been separated into two categories:

1. Maintenance Service Lots.

2. Geographic Regions.

This categorisation will allow suppliers the flexibility to tender for specific maintenance services in selected areas of geographic coverage.

1. Maintenance Service Lots.

The Maintenance Services are given in the Lots listed below. Providers will submit tenders based on their experience and capabilities in the individual Lots, and on the regions to be covered. It is envisaged that providers will submit their tenders in the following combinations:

A Tender for only one Maintenance Service Lot (a single Lot within Lots 1 through to 14),

A Tender for multiple Maintenance Service Lots (a combination within Lots 1 through to 14),

A Tender for all the Maintenance Service options (Lots 1 through to 14).

Providers are at liberty to tender for any or all of the Lots in each region. During their decision-making process, providers should consider the following points:

— Their expertise in carrying out any / all of the listed Maintenance Service Lots,

— The geographic areas they can cover,

— As explained in this Notice (and the Memorandum of Information), further (mini) competitions may be carried out at the regional level, after the contract award. These further (mini) competitions are dependant on the specific requirements of the Trusts and other framework users within the regions, and therefore may be for any number of the Lots,

— For clarification please note that providers can only be selected for any further (mini) competitions based on the specific lots that they have tendered for and consequently been awarded. For example, a provider tendering for Lot 1 only will not be eligible to participate in any further (mini) competitions for Lots 2 through to 14.

The maintenance service lots to be tendered for are:

Lot 1 — Fully Managed Building and Engineering Maintenance Service.

Lot 2 — Cooling and Refrigeration — Chillers, Condensers, Split A/C's.

Lot 3 — Air Handling Units, Filters, Ventilation and Extraction.

Lot 4 — Lifts, Escalators and Conveyance Systems.

Lot 5 — Patient Hoists.

Lot 6 — Water Systems — Servicing, Legionella Testing, Thermostatic mixing valves, Water Hygiene and associated plant.

Lot 7 — Fire Systems — Fire alarm systems, Smoke/Heat detection Systems, Sprinkler Systems, Extinguishers, Hose Reels.

Lot 8 — Boilers and associated plant.

Lot 9 — Building Management Systems and Automatic Control Systems.

Lot 10 — Security, Access Control, Intruder and CCTV systems.

Lot 11 — UPS and Generators.

Lot 12 v Portable Appliance Testing (PAT), Fixed Wire Testing.

Lot 13 — Automatic Doors.

Lot 14 — Medical gas pipeline and equipment maintenance.

For clarification please note that the services in Lots 1 – 14 include the planned preventative maintenance, fully comprehensive maintenance and the reactive and repair maintenance aspects of these services.

In tendering for Lot 1 — Fully Managed Building Engineering Maintenance Service; providers will need to ensure that they can provide all of the services covered by Lots 2-14 either directly or through the engagement of sub-contractors.

2. Geographic Regions

The scope of this framework is the NHS Trusts across NHS England. The areas and Trusts covered by NHS England, has been used to define the Geographic Lots:

— London (Region A),

— North England (Region B),

— Midlands and East of England (Region C),

— South of England (Region D).

The NHS England website can be accessed via: www.england.nhs.uk

By accessing the website, providers may determine the geographic coverage of each region, (as covered as at the date of publication of this Notice), and conclude on which Regional Lot(s) they wish to tender for.

A Memorandum of Information will be issued with the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire giving more details on the scope of this agreement.