Midland Heart are looking to procure a Residential Furniture Supply and Installation contract to meet the needs of the Care and Support Department within the business.

Midland Heart are looking for a high-quality solution for its specified requirements from high-quality providers that can deliver the specified service. The basis of the contract is (but not limited):

— Residential Furniture and Furnishings — including lounge furniture, dining room furniture, bedroom furniture, garden furniture, beds, mattresses and colours. For some items, such as chairs and tables, Midland Heart will require the same item but in varying heights to suit the needs of our residents.

The supplier must be able to provide a wide range of products of varying qualities, offering choice and value suitable for different environments while keeping up to date with current and future trends/needs of the business/environment.

The supplier must be able to provide residential furniture, furnishings and associated products to Midland Heart within the geographical locations shown within the ITT documents.

Types of service departments within the business that are to be catered for are:

— Inclusion Services — comprises of 60 buildings across the Midlands, covering 1 000 individual properties. Due to the nature of the user group, the furniture type will mostly be a mixture of hard wearing and long lasting furniture;

— Retirement/Extra Care Services — comprises of 100 buildings across the Midlands, covering over 5 000 individual properties. The furniture type for this user group is likely to be of a higher quality than the Inclusion Services, and will be for communal areas as well as individual rooms;

— Specialist/Reablement Services — the furniture type for this user group will be a mixture of items for very heavy use, strength and durability and with anti-ligature options;

— Soft Furnishings — will be required from all 3 areas as stated above.

The contract duration will be for an initial 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1+1 years based on satisfactory performance of the supplier and VfM offered through a benchmarking exercise carried out annually within the extension period.

Suppliers must meet all minimum (pass/fail) requirements stated within the ITT documents to be considered for this contract.

Financial Standing — Midland Heart has a turnover requirement which is a maximum of 2x the contract value per annum. Suppliers will be required to submit a copy of their 3 year audited accounts as part of their tender evidence that you meet this requirement.

Insurance — Midland Heart requires that you have the following minimum insurance levels in place for this contract: Public and Products Liability 5 000 000 GBP and Employers Liability 5 000 000 GBP.