Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in the UK with a turnover currently in excess of 600 000 000 GBP pa and employing over 800 people from its base in Kent. With its Schools Supplies Division set up nearly 70 years ago by Kent County Council, it has grown organically since then to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations. These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and emergency services.

LASER Energy Buying Group (LASER) was established as part of Commercial Services in 1989, in response to the increasing competitiveness of the deregulated energy markets and now provides complete energy solutions to 160 Local Authorities and other Public Sector bodies throughout the UK.

Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3 500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over 1 000 000 000 GBP on goods and services and a population of 1 300 000. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils.

In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, LASER has created a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for the supply, delivery and installation of LED Lighting, Fixtures and Fittings.

Other public bodies will have access to this Agreement but may only do so with the agreement of LASER. Those organisations who may wish to access this Agreement will be members, affiliates and associates of the CBC Group, the Pro5 Group, the Police Service, the Fire Service, the NHS and NHS Trusts, third sector organisations, academic centres (including Academies), publicly funded organisations and publicly owned private companies, operating within the geographic boundaries of the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland.

Full details of the classification of potential Contracting Bodies and Customer's geographical areas and organisation classifications are detailed as follows:

Regions in England: Main Regions:- East Midlands; West Midlands; East of England; South East; South West; North West; North East; Yorkshire and Humber; London or to individual administering Councils. See link:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

Northern Ireland: Administered across 26 Districts of Northern Ireland. See link:

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland

Scotland: Administered across 32 Council areas. See link:

http://www.cosla.gov.uk/scottish-local-government

Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas. See link:

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/localgovernment/?skip=1&lang=en

Classification of Customer Organisations

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

Educational Establishments: Nursery School, Primary School, Middle or High School, Secondary School, Academy, Special School, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Further Education College, University. See links:

http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/index.php

http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net

www.education.gov.uk/edubase

www.hefce.ac.uk

http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/aboutus/members/Pages/default.aspx

Police, Fire and Rescue and Maritime and Coastguard Agency Emergency Services:

See links:

http://www.police.uk/forces.htm

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/

http://www.nifrs.org/

http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm

NHS Bodies, the HSC (Northern Ireland) and Ambulance Services:

See links:

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx

http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.aspx

http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure

Central Government Departments & their Agencies:

See link:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm

Registered Charities:

See links:

http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/RegisterHomePage.aspx

http://www.oscr.org.uk/charities/search-scottish-charity-register

http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/dsd_contact_us/dsd_our_offices.htm

Registered Social Landlords: Government-funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing. They include housing associations, trusts and cooperatives. See link:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

http://www.nhfdirectory.co.uk

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

Scotland: Administered across 32 Council areas. See link:

http://www.cosla.gov.uk/scottish-local-government

Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas. See link:

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/localgovernment/?skip=1&lang=en

Tenderers are advised that the Contracting Authority, its affiliates and/or authorised users, reserve the right to supply the tendered products, services and or commodities to companies or organisations directly that have a majority public sector ownership or acting in a contractual capacity (i.e. Outsourced) on behalf of the accessible organisations by any of the bodies referred to in the document during the Agreement period as stated in this document.