Application were invited from suitable experienced suppliers of built environment consultancy services who can provide high quality services using a customer focused approach particularly in the public sector. The provider will be expected to work closely, and co-operate with local government and all other contracting authorities, in-house and external design consultants, contractors and other partner providers.

The nature and type of works that maybe required may include those services identified by CPV code on or in connection with any land or property, infrastructure and related asset owned, rented, leased or developed by any of the public sector bodies eligible to use the framework, or on property, infrastructure or related assets in which any of the public sector bodies may have an interest at the time or prospectively and may include projects

in the following sectors:

Central Government departments, Local Government organisations, education, housing, leisure, libraries, blue light, health and social care, offices, transport, military, farms, recycling and waste centres, industrial and

commercial buildings and any other public sector operational buildings and establishments. A series of financial tests will be applied to each potential supplier in the formal procurement process which

will include a turnover test based on the anticipated value of the Framework. The minimum turnover level for a potential supplier was 125 000 000 GBP per annum.

The public sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open, include without limitation, the following contracting authorities commissioning consultancy services in the geographical areas stated in II.1.2) (and any future successors to these organisations):

— Central Government Departments, Public Financial and Non-Financial Corporations — Public Sector

Classification Guide, January 2015 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm

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— Government Departments, agencies and public bodies https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

— Working Links Limited,

— British Waterways Authority,

— Local Authorities. http://openlylocal.com/councils/all, https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-council

— National Parks Authorities http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk

— Educational Establishments across England and Wales maintained by the Department for Education

including Academies, Colleges, Free Schools, LA Maintained Schools, Other types, Special Schools,

Universities, Welsh Schools. http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/public/quickSearchResult.xhtml?

myListCount=0, https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england

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

https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies

https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/listed-bodies

http://search.ucas.com/

https://www.ukrlp.co.uk/

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

— Social Enterprises within Culture and Leisure. http://www.sporta.org/member-directory

— Police Forces in the United Kingdom (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) http://www.police.uk/?

view=force_sites#force_sites

— Fire and Rescue Services (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) http://www.fireservice.co.uk/

information/ukfrs

— NHS Bodies including Acute Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Mental Health Trusts, Health and Care

Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Area Teams, Special Health Authorities, Others and NHS property services, http://

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

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

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

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

AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx http://

www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx

— Department of Health Advisory Bodies and Committees http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/about-us/publicbodies-

2/advisory-bodies/

— Hospices in UK including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/Endof-

life-hospice-services/Location/342 http://www.hauraki.co.uk/hospice_uk/, http://www.nahf.org.uk/hospicedirectory.

html

— Registered Providers of Social Housing https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registeredproviders-

of-social-housing,

http://www.nhfdirectory.co.uk

— Third Sector and Charities. http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities

http://ted.europa.eu/TED

— Citizens Advice. http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/aboutus/citizens_advice_offices .htm; Scottish Public

Bodies

— Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home

— Scottish Local Authorities. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Government/councils

http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/AboutUs/OurMembers/LocalAuthorityMembers.aspx

— Scottish Agencies, NDPBs. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies

— Scottish NHS Bodies. http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.aspx Review

— Scottish Ambulance http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx

— Scottish Further and Higher Education Bodies. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/UniversitiesColleges

http://www.sfc.ac.uk/aboutus/council_funded_institutions/WhoWeFundUniversities.aspx

— Scottish Police. http://www.scottish.police.uk

http://www.scotland.police.uk/sitemap

— Scottish Fire and Rescue. http://www.firescotland.gov.uk

— Scottish Housing Associations. http://www.esystems.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/register/

reg_pub_dsp.search

http://www.sfha.co.uk/component/option,com_membersdir/Itemid,149/view,membersdir/

— Scottish Parliament. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/index.aspx

— The Scotland Office https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scotland-office#org-contacts

— Scotland Citizens Advice http://www.cas.org.uk

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/myschool/findaschool/index.asp?

schoolsearchstring=&addresssearchstring=&authority=&strTypes=isprimaryschool&bSubmit=1&Submit=SearchCharities

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

— Welsh Public Bodies, National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government and Welsh Local

Authorities.

http://www.wlga.gov.uk/authorities

http://www.nwales-fireservice.org.uk/about-us/our-service-areas/our-service-areas.aspx?lang=en

http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/English/Area/Carmarthenshire-Command/Pages/Carmarthen.aspx

http://www.southwales-fire.gov.uk/English/contactus/whereweare/Fire_Stations/Pages/default.aspx

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

— NHS Wales. http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directory

— Registered Social Landlords http://wales.gov.uk/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registeredsocial-

landlords-in-wales/?lang=en

Welsh schools http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/address-list-of-schools/?lang=en

http://www.south-wales.police.uk/en/

http://www.north-wales.police.uk/about-us.aspx

http://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/

http://www.uniswales.ac.uk/universities

NI Public Bodies

— Northern Ireland Government Departments. http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm

— Northern Ireland Public Sector Bodies and Local Authorities. http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/az2.htm

— Northern Ireland Housing Executive http://www.nihe.gov.uk/

http://www.nihe.gov.uk/social_housing_providers.pdf

— Northern Ireland Housing Associations http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/housing-associations-contact

— Schools in Northern Ireland. https://www.deni.gov.uk/

https://www.deni.gov.uk/topics/schools-and-infrastructure/types-schools

http://apps.deni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.aspx

— Further and Higher Education in Northern Ireland.

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-services/education-and-learning.htm

— Health and Social care in Northern Ireland. http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-services/health-and-well-being/health-services.htm

— Police Service of Northern Ireland. http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm

— Citizens Advice Northern Ireland http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/en/About-Us/Contact/

http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/pages/bureaux/

— Northern Ireland Water,

— Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service http://www.nifrs.org/about-nifrs/

http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/

— Charities http://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/

— All other contracting authorities cited by name in Schedule 1 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

— All other contracting authorities cited by class in Schedule 1 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.