NEPO411 Furniture

A Tender Notice
by THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Goods)
Duration
4 year
Value
£-£85M
Sector
FACILITY
Published
28 Apr 2021
Delivery
To 12 May 2025 (est.)
Deadline
02 Jun 2021 11:00

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom: All Suppliers must be able to supply and install furniture and associated products on a direct delivery basis to participating Contracting Authority establishments across the North East Region. At the point of tender NEPO have indicative volumes for the North East region only. However, NEPO wish to work with Suppliers to grow the Framework Agreement through the NEPO Associate Membership scheme, which may result in the supply of furniture to other regions of the UK.

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

Description

The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking to establish a multi-lot, multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the supply, delivery and installation of furniture across a variety of public-sector settings. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system.

Lot Division

1 Office Furniture & Home Working

Supply, delivery and installation of general office furniture and associated services including but not limited to office seating, desking, tables, desk screens - including protective Coronavirus solutions - monitor arms and storage solutions. Successful Suppliers will provide a comprehensive range of furniture for a variety of office settings, including reception, conference, dining and bespoke solutions along with any home working requirements of Contracting Authorities.

2 Educational & Library Furniture

Supply, delivery and installation of educational and library furniture to meet the requirements of nursery, early years, primary, secondary, higher educational and further education establishments and associated services. Successful Suppliers will provide a comprehensive range of furniture for a variety of educational settings, including dining, library and bespoke solutions.

3 Residential Furniture (Social Care)

Supply, delivery and installation of residential furniture and associated solutions to meet a variety of social care requirements, including care homes, social housing providers and council tenancies including immediate provision of furniture for temporary accommodation. Successful Suppliers will provide a comprehensive range of living solutions including white goods and kitchen appliances, along with other household items, such as cooking utensils, cutlery and crockery.

4 Reserved Contracts (Supported Businesses)

Regulation 20 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015) focuses on opportunities for social and professional integration of disadvantaged or disabled workers and allows Contracting Authorities to restrict the tendering process to organisations meeting the relevant criteria of a Supported Business. In addition to being a Supported Business, successful Suppliers must also be able to meet the requirements of one or more lots as set out above, Lots 1-3.

Renewal Options

This Framework Agreement will be a direct replacement for the current NEPO411 Framework Agreement for the Supply of Furniture, it is anticipated that the preceding Framework Agreement will be subject to future renewals.

CPV Codes

  • 39000000 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
  • 39130000 - Office furniture
  • 39151300 - Modular furniture
  • 39155000 - Library furniture
  • 39160000 - School furniture
  • 39140000 - Domestic furniture

Indicators

  • This is a recurring contract.
  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register. Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-i... http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procur... https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.police.uk/forces/ http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html 9 / 10 http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm http://www.scotland.police.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/ information/ukfrs http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-socia... http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social... https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_i... http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ registerhomepage.aspx http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/so... A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org

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