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Hertfordshire County Council (the Contracting Authority) acting on behalf of the Participants, has lead on the procurement process to establish a Framework Agreement for the purchase of Metal Storage Furniture. The authorities that are participating in this Agreement are listed below: Hampshire County Council; Hertfordshire County Council. The requirement is for the direct delivery of Goods to various locations throughout each Participating Authority. The Contracting Authority reserves the right however to include any other Consortium member, affiliate or associate who may wish to join this arrangement at a future date. The anticipated annual joint expenditure, for the Participating Authority's on these Goods is presently circa 120 000 GBP per annum, however the estimated annual range is between 60 000 GBP to 350 000 GBP. Any organisation that utilises this framework agreement shall do so under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Participating Authorities as part of the collaborative procurement agenda, seek to establish framework agreements for use by local authorities being the Central Purchasing Bodies as defined by the EU Combined Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Framework Agreement may also be open for use by the following Administrative Regions of the United Kingdom/UK: All Local Government administered regions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Regions in England: Reference may be made to the 9 highest tier of 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, listed in the below link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7448/1622442.pdf Northern Ireland: Administered across 26 Districts of Northern Ireland as listed in this link: http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland Scotland: Administered across 32 Council areas as listed in this link: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas: http://gov.wales/topics/localgovernment/unitary-authorities/?lang=en ESPO Member Authorities: https://www.espo.org/About-us-(1)/About-Us Nuts Codes: The European Journal template requires selection of a nuts code (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) in an OJEU Notice, but regrettably, will not allow selection of more than 1. Thus, where a notice refers to delivery/use in more than 1 specific region, but not throughout the UK, a nuts code will be selected that best reflects the region of greatest use. Where a notice refers to delivery/use within more than 1 specific region and also throughout the UK, the nuts code for ‘UK’ will be selected. Classification of user organisations referred to in OJEU notices- Local Authority Councils: County, Unitary, District, Borough, and Metropolitan Councils (Parish and Community Councils are also permissible users) — please refer to the links in the relevant Sections above entitled: Regions in England; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Wales. Educational Establishments: Nursery School, Primary School, Middle or High School, Secondary School, Academy, Special School, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Further Education College, University. Schools in England https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england Scottish Schools Online http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scottishschoolsonline/ Schools in Wales http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ Schools Database Northern Ireland http://apps.deni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.aspx Academies — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development Universities and Colleges http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ Police, Fire and Rescue and Maritime and Coastguard Agency Emergency Services: http://www.police.uk/forces.htm http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm 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.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx NHS Bodies, the HSC (Northern Ireland) and Ambulance Services: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/ http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure Government Departments and Agencies — Public Sector National Classification Guide: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-336664 (choose: Public Sector classification spreadsheet) Registered Charities: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx http://www.oscr.org.uk/ http://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/ Registered Social Landlords: Government-funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing. They include housing associations, trusts and cooperatives. http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644