P0328R - Private Sector Leasing

Tender description

Birmingham City Council (the Council) is conducting the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Tenders are invited for the provision of temporary accommodation for citizens who are homeless and for other homeless families who have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). The provision of temporary accommodation will be provided through a private sector leasing (PSL) scheme. The contract is separated into two lots: Lot 1 - A Block Contract arrangement for a prescribed number of leased, furnished properties required for the life of the contract. Lot 2 A Framework agreement to provide additional capacity of furnished accommodation purchased on an ad hoc basis subject to demand The Contract will be managed by the Temporary Accommodation Team. Suppliers are encouraged to return submissions for both lots. The duration of both the Framework Agreement and the Block Contract will be 4 years. BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the tender documentation. Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the tender documentation no later than 12:00 hours (GMT) on 19th June 2017 using the Supplier Portal.