Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Tender description

The purpose of the Aggregator Framework is twofold. First, to provide an overall better price for the whole of the public sector for a multiple number of goods, services and works. Second, to provide a low profit, high social value driven Service Provider — ‘The Aggregator’. This single supplier Framework will see the successful Bidder, (the ‘Aggregator’) delivering a wide range of goods, works, and services to Genesis and other contracting authorities. The Aggregator will combine the value of the spend of many public sector bodies and private sector firms to strike the most competitive deals for Customers. As well as providing value for money, by reducing transaction costs and leveraging the buying power of public and private sector customers, some of the savings achieved will be used to pursue Customers' social value projects. The Supplier of the Aggregator Service will provide the following services: 1) A range of aggregated supplies. The Aggregator will use their supply chain expertise to leverage the buying power of the Framework Users to secure the best prices. The supplier shall, therefore, actively identify supplies, secure the best price, and terms and conditions for those supplies and make them available to Customers through the Framework. 2) Supplies will be accessed through an internet portal which will be fully equipped with purchase to pay systems, membership systems, and a quotation system. Within 1 year of operation the Aggregators should provide a core set of Supplies as listed below. — Plant — Operated and Non-Operated (42000000-6 — Industrial machinery); — Travel — UK and Overseas (79997000-9 — Business travel services); — Hotels and Conferencing Facilities (55120000-7 — Hotel meeting and conference services); — Vehicle Hire (34000000-7 — Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation); — Mobile Telecommunications (32250000-0 — Mobile telephones); — PPE and Work wear (18100000-0 — Occupational clothing, special work-wear and accessories); — Stationary (22000000-0 — Printed matter and related products, 30000000 0 — Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except for furniture and software packages); — Purchase to pay systems (79999200-5 — Invoicing services). — Components for Construction, maintenance and repairs (39000000-2 — Furniture (inc. office furniture), 45000000-7 — Construction work); — Kitchens (39141000-2 — Kitchen furniture and equipment, 45421151-7 — Installation of fitted kitchens); — Bathroom (45211310-5 — Bathrooms construction work); — Building Materials (44000000-0 — Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus); and — M&E parts and equipment (42000000-6 — Industrial machinery, 31600000-2 — Electrical equipment and apparatus); — Construction work (45000000-7). During the life of the Framework, the Aggregator will be expected to add supplies as per the high-level CPV codes set out in the notice. Bidders should refer to the Procurement Documents for more details of the scope. The Aggregator Framework will be available to all contracting authorities including those listed at the links below. Public Sector Networks: http://www.public-sector.co.uk/ Registered Social Housing Providers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers of- social-housing NHS Authorities and Trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/caretrustlisting.aspx Educational organisations: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-course-directory Local Authorities in the United Kingdom: http://local.direct.gov.uk/Data/ UK Schools and Academies: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/ English Higher Education: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/register/search/Home/ByProperty?uni=1 Crown Prosecution Service Local Contact List: http://www.cps.gov.uk/contact/local.html UK Police Forces: https://www.police.uk/forces/ Government and Devolved Administrations: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations General Practitioners: http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk UK Fire and Rescue Services: http://www.cfoa.org.uk/12072