Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Tender description

The framework shall be a multi-provider frameworks for a technical assurance service. — The principal requirements shall include: a— review and development of facility costs and life cycle costs, b— cost, PM, QS and financial planning support to SE Officers for SE funded projects /programmes for schemes typically 100 000 GBP to 30 000 000 GBP+ in value (demolition, refurbishment and new build): — continued cost development of affordable concepts, — development of other benchmark and sustainable models (eg pavilions, clubhouses, spaces), — research into acoustics, products and other facility types, — financial business planning input into projects, facilities and operator procurement models, — financial and technical risk management, — procurement toolkit development to assist wider organisations, — condition surveys of existing facilities, — support to planning officers for developer appeals. Sport England as the contracting authority is inviting tenders for service providers to sit on a framework contract to support its work on the provision of Sport England Technical Assurance Services (the service). Sport England is seeking through this restricted procedure procurement process to set up a supply framework with suitably capable contractors to provide the services for a term of 48 months. The first stage of the restricted procedure will require the completion of a Standard Selection Questionnaire (SSQ). Tenderers can access the SSQ procurement documentation via the Sport England e-tendering portal: https://sportengland.bravosolution.co.uk Tenderers are requested to register for an account should they not currently hold one and search for reference PQQ_52. Tenderers are requested to download the information and upload a completed SSQ should they wish to participate via the e-sourcing portal. Following completion of the SSQ stage the authority will invite the top-six scoring tenderers to the invitation-to-tender stage. Following evaluation of the invitation-to-tender stage, the top four-scoring suppliers will be invited onto the framework. This framework is linked to the prior information notice entitled- Sport England Technical Consultancy Services Frameworks (design and technical assurance — project monitoring) reference 2018/S 009-015899. Full details of the scope of the commission is included within the procurement documents located on the Sport England esourcing portal.