NHMF Frameworx Consultancy Framework Agreements 2022

Tender description

NHMF Frameworx has been set up by the National Housing maintenance Forum Ltd to undertake the development of maintenance and other frameworks for its members who are the subscribers and users of the M3NHF Schedule of Rates for Responsive and Void property Works , and the M3NHF Schedule of Rates for Planned Maintenance and Property Reinvestment. NHMF Frameworx wishes to undertake market engagement in relation to a number of nationally procured, but regionally, sub-regionally and local authority based frameworks for consultancy services to be tendered in the second half of 2022. These will include but not be limited to Domestic and Non-Domestic Energy Performance Assessors; Retrofit Advisers, Assessors, Co-ordinators, Designers and Evaluators; Asbestos Surveying and Consultancy; Gas Audit Consultancy; Electrical Audit Consultancy; Lift Consultancy; Communal Mechanical and Electrical Consultancy; Stock, Building and Estate Condition Surveying; Fire Consultants and Fire Risk Assessors; Health and Safety Consultants and CDM Client Advisers; Environmental Consultants; Water Hygiene and Testing; and Disabled Adaptation Surveyors. Lot 1: NHMF Frameworx is the trading name of NHMF (NPC) Ltd ("NPC") which has been established by the National Housing Maintenance Forum ("NHMF") to be a national procurement consortium dedicated to the social housing sector. The members of the NHMF represent more than 80% of the UK's housing stock. NHMF (NPC) Ltd is a contracting authority under regulation 2 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, and a central purchasing body under regulation 37 of those Regulations. NPC is administered by M3 Housing Ltd on behalf of the NHMF. NPC has commissioned Rand Associates Consultancy Services Ltd ("Rand") to undertake the procurement management of its initial frameworks. NPC has been tasked with establishing multi supplier frameworks at regional, sub-regional and local authority level to provide consultancy services to the social housing stock of its members. The scope of the individual frameworks is being developed and NPC wants to engage with the market in order to support the development of the framework and procurement strategies. The consultancy framework will be divided into Lots, which will be finalised following completion of this market engagement. Details of the Lots will be set out in the various Contract Notices. The engagement with the market will initially be a questionnaire for completion by interested participants, which may be followed by telephone and online conference calls to elicit further information from respondents. The questionnaire together with supporting information can be downloaded from https://etenders.rand-associates.co.uk. (https://etenders.rand-associates.co.uk). Etenders@rand is Rand's e-procurement portal (the "portal") for downloading and submission of procurement and tender documentation and communicating requests and responses to clarifications. All requests for the questionnaire, communications and submission of completed questionnaires must be made via the Portal, which can be accessed at https://etenders.rand-associates.co.uk (https://etenders.rand-associates.co.uk). After activating an account on the etender@Rand portal, users will receive an email with a link to activate their account. Once activated and logged in, users will need the following code to register for their questionnaire: NPC1001 Completed questionnaires are requested to be returned via the Portal no later than 3.00pm on Monday 27th June 2022. General marketing material is not required to be submitted.