Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")
CHIC Agency - Dynamic Purchasing System [DPS]
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.
Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC") has published 11 notices across all categories, and 31% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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CHIC publishes this Notice of an Amendment to be made to the DPS in pursuance of the original Notice 2018/S 189-427433 published in OJEU on the 28th September 2018 [and subsequent corrigendum Notice Reference: 2020/S- 600376] extending the DPS until 27th October 2028.
All other details relating to this DPS remain unchanged.
CHIC invites organisations to participate in a DPS for agency and recruitment services for a further 60 month term with estimated value as detailed in this notice.
The DPS will be accessible by members of CHIC.
The DPS may be used by all Registered Providers of Social Housing, Local Authorities and all other contracting authorities that are located in the United Kingdom (“Customers”), including those listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/102.
The DPS is also available to all current and future members of CHIC, a public sector consortium with a list of members available from: https://www.chicltd.co.uk/members The estimated value of contracts to be awarded through the DPS during the 60 month period is approximately £80,000,000 excluding VAT.
Any estimate of value is for information purposes only.
Therefore, please note that there will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the DPS and Members will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers.
What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
CHIC Agency - Dynamic Purchasing System [DPS]
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What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
- Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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Skills, tools & certifications
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- ocds-h6vhtk-040f53
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- tender · Open
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- 031651-2023
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