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Lift Replacement, Upgrade and Installation Works Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

ConstructionCPV 45313100

Value£7.0m

Deadline31 Mar 2028

Published21 Nov 2023

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 21 Nov 2023581 days leftCloses 31 Mar 2028

Who to contact

Mr Matthew Bowcott

matthew.bowcott@orbit.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£7.0mtotal contract value

median £158k

this tender£0£7.6m

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The brief

Orbit Group (“Orbit”) is seeking to appoint experienced and highly competent Service Providers onto a Dynamic Purchasing System (“DPS”) for lift replacement, upgrade and installation works in the Midlands and East and South regions.

The scope will cover passenger lifts, and stairlifts, platform lifts, through floor lifts, hoists and slings.

This DPS may then be used to conduct mini competitions for future requirements.

Service Providers should be aware that being permitted onto this DPS is not a guarantee of any work.

Orbit has a schedule of lift replacement works to be carried out in a minimum of 198 of its properties in the Midlands and East and South regions between 2024 – 2028.

This is a key part of our annual property improvement programme and is critical in identifying poor performing/old infrastructures that are due to be upgraded.

The projected value of these works is £4.77 million (exc.

VAT).

The maximum capped value of this DPS is £7 million (exc.

VAT).

The DPS term is 4 years and 2 months.

As this is a DPS, suppliers can apply to onboard at any time.

Orbit will procure lift replacement works as required and may choose to procure as individual projects or in projects containing multiple sites.

Each project will be awarded under a JCT Intermediate Building Contract with Contractor’s Design 2016, with Orbit’s schedule of amendments.

Please see the tender documentation for further details.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

Service Providers should be aware that being

Service Providers should be aware that being permitted onto this DPS is not a guarantee of any work.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market

Lift Replacement, Upgrade and Installation Works Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

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Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
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