United Kingdom-London: Construction project management services – Framework Lead

The current contract for Construction project management services – Framework Lead is projected to end on 03-NOV-19 and may be available for retender. London and Quadrant Structural and Civil Engineers Framework.
L&Q wish to establish the Structural and Civil Engineers Framework Agreement (including Site Investigation Works) to support the delivery of a substantial proportion of their development programme, excluding Section 106 schemes. It is envisaged that Appointments will be let to framework engineers for the provision of design services to enable the delivery of new build, refurbishment, conversion, mixed use, and mixed tenure schemes and master planning services in both rural and urban environments.
Appointments under the Framework Agreement shall be for the aggregated or singular of the following services:
A) RIBA Work Stage 0-3
B) RIBA Work Stage 4-7
Successful engineers must be able to provide all of the above services.
The proposed Framework Agreement will be in place for a maximum period of 4 years commencing on or around September 2015, however Appointments called-off under the Framework Agreement may, where appropriate, continue beyond the 4 year term of the Framework Agreement.
Under the Framework Agreement the following entities will have the option to call-off Appointments with individual framework Structural and Civil Engineers as and when services are required:
(i) L&Q, Quadrant Construction Services (QCS) and all other members of the L&Q Group from time to time;
(ii) Any entity or joint venture company that L&Q, QCS or any other member of the L&Q Group from time to time holds an interest in; and
(iii) Other Social Housing Providers in the UK (both those that are in existence now and those that may be in existence in the future). “Social Housing Provider” for this purpose means any provider of social housing and includes, without limitation, registered housing providers, local authorities and ALMOs. A list of these can be found by visiting www.homesandcommunities.co.uk Such Social Housing Providers will only be entitled to call off under the Framework Agreement if L&Q consents.
Applicants should note that, under the Framework Agreement, neither L&Q nor any other member of the L&Q Group shall be under any obligation to call-off Appointments with individual architects. During this period that the Framework Agreement is in place L&Q and its group members will retain the right to procure services from outside the Framework Agreement and/or with architects who may not be party to the Framework Agreement.
Call-off procedures will include (i) direct selection and/or (ii) mini-competitions.
The entities referred to in section ii 1.5 will be entitled to call off under the Framework.
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The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at<a href=
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 71541000, 71540000, 71520000,