Consultants Wanted for Framework

Procure Partnerships is inviting tenders for a professional services framework which is worth £500 million. It will run along side its recently awarded contractor framework.

This new framework will be broken down into 11 disciplines, which will cover professional services ranging from project management, structural and civil engineering through to quantity surveying, MEP design and fire engineering.

Procure Partnerships has estimated that it could account for a spend of up to £500 million during the course of four years, over the 11 regions in England and Wales.

Procure Partnerships’ Framework Director Robbie Blackhurst said: “This framework has been two years in the making with the Procure Partnerships team conducting a detailed analysis of other professional services frameworks available to public sector bodies.

“This has enabled us to build not only a comprehensive framework but also the most competitive framework on the market for public sector bodies to access. The framework is divided into sub-regional lots support the appointment of both local and national practices.

“The architectural and project management lots will have the option to build full multi-disciplinary teams, but, unlike other frameworks, they must build that team from within the framework and cannot select practices who are not on our professional services framework.

“We are excited to get this framework up and running, providing a ‘one stop shop’ for public sector clients to procure consultants through us on a direct award or mini competition basis, completing our already successful contractor framework.”

Tender documents for this framework are set to be released on Tuesday 26 May 2020, and can be accessed here.

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