Environment Agency - South East MEICA Framework

The Environment Agency works with people and communities across England to protect and improve the environment in an integrated way. We provide a vital incident response capability. As part of this role, the Agency needs to maintain its Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM), Navigation, and other sites and assets.

This requirement is for a framework to deliver Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Controls, and Automation (MEICA) services including:

• Routine Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM); • Provision of a 24 hour 365 day Reactive Works (RW) service; and • Project Works (PW).

Additional information: PLEASE NOTE: This exercise shall be conducted using ProContract: the Environment Agency’s eSourcing portal provided by Due North. Candidates shall only be considered by registering their expression of interest on our portal at www.sell2ea.com.- - - - - -

GUIDANCE: Click on the ‘Supplier's Area’ link and then Register Free on the portal. Log in to the portal with the username/password then find this opportunity in the Search Latest Opportunities area and click on the relevant hyperlink relating to this contract. Those published in this area are opportunities open to any registered supplier. Once in the opportunity click the Register Interest button at the bottom of the page. This will then inform the buyer that you have registered an interest and you will receive confirmation of this via a system generated e-mail. Expressions of Interest sent directly to the contact person placing this notice will not be considered and shall not be responded to. You may contact this person for advice for information regarding the contracting opportunity but for all portal issues click on the Support area on the supplier registration page.- - - - - -

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for the Selection Stage is 2pm on 19 February 2016. Suppliers must submit their completed 'Selection Stage Response Form' by 2pm on 19 February 2016.

FOR INFORMATION: The Agency is undertaking the procurement of the South West MEICA Framework (9TSC-C8YVBT) and Central MEICA Framework (9U3H-XU7DNK) concurrently to this requirement within a staggered timetable.- - - - - -

PLEASE NOTE: This framework is being procured under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The type of procedure is the "competitive procedure with negotiation" (regulation 29). However, the Agency may award the framework on the basis of the initial tenders without negotiation, and reserves the possibility of doing so in accordance with regulation 29(15).- - - - - -

RIGHT TO CANCEL: The Environment Agency reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a framework or contract, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award the framework or contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.- - - - - -

The Environment Agency shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender.- - - -- -

OTHER CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES: See attached.