GB-Trent: Council Housing and Public Buildings Repairs and Maintenance Options Appraisal

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is seeking to appoint a specialist advisor to provide independent and impartial advice and to support the council to manage a detailed options appraisal of the delivery mechanisms for the future provision of the council’s housing and public buildings repairs and maintenance services. The commission will be in two parts: Part A: • support the delivery of a robust options appraisal of four identified delivery mechanisms • support and inform a clear and costed recommendation for how the council should deliver the repairs and maintenance services when the current arrangement ends in February 2018 • support and inform the development of an implementation plan for the preferred option identifying key milestones and the resources required Part B: • support council officers, as required, to develop the preferred option, support the reporting process through Cabinet and ready the council for implementation once the preferred option is approved by Cabinet

Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.

This is not an expression of interest - this is an open tender that closes 16th October 2016 at 14:00 If you would be interested taking a look at our brief for this project and potentially bidding, please follow the instructions below:

Supplier Instructions: How to Express Interest

1. Browse to the Bravo eSourcing Portal: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/

2. Click the “Click here to register” link

3. Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”

4. Enter your correct business and user details

5. Note the username you chose and click “save” when complete

6. You will receive an email with your unique password (keep this secure)

7. Login to the portal with the username/password

8.Click the “Open Access ITTs” link. (These are ITTs open to any registered supplier)

9. Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. (For this tender the code is itt_29839)

10. Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” on the left-hand side of the page.

This will move the ITT over to the “My ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)

11. Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page

12. You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject”

13. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT

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