Communal Entrance Door Framework

Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM) is a not for profit consortium which establishes and manages a range of framework and DPS agreements. Our membership has now grown to 215 public sector organisations including housing associations and ALMO's, Local Authorities, NHS trusts, Education Providers, Blue Light Services, Government Agencies and Charities. EEM have also established a formal collaboration with 3 like-minded procurement consortia - Westworks, South East Consortium and Advantage South West. EEM conducted this procurement exercise and have subsequently awarded and entered into framework agreements with Contractors for the provision of communal entrance doors and associated hardware and furniture. The framework will cover the design, manufacture, supply and installation of aluminium communal entrance doors all doors will be: • Designed to meet the requirements of the Building Regulations • Available in a range of design and access options to ensure Equality Act compliance • Available with a range of hardware, furniture and door entry and access control provisions • Compliant with relevant British standards including BS EN 14351-1 latest edition and BS 6375 latest edition. • Covered by a minimum 10-year guarantee • Secured by Design, Certisecure or Loss Prevention Certificate Board certified through PAS 24, STS 202 BR2 or LPS SR2/ 1175 • Vandal Resistance reducing maintenance costs for landlords • CE marked products to ensure conformity with health and safety and environmental standards • Available in 30 and 60 minute fire rated doorsets. In addition to the above listed, the framework will also cover maintenance of communal entrance doors and automatic operators with provision for responsive call outs. Maintenance options will include for basic and comprehensive maintenance covering planned preventative maintenance and responsive maintenance. Framework contractors have sufficient capacity and resource to attend responsive callout requests from the Contracting Authority for inoperable doors or doors requiring urgent repair . Contractors will attend to inoperable doors and doors failing to close within a 4-hour response period unless an alternative service level response is agreed during the framework call off process. Call off contracts via this framework will predominantly be for communal entrance door installation or maintenance however, door entry system installations will be permitted providing it forms part of a communal entrance door installation and or maintenance contract and does not form the core works to be awarded. Where door entry systems work outweighs communal entrance door requirements then Contracting Authorities should look to utilise EEM0037 - Door Entry & CCTV framework.

Additional information: All of the services described above are mandatory elements covered by the framework and appointed contractors are able to deliver all elements of the works required. Contractors appointed to each of the geographical lots can cover a minimum of 3 regions/counties covered by the lot.

The call-off contracts to be awarded pursuant to the framework agreements to be entered at conclusion of the procurement exercise may extend for a duration of up to 5 years beyond expiry of the 4-year framework term. Please note that the total potential value of GBP stated within this notice is in relation to the full 4- year framework and takes into consideration the lot structure, length of call off contracts and that the EEM membership may grow over the framework lifetime . The framework has been tendered and awarded based on the following lots: Lot 1 - Midlands Lot 2 - South West Lot 3 - London and the South East Lot 4 - The North Lot 5 - National Coverage This framework has been procured by Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM Ltd) on behalf of their members and the other organisations described below as being authorised users. The following contracting authorities will be entitled to agree and award contracts under this framework agreement as Authorised Users: 1) Any Member of EEM which for the avoidance of doubt currently includes 3 partner consortia - Westworks(www.westworks.org.uk), Advantage South West (www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk) and South East Consortium (www.southeastconsortium.org.uk). A full list of current members is available at www.eem.org.uk 2) Any future member of EEM or our partner consortia and in all cases being an organisation which has applied to join EEM or our partner consortia in accordance with the applicable constitutional documents; 3) An EEM participant being an organisation which is neither a current or EEM member (as defined at 1 above) nor a future member of EEM (as defined at 2 above) based within England and Wales which owns and/ or maintains/manages housing stock in one or more geographic area in which it operates and/or is an NHS Trust (which includes acute trusts, mental health trusts, care service trusts and ambulance trusts) or an organisation, police authority, fire authority, ambulance trust, university, higher/further education college, school or academy or other public sector organisation. Further details regarding the authorised users of this framework can be found within the tender documents.