Framework Agreement for Consultancy Services

Reallies is a social housing regeneration consortia. Its membership consists of regional housing consortia who bring together unmatched experience in procurement and regeneration. The membership consists of Procure Plus (PP), Efficiency North (EN) and Central Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC). Further information can be found by visiting www.reallies.com

Reallies wishes to procure and enter into a framework agreement for the provision of consultancy services to be completed predominantly in social housing properties but may also be carried out in other public buildings, including but not limited to, schools and offices.

Additional information: Individual contracting authorities entitled to access the framework agreement will have the option to agree and award underlying contracts to the appointed suppliers at any stage during the term of the framework agreement. The following contracting authorities will be entitled to agree and award underlying contracts under the framework agreement as and when required:

1) any member of Reallies from time to time (a "Reallies Member"), which for the avoidance of doubt currently includes PP, EN and CHIC,

2) any procurement consortia customer of Reallies or of a Reallies Member from time to time (a "Procurement Consortium Customer" which currently includes Cumbria Housing Partnership Limited (CHP), and

3) any member or customer of a Reallies Member or of a procurement consortia customer from time to time, which may include:

i- any social housing provider in the United Kingdom from time to time. "Social Housing Provider" for this purpose means any provider of social housing and includes, without limitation, registered providers, local authorities and Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMOs). A list of the current social housing providers can be found by visiting https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing and,

ii- any local authority, academy trust or free school in the United Kingdom from time to time,

4) any contractor or supplier appointed to any other framework agreement or contract of Reallies or of a Reallies member or of a Reallies member's customer from time to time.

A full list of PP's, EN's, CHP's and CHIC's current members and customers is included in the procurement documentation.

Reallies reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any time and not to proceed with all or any part of the framework. Reallies will not, under any circumstances, reimburse any expense incurred by bidders in preparing their submissions for the framework agreement.

Bidders should note that the Lot values in this notice are estimates only, and may increase depending on the number of entities that decide to award underlying contracts under the framework agreement.