East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) - Staff and Student Residential Estate Accommodation

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT)

EKHUFT Staff and Student Residential Estate Accommodation

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT), through 2gether Support Solutions (2gether), seeks to develop options to enhance the functionality, experience and investment opportunities in its staff and student residential estate. EKHUFT is looking for a potential partner that could support longer term relationships/Joint Ventures. Specifically, we are seeking to establish a partnership with an experienced housing association/ development partner to deliver the following aims and objectives:

1. Enhance occupier/user experience from current accommodation to retain staff; 2. Unlock development potential in respect of each of the sites for reinvestment and/or expansion; 3. Seek a stable future revenue stream; 4. Improve management systems and consistency in respect of property booking and general management; 5. Fund reactive and planned maintenance programme

EKHUFT, through 2gether, provides Residential accommodation totaling 574 units across its three acute sites consisting of the following:

- Nightingales Residencies: QEQM Hospital site: built in 2008 it consists of 220 units contained within 13 blocks (with a scope to extend with a further 2 blocks).

- Broomfield's Residencies: WHH Hospital site: built in 1978 it consists of 221 units contained within 9 blocks.

- Orchards Residencies: K&C Hospital site: built in 1995 it consists of 133 units contained within 7 blocks.

Current management arrangements for the accommodation - administration, booking management, cleaning services and maintenance - were contracted to 2gether in 2018. Historically the accommodation has been managed as a separate or standalone business. The accommodation's purpose has been to primarily support staff with local onsite accommodation.

We are seeking to identify a partner, subject to EKHUFT governance procedures, who can provide long term investment into NHS residential accommodation. The development of the accommodation strategy will be informed by this open market process, the direction of travel agreed by EKHUFT and the resulting chosen partner and options. EKHUFT would like to hear from experienced providers willing to share information about their approach.

This PIN is being published as a means of pre-warming the market and to both inform potential providers of EKHUFT's intentions to undertake a future procurement exercise and to seek an expression of interest from experienced providers that wish to take part in a pre-market engagement exercise. EKHUFT is seeking to understand the market place in more detail. It is NOT a call for competition instead of an OJEU contract notice.

Experienced providers wishing to express an interest in this pre-market engagement exercise are encouraged to register their interest:Trust's eTendering system, Bravo Solution, website address https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk

Additional information: Experienced providers wishing to express an interest in this pre-market engagement exercise are encouraged to register their interest:Trust's eTendering system, Bravo Solution, website address https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk

Instructions for registering an interest are as follows:

a) Click 'View current opportunities and notices'

b) Express an interest in the pqq_1084 - EKHUFT Staff and Student Residential Estate Accommodation. It should be noted that this is NOT the actual Selection Questionnaire stage of any potential procurement exercise. System limitations mean that the label states 'PQQ' but the procurement opportunity is NOT yet live. You will be informed if, and when, the procurement goes live.

c) Accurately complete and fully submit your answers to the questionnaire.

Please note that:

- Experienced providers who do not wish to participate in this pre-market engagement exercise will be able to express their interest in participating if, and when, the procurement opportunity goes live and the contract notice calling for competition is published - The date of contract notice publication is estimated and may be subject to change.

The Trust anticipates that the Competitive Dialogue procedure shall be used following the publication of this PIN.