UK-Leeds: Relocation services.


Preliminary Questions
This notice is for prior information only: Yes
This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
This notice is a call for competition: No

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
NEUPC Ltd
Phoenix House, 3 South Parade, 3 South Parade, Leeds, LS1 5QX, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1134871754, Email: s.hogg@neupc.ac.uk
Contact: Steven Hogg
Main Address: https://neupc.ac.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/
NUTS Code: UK
Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: Yes.
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes .

I.3) Communication
Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:
Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
II.1.1) Title: Removals and Relocations Services
Reference number: FFE2009 NE
II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:
98392000 - Relocation services.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short description:
NEUPC Ltd is to let a tender exercise, run through a Public Contracts Regulations 2015 compliant procedure, to replace an existing framework that expires in February 2025. The framework may be used by members of:
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC)
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW)
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC)
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC)
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC)
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 18,000,000 - GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description : 1
II.2.1) Title: Removals and Relocation Services
Lot Number: 1
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
98392000 - Relocation services.
II.2.3) Place of performance:
Region Codes:
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The intention is for the scope of the framework to include, but possibly not be limited to: Commercial removals and relocations; Specialist removals and relocations eg arts & artefacts and laboratory equipment; Crate hire/purchase; Storage; International transit
II.2.14) Additional information
NEUPC reserves the right to not proceed to tender for any framework and incurs no liability in doing so, nor any liability in publishing this notice.

II.2) Lot Description : 2
II.2.1) Title: Removals and Relocation Services
Lot Number: 2
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
98392000 - Relocation services.
II.2.3) Place of performance:
Region Codes:
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The intention is for the scope of the framework to include, but possibly not be limited to: Commercial removals and relocations; Specialist removals and relocations eg arts & artefacts and laboratory equipment; Crate hire/purchase; Storage; International transit
II.2.14) Additional information
NEUPC reserves the right to not proceed to tender for any framework and incurs no liability in doing so, nor any liability in publishing this notice.

II.3) Estimated Date of publication
14/10/2024


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information
VI.3) Additional Information:
This PIN is a call for preliminary market consultation with companies that may be interested in feeding into the strategy development etc. It is NOT a call for competition, To register your interest please contact Steven Hogg by email at s.hogg@neupc.ac.uk no later than 6th September 2024.

Any subsequent invitation to tender associated to this PIN will tendered via a PCR compliant procedure following a Contract Notice in due course that will state the appropriate deadline date and time for responses. Please note the Contracts Finder deadline date stated is auto-populated.

NEUPC recognises that some members of the contracting authority or the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing ("Members") are currently, and may in the future, fall outside of the legal definition of a "body governed by public law" or “contracting authority” for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015). Whilst each Member should take its own legal and commercial advice as to the suitability or otherwise of a framework agreement, NEUPC does not impose any additional restrictions on use of its framework agreements by such Members. The Framework Agreement shall be available to current and future Members and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as "body governed by public law" or “contracting authority” for the purpose of the PCR 2015.

It is possible that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union (EU) funding (eg ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds:-Relocation-services./KU759YJ365

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/KU759YJ365
GO-202489-PRO-27356466 TKR-202489-PRO-27356465

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 09/08/2024


ANNEX A

IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:

1: Contracting Authority
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium
Reading Enterprise Centre, The University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BU, United Kingdom
Email: supc@reading.ac.uk
Main Address: https://www.supc.ac.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/
NUTS Code: UK

2: Contracting Authority
London Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd
Shropshire House, 179 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NZ, United Kingdom
Email: enquiries@lupc.ac.uk
Main Address: https://www.lupc.ac.uk, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lupc.ac.uk/members/our-members/
NUTS Code: UK

3: Contracting Authority
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales
8th Floor, 30-36 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0DE, United Kingdom
Email: hepcw@wales.ac.uk
Main Address: https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
NUTS Code: UK

4: Contracting Authority
APUC Ltd
Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Stirling, FK8 2DZ, United Kingdom
Email: helpdesk@apuc-scot.ac.uk
Main Address: https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10402
NUTS Code: UK

5: Contracting Authority
NWUPC Ltd
Office 210, Salford Innovation Forum, Salford, M6 6FP, United Kingdom
Email: admin@nwupc.ac.uk
Main Address: https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/members/
NUTS Code: UK