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title: "CHIC Consultancy Services Framework 2021"
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# CHIC Consultancy Services Framework 2021

Buyer: COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT CONSORTIUM LIMITED ("CHIC")  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a2f3

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## Summary

The Communities & Housing Investment Consortium Limited (CHIC) is initiating the "CHIC Consultancy Services Framework 2021" for public procurement in the building consultancy services industry, located in Birmingham, UK. This tender is currently active and employs an open procurement method. The submission deadline for bids is 7th May 2021. This framework includes various consultancy services, spanning across six lots, and aims to support housing associations and local authorities in delivering high-quality, cost-effective building consultancy solutions.

This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) specialised in building consultancy services, including roles such as Building Surveyors, Structural Engineers, and Fire Risk Assessors. Businesses that can provide multi-disciplinary consultancy and demonstrate expertise in managing construction projects will find this tender particularly relevant. The framework encourages competitive bids from qualified consultants, ultimately fostering collaboration with CHIC's member organisations, which manage a substantial number of social housing properties across the UK.

## Notice

The Communities & Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation. It currently has over one hundred members which consist of Housing Associations and Local Authorities with housing stock, which service over half a million social housing homes across the UK. CHIC has now awarded Framework status to suitably qualified and experienced consultants in order to select consultants via competition of direct award to enter into contracts to provide Multi-disciplinary Building Consultancy Services for their Members.

### Lot Information

Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT)

CHIC has appointed Integrated Consultancy Teams(ICTs) a multi-disciplinary team comprising Building Surveying services, Contract Administration, Employers Agent, Quantity Surveying services, and Principal Designer and any other roles that may be required to support the delivery of high quality, on time, on budget works.

Structural Engineer

Appointment of consultants which will include design responsibility, ensuring authority and stakeholder consent, construction supervision and contract management in the capacity of structural works.

Facade Consultancy

Appointment of consultant which will include design responsibility, ensuring authority and stakeholder consent, construction supervision and contract management in the capacity of works to building fabric.

Fire Engineer

Appointment of consultant which will include design responsibility, ensuring authority and stakeholder consent, construction supervision and contract management in the capacity of fire engineering works.

Business Audit Services

Appointment of consultant to undertake control audits of authority's policies, procedures, documentation training/competency and record keeping. The consultant shall report on findings and recommendations appropriate in assisting in control and compliance. It will be the appointed Consultant's remit to work alongside any client's compliance team to provide (but not limited to) Technical support, Quality assurance, Financial tracking and control Compliance reporting, IT and administration support for any systems provided.

Housing Asset Management Consultancy

Consultancy services in relation to built assets (buildings and infrastructure) to provide asset management pertaining to operations, maintenance, finance, economics and engineering in order to provide the most cost-effective, sustainable and functional solutions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024300-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Sep 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 7 May 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Sep 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £88,000,000 |
| Lots value | £88,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £48,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active, Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT CONSORTIUM LIMITED ("CHIC") |
| Additional buyers | CENTRAL HOUSING INVESTMENT CONSORTIUM LIMITER ("CHIC") |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B18 6DS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Soho & Jewellery Quarter |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 27 |
| Supplier names | ALDERTON ASSOCIATES; ARK CONSULTANCY; BAILY GARNER; BETA DESIGN CONSULTANTS; CALFORDSEADEN; CURTINS CONSULTING; ENTERPRISE WORKPLACE PARTNERS; FAITHORN FARRELL TIMMS; FRANKHAM CONSULTANCY GROUP; FULKER CONSULTANCY HOLDINGS; GLOBAL HSE SOLUTIONS; JNP GROUP CONSULTING ENGINEERS; JOHN ROWAN & PARTNERS; KEEGANS; KEELAGHER OKEY ASSOCIATES; NEWTECHNIC; O'CONNOR SUTTON CRONIN & ASSOCIATES (BIRMINGHAM; PELLINGS; PENNINGTON CHOICES; POTTER RAPER; PRICE & MYERS; RAPLEYS; RIDER LEVETT BUCKNALL; RIDGE AND PARTNERS; ROBINSON LOW FRANCIS; SAVILLS (UK; SUMMERS-INMAN CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY CONSULTANTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 70 - Real estate services
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 70332100 - Land management services
- 71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
- 71244000 - Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs
- 71247000 - Supervision of building work
- 71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services
- 71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
- 71315100 - Building-fabric consultancy services
- 71315200 - Building consultancy services
- 71530000 - Construction consultancy services
- 71540000 - Construction management services
- 71541000 - Construction project management services
- 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- 79212000 - Auditing services
- 79212100 - Financial auditing services
- 79212200 - Internal audit services
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
- 79415200 - Design consultancy services
- 79993000 - Building and facilities management services

## Release History

- 30 Sep 2021 at 11:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024300-2021
- 6 Apr 2021 at 17:24 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007042-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.chicltd.co.uk
- https://www.chicltd.co.uk/
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=628214968
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Birmingham:-Building-consultancy-services./M2XV6W2FRT

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