Wiltshire Council Professional Services Framework

The current Professional Services Framework at Wiltshire Council expires at the end of November 2016 and will not be extended. Instead, Wiltshire Council, as the contracting authority intends to procure a new Professional Services Framework (PSF) to take effect from 1st April 2017.

The intent is that the new PSF will be procured in the following three main lots:

Lot 1 – Specialist Services:
To enable the Council to appoint Professional Services quickly for distinct pieces of work (feasibility studies etc.). Professionals appointed to Lot 1 will be procured using a “Request for a Quotation” process. The fee limit for appointments made under this lot will be approximately £150,000.
There will be three professionals for each discipline appointed to this lot as follows:

Architect
Cost Manager
M&E Service Engineer
Civil and Structural Engineer
Building Surveyor
Landscape Architect
Health & Safety Advisor
Clerk of Works
Ecologist
Archaeologist
Fire Consultant
BREEAM Consultant
Acoustician
Valuation and Sales - Commercial
Valuation and Sales – Residential

Lot 1 to be appointed as a standalone contract.

Lot 2 – Small Works Capital Build Projects
To enable the Council to appoint Professional Services to help deliver small capital build projects with an estimated construction value of upto £1,000,000. Professionals appointed to Lot 2 will be procured using a mini-competition process. The intent is that the Cost Manager and Health and Safety Advisor services will always be procured separately but that the Architect or Building Surveyor (depending on the nature of the project) might be responsible for the appointment of the Design Team themselves (to be advised further).
There will be three professionals for each discipline appointed to this lot as follows:




Architect
Cost Manager
M&E Service Engineer
Civil and Structural Engineer
Building Surveyor
Landscape Architect
Health & Safety Advisor

Lot 2 to be appointed as a standalone contract.

Lot 3 – Major Capital Build Projects
To enable the Council to appoint Professional Services to help deliver major capital build projects with an estimated construction value in excess of £1,000,000. Professionals appointed to Lot 3 will be procured using a mini-competition process.

There will be three professionals for each discipline appointed to this lot as follows:

Architect
Cost Manager
M&E Service Engineer
Civil and Structural Engineer
Building Surveyor
Landscape Architect
Health & Safety Advisor

Lot 3 to be appointed as a standalone contract.

The contract is primarily for use by Wiltshire Council, but it is also intended for use by other Wiltshire-based contracting authorities at their discretion, and as existing contract arrangements and internal governance allows.
Schools, town and parish councils (see http://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx) in Wiltshire, the Wiltshire Police Authority and Wiltshire fire and rescue services are particular bodies.