A Professional Services Framework providing additional project support to clients using their successful construction frameworks
What is the Professional Services Framework?
The Professional Services Framework will provide all consultancy services to major projects utilising the established Two Stage Open Book process and will also enable public authorities to gain access to professional Property Asset Consultancy services and resources.
The framework aims to bring together the whole project team and all the relevant pre-construction information at an earlier stage, leading to greater cost and time certainty and a superior quality project.
There are two main functions of the new Professional Services Framework ;
- to deliver Major Property Consultancy services
- to deliver all aspects of Property Asset Management
The Quality & Price criteria for commissions going through this framework are 70% Quality, 30% price.
The Professional Services Framework complements the existing construction framework NWCH by offering suitable multi-disciplinary consultant services.
Develop & Construct
The contractor provides design services, including Contractor Designed Portions, during the pre-construction stage before satisfying requirements and being awarded as a works contract. In this instance, the commissioning organisation will usually retain a Project & Cost Manager and appropriate design guardians.
Who can use the framework?
The Professional Services Framework will be open to all public sector organisations in the following areas;
UKD – North West England – Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire & Merseyside
UKG – West Midlands – Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands
To view the full OJEU notice, please see our Downloads section below.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please contact a member of the framework management team and they will send you relevant documents and talk you through the process. You can also view our client guide which is listed in downloads.
The framework is free to use for clients.
There are two call off options when using PSF
Mini Competition
Our consultant partners are invited to submit a bid for your project based upon a series of quality questions, set by you, and a commercial submission which is then scored. At the end of the mini competition stage, the consultant is selected to support project delivery.
Direct Award
Our top ranking consultant from ITT stage (Mace) is directly selected for a project without re-opening competition. If you are interested in direct award, please get in touch and we can talk you through the process in more detail.
Social Value
Manchester City Council (MCC) recognises the positive impacts that our suppliers bring to the communities of Manchester. The Council is keen to make sure that our supply chain contributes as much as possible to the overall wellbeing of our residents and we therefore include social value as part of the procurement process.
In 2015 the Council increased its weighting for social value considerations from 10% to 20%, meaning that all companies and organisations bidding for MCC contracts have to give social value serious consideration when putting tenders together.
Contact us
(Please note due Covid-19 and current working arrangements, please contact us initially via email and one of our Framework Managers will contact you to discuss your requirements)
- Ian Hall – Framework Lead
- Katie Rothwell-Emery – Framework Manager
- Debi Curley – Assistant Framework Manager
- Alex Fitzpatrick – Business Support