DIO awards estate contract for Scotland & Northern Ireland
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has announced that it has awarded a contract valued at £152million for the Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its Next Generations Estates Contract (NGEC) programme.
The Scotland and Northern Ireland Prime contract has been awarded to CarillionAmey Ltd and will operate for a minimum of five years.
It will deliver repair and maintenance services to the built estate across 30 sites in both countries. It replaces the current Prime contract forScotlandand two contracts delivering routine maintenance work in Northern Ireland.
The contract will provide an opportunity to inject additional build projects and professional services valued up to £3.93 million. There is potential for subcontracting opportunities for local businesses to support the delivery of the contact. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities can contact CarillionAmey Ltd by emailing Paul Johnson at Paul.Johnson2@mhs.mod.uk for further information.
Major General Mark Armstrong, DIO Director Service Delivery said:
“This new contract is a visible sign of the MOD’s commitment to investing in the Defence estate in Scotlandand Northern Ireland, and its continued vital contribution and role in UK Defence. DIO’s priority is to support our Armed Forces by providing the places they need to live, work, train and deploy on operations.
“The Scotland and Northern Ireland Prime contract has been designed to provide operational capability at all times. It is also flexible enough to adapt to future requirements of the defence frontline, allowing for service requirements to be changed in a timely and cost effective way.”
The Scotland and Northern Ireland Prime contract is due to be in service by November 2014.
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Further information:
Press enquiries: Tony Moran , DIO External Communications Manager,on 0121 311 3879 or email tony.moran572@mod.uk
DIO: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-infrastructure-organisation
NGEC programme: https://www.gov.uk/next-generation-estate-contracts
NGEC Capital Works Frameworks: https://www.gov.uk/next-generation-estate-contracts#regional-and-national-capital-works-frameworks-procurement
Notes to Editors
1) The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) plays a vital role in supporting our Armed Forces by building, maintaining and servicing what the men and women who serve our country need to live, work, train and deploy on operations.
2) DIO is part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). It is responsible for managing and maintaining land and properties, as well as providing related support services, to meet the current and future needs of the MOD and personnel at home and abroad, and to support current operations.
3) Our work includes supporting operational units by providing and improving single living and service family accommodation; training areas and historic military sites. DIO actively manages these to ensure the needs of Defence are met, value for money is achieved, and its heritage is protected, and to achieve its environmental goals.
4) The Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme is developing a new suite of contracts for the UK Defence Estate, comprising four Regional Prime contracts for delivering maintenance and repair services (hard FM) across the National Housing Prime, the National Training Estate Prime, the US Forces Estate Prime, and one national and six regional Capital Works Frameworks for construction projects.
5) In addition to the RPC Scotland and Northern Ireland, national investment will be seen across Service Families Accommodation (SFA) and the training estate in Scotland and Northern Ireland. DIO has also awarded contracts for two single UK-wide contacts for the National Housing Prime, National Training Estate Prime to the following companies: National Housing Prime contract (NHP) valued at £626m to CarillionAmey (Housing Prime) Ltd; National Training Prime contract (NTEP) valued at £322m to Landmarc Support Services Ltd.
6) Regional Prime Scotland & Northern Ireland: The contract will deliver maintenance and repairs to the built estate. Sites covered by the contract include, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Leuchars, Kinloss Barracks, HMS Caledonia and Kentigern House in Scotland, and Aldergrove Airfield, Thiepval Barracks and Kinnegar Logistics Base in Northern Ireland.
7) National Housing Prime: A single UK-wide contract delivering repairs and maintenance to Service Families accommodation, including grounds maintenance in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The contract will also provide occupancy management activities such as housing allocations, move-in, move-out services, and the installation of furniture and fittings.
8) National Training Estate Prime: A single UK-wide contract delivering range technical support, hard facilities management (Hard FM), soft facilities management, and training range booking services. It includes the management of all training establishments, areas, camps and ranges, including air weapons ranges, which covers key sites such as, Salisbury Plain training area, Catterick training area, Dartmoor, Sennybridge, and Otterburn. The contract now includes the Air Weapons (and Joint Fires) Ranges, Lulworth and Bovington tank Ranges, Ballykinler and Magilligan training camps in Northern Ireland, RAF Spadeadam.
9) RPC Scotland and Northern Ireland will be followed by a further and final three Regional Prime contracts in Central, South East and South West of England, which are due to be awarded in June 2014.
10) Construction projects valued at more than £3.93 million will be procured through either the Regional or National Capital Works Frameworks. Regional Capital Works Framework will be used to deliver construction projects valued up to £12m, potentially including: offices, messes, accommodation blocks, garages, workshops and other technical facilities, hangars, houses, general and ammunition stores, medical facilities, sports and recreational facilities, teaching and training facilities, armouries, community facilities, and guardrooms.
11) The National Capital Works Framework will be used to deliver higher value construction projects, more complex projects and cross-region programmes up to a value of £50 million.
12) The East Midlands and East of England contract was awarded in November 2013 and the National Framework contract awarded in December 2013. Tenders for the Capital Framework for Scotland are currently under evaluation and the contract is due to be awarded in summer 2014. Regional Frameworks for the South East and South West are currently under evaluation and contracts are due to be awarded in summer 2015. It is planned that the other Regional Capital Frameworks (the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber; the West Midlands and Wales) will also be used to deliver regional construction projects valued below £12m and the procurement of these frameworks is ongoing. Successful bidders will be invited to engage in “mini competitions” once project requirements have been identified as suitable for delivery through the Framework.
13) NEC3 contracts will be introduced to the DIO for each of the prime contracts across housing, the training estate, and hard FM, as well as on construction projects. NEC3 contracts facilitate the implementation of sound project management principles and practices, and have delivered major benefits across a diverse range of works and services in terms of time, cost savings and improved quality.
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