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For the Provision of General Insurance & Related Services to The Guinness Partnership and subsidiary organisations \r \r The term of the Contract will commence with cover inception on 1 June 2023, the duration of the contract is expected to be for a period of three years (or periods of insurance) from 1 June 2023. A further extension of this contract by one year (or periods of insurance), followed by another extension of 1 year (or period of insurance) may be considered by the contracting Authority strictly subject to satisfactory performance and annual review.\r Full details of service descriptions for each of the following LOTs can be found within Section 4 - Specification of the draft 'ITT Main Body - The Guinness Partnership' Document. \r LOT 1 - Insurance and related services for Property, legal liability and other general (non-life) insurable risks\r LOT 2 - Insurance and related services for Motor vehicle risks (possibly including Motor Legal Expenses and\r Occasional Business Use)\r LOT 3 - Insurance and related services associated with Cyber risks\r LOT 4 - Insurance and related services associated with Terrorism Risks Additional information: The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Lots 1 - 4. Lots 1- 4 will be individually evaluated, and multiple awards may result. Where the Tenderer is an Insurance Broker, it may choose to place the insurance(s) required within each Lot with different insurers at its discretion, but full details of the risk carrier(s) will be required. The Guinness Partnership has a preference to invite a minimum of 5 Organisations for each of the relevant lots to the ITT. However, in circumstances where the final evaluation scores are sufficiently close to one another, The Guinness Partnership may, at its discretion, invite further Organisations to tender where: a) If any Organisation's total score out of 100 for the SQ is within 3 points or less of the lowest-ranked Organisation to be invited to tender (i.e.the 5th-ranked), The Guinness Partnership may invite those Organisation(s) to tender as additional Organisations; and/or b) If any further Organisation's score is within 1 point of the lowest-ranked additional Organisation invited (as per point a), Guinness may also invite those Organisation(s) to tender as further additional Organisations; but c) Neither of points a nor b shall apply to any Organisation who's overall final SQ score is less than exactly 55 out of the 100 available total marks. To view SQ and Draft ITT documents Expressions of Interest must be submitted via the ProContract E-Procurement Platform. Responses to the SQ must also be submitted by the ProContract E-Procurement platform.

Guinness are committed to providing as many high-quality homes as possible and to playing a significant part in tackling the country's housing crisis. By March 2030 we aim to complete over 8,000 new homes; 7,000 of which will be affordable.\r \r As a Strategic Partner of both Homes England and the Greater London Authority, we have grant funding that will enable many of these homes to be affordable homes. We also build homes for sale, both outright and as Shared Ownership. We are growing our land development pipeline to make it happen and have funding immediately available. Our strong financial position and track record means we confidently expect to invest over £2bn in the coming years.\r \r To support our vision, we require a framework of agencies to provide a range of marketing and sales services to support the promotion and sale of these properties over a four year period. The requirements are split into the following lots:\r Lot 1: Design & Creative Agency\r Lot 2: PR Agency\r Lot 3: Media Buying & Management\r Lot 4: Show Homes & Marketing Suites - Residential\r Lot 5: Marketing Suite - Non-Residential\r Lot 6: Model Makers\r Lot 7: 3D & CGI\r Lot 8: Signage and Hoarding\r Lot 9a: Estate Agency\r Lot 9b: Valuations\r Lot 10a: Landscaping - North\r Lot 10b: Landscaping - London & South East\r Lot 10c: Landscaping - South West\r Lot 11a: Cleaning & Inspection Services - North\r Lot 11b: Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South East\r Lot 11c: Cleaning & Inspection Services - South West Additional information: Expressions of Interest and access to the tender documents is through the Proactis Housing Procurement Portal https://procontract.due-north.com/register

The Guinness Partnership Limited (Guinness) is one of the largest providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers. \r Guinness are conducting a procurement process to appoint a provider to conduct customer surveys on our behalf. The contract will be for a period of three years with an option to extend for a further two years subject to performance and value for money.\r The surveys will include circa 700 transactional surveys to be conducted by email on a daily or weekly basis and circa 700 surveys in accordance with the Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) set by the Regulator and a smaller number of other surveys covering general perceptions of Guinness. These are to be conducted by telephone.\r The surveys play an important role in helping us measure our effectiveness in delivering quality customer service and high customer satisfaction levels. They help us to identify the areas for improvement and shape our strategy to evolve and strengthen our service model. Additional information: Expressions of Interest and access to the tender documents is through the Proactis Housing Procurement Portal https://procontract.due-north.com/register

Guinness require a reactive pest control service for the eradication and prevention of pests across our properties and locations, both in communal areas, within resident properties and in unoccupied properties. On schemes where certain environmental factors present an increased likelihood of pest problems such as markets and canals, a proactive scheduled service will be required, with no fewer than 12 visits per annum / once per month. The service shall control, if not eradicate all pests from site, including the removal of dead creatures.\r \r The Supplier shall treat the property until successful eradication with a maximum number of three visits, with the first treatment taking place at the initial survey. Further visits shall be agreed with TGP following receipt of further works recommendation reports.\r \r The supplier will be expected to make temporary preventative repairs to the internal and external structure of a property where a building defect has been identified as a contributing factor to the pest concerns at the scheme.\r \r This framework is being procured by Guinness for and on behalf of the following entities ("Other Users") who will all be entitled to conclude contracts based on this framework agreement:\r - Any and all subsidiaries and entities within Guinness' group of societies and companies ("the Guinness Group"),\r - Social housing providers in the UK (both those that are in existence now and those that may be in existence in the future) - 'Social Housing Provider' for this purpose means any provider of social housing and includes, without limitation, registered providers which are listed on the regulator of social housing website and ALMOs and local authorities with retained social housing.

The Guinness Partnership Limited is seeking to procure a Framework Agreement through a Restricted Procedure for Legal Services to provide advice and support across a variety of business areas that are broken down into various lots which are detailed below. For details of the services provided in each lot, please refer to the specification document provided as part of this procurement process, available as stated in section I.3. The Framework will last for four years with no options to extend for any further periods.\r • Lot 1 - Development and Major Projects\r • Lot 2 - Conveyancing and Contracts\r • Lot 3 - Housing Management\r • Lot 4 - Governance and Finance\r • Lot 5 - Employment and Pensions Additional information: https://procontract.due-north.com/

The Guinness Partnership Limited is seeking to establish a framework of suppliers to deliver Grounds Maintenance Services and Tree Works across our estates for a period of four years.\r \r The grounds maintenance service will be on a scheduled service and the core elements include:\r i Management of grassed areas including mowing and strimming.\r ii Maintenance of shrub beds including pruning.\r iii Hedge-cutting.\r iv Weed control.\r v Leaf collection and removal.\r vi Maintenance of ditch-side vegetation, culverts.\r vii Additional service for bin emptying and extra attendance for litter-picking on specified schemes.\r viii Maintenance of hard standings.\r ix Site cleansing on selected sites (optional extra requirement on a schedule of rates)\r \r Tree works will include an element of scheduled works to maintain the condition and reliability of a tree, reactive tree work identified through hazard assessments and some emergency tree works.\r Additional information: Expressions of Interest and access to the tender documents is via the Procontract portal

Guinness are carrying out a procurement exercise to enter into contracts for the provision of bulk waste removal services across our Estates. \r \r Bulk Waste consists of:\r •Bulk waste (fly tipping) scheduled (milk round) and / or ad hoc. \r •Green waste scheduled (milk round) and / or ad hoc.\r •Skimming of paladin refuse bins, bin room floors and bin chutes containing domestic waste in between scheduled bin collection services by other providers e.g. Local Authorities, either as an ad hoc or as a scheduled service, \r •Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (expected during fly tipping collections)\r •Hazardous and potentially hazardous wood (expected during fly tipping collections); and\r •Provision of skips through schedule of rates.\r \r Guinness wants to understand whether it is possible to secure added value from Bidders by procuring a contract for a larger area. Or, alternatively, whether smaller suppliers are able to provide better value to reduce overheads and a more concentrated local presence within the geographical contract areas that are on offer. Therefore, the Contract is divided into seven geographical Lots, plus two additional Lots which are a combination of three of the other lots each plus a lot which is the combination of all seven lots. \r \r Guinness will appoint one supplier to each of the lots subject to the restrictions on the combination of lots as stated in the Procurement Documents.\r \r The contracts will be in place for an initial term of three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months, up to a maximum of five years.\r Additional information: Expressions of Interest and access to the tender documents are via https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=00f2f16b-b2c1-ed11-8120-005056b64545

The Guinness Partnership Limited (Guinness) is one of the largest providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers. Guinness are conducting a procurement process to appoint a provider to conduct customer surveys on our behalf. The contract will be for a period of three years with an option to extend for a further two years subject to performance and value for money. The surveys will include circa 700 transactional surveys to be conducted by email on a daily or weekly basis and circa 700 surveys in accordance with the Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) set by the Regulator and a smaller number of other surveys covering general perceptions of Guinness. These are to be conducted by telephone. The surveys play an important role in helping us measure our effectiveness in delivering quality customer service and high customer satisfaction levels. They help us to identify the areas for improvement and shape our strategy to evolve and strengthen our service model.

The Guinness Partnership is seeking Tenders from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers for their Asset and Property Management Consultancy services under this four-year, two-lot framework. This frameworks seeks to offer the benefits of best practice in contract delivery and collaborative working practices for the Guinness Partnership and other framework users. The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to all UK public sector bodies to access via a Joining Agreement between the Guinness Partnership, the service provider and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who the Guinness Partnership has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf. Full details of the scope and requirements of the framework and the procurement process, including how to Tender are included within the procurement and Tender documents.

The Guinness Partnership has awarded contracts to Stanmore Contractors Ltd. and PRP Architects LLP to design and undertake urgent external wall system and balcony remediation works. The works being carried out are to remove and replace the existing non-compliant external wall system, balconies and associated elements at four buildings in the Tower Hamlets Borough of East London. To address the urgent requirements and ensure building safety of high rise buildings, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is providing funding for this project via its Building Safety Fund (BSF). It was a requirement of the grant funding award that bidders identify contractors as part of their funding submissions. Deadlines for submissions did not enable a full tender process to be conducted.

The Guinness Partnership require insurance related services for the following areas: Lot 1 - Main Programme. Insurance and related services for Property, legal liability and other general (non-life) insurable risks Lot 2 - Insurance and related services for Motor vehicle risks (possibly including Motor Legal Expenses and Occasional Business Use) Lot 3 - Insurance and related services associated with Cyber risks Lot 4 - Insurance and related services associated with Terrorism Risks Potential suppliers must make costed proposals for insurance arrangements which meet our insurance, risk management and servicing needs in the most appropriate and cost-effective way. Minimum Requirements Bidders must be able to meet the following minimum requirements: • the financial ability to deliver the programme, including insurers with a minimum rating of “B++” from Standard & Poor, or an equivalent rating by an independent and reputable credit rating agency and approved by the bidder’s market security committee. • the ability to provide the Contracting Authority with a choice of suitable insurers and/or suitable cover options • a skilled and competent service team, which includes client relationship management, insurance claims management, insurance broking / underwriting and insurable risk managers • the delivery of quality service to the Contracting Authority and our clients, including that provided to us by any third-party contractor employed by you or by the Insurer(s) you propose Full Service Specification for all Lots can be found in Section 4 Specification of the 'Draft ITT Main Body' Document available with this Contract Notice Estimated annual value for all LOTs is £8.675m per annum.

Explanation: In 2021 Guinness migrated Oracle E-Business Suite (Financials) to Oracle Cloud ERP and as such has already invested a large amount of finance and resource into a core finance platform. Guinness will leverage this investment as a strategic platform and migrate its Core HR System and Payroll System into its existing Oracle Fusion Financials SaaS platform providing Guinness with a single integrated Oracle Cloud platform. This will avoid technical issues and risk inherent in integrations of disparate systems.

The Guinness Partnership Limited is seeking to establish a framework of suppliers to deliver Grounds Maintenance Services and Tree Works across our estates for a period of four years. The grounds maintenance service will be on a scheduled service and the core elements include: i Management of grassed areas including mowing and strimming. ii Maintenance of shrub beds including pruning. iii Hedge-cutting. iv Weed control. v Leaf collection and removal. vi Maintenance of ditch-side vegetation, culverts. vii Additional service for bin emptying and extra attendance for litter-picking on specified schemes. viii Maintenance of hard standings. ix Site cleansing on selected sites (optional extra requirement on a schedule of rates) Tree works will include an element of scheduled works to maintain the condition and reliability of a tree, reactive tree work identified through hazard assessments and some emergency tree works.

Guinness are carrying out a procurement exercise to enter into contracts for the provision of bulk waste removal services across our Estates. Bulk Waste consists of: •Bulk waste (fly tipping) scheduled (milk round) and / or ad hoc. •Green waste scheduled (milk round) and / or ad hoc. •Skimming of paladin refuse bins, bin room floors and bin chutes containing domestic waste in between scheduled bin collection services by other providers e.g. Local Authorities, either as an ad hoc or as a scheduled service, •Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (expected during fly tipping collections) •Hazardous and potentially hazardous wood (expected during fly tipping collections); and •Provision of skips through schedule of rates. Guinness wants to understand whether it is possible to secure added value from Bidders by procuring a contract for a larger area. Or, alternatively, whether smaller suppliers are able to provide better value to reduce overheads and a more concentrated local presence within the geographical contract areas that are on offer. Therefore, the Contract is divided into seven geographical Lots, plus two additional Lots which are a combination of three of the other lots each plus a lot which is the combination of all seven lots. The lots which demonstrate the best value for money will be awarded. Only one supplier will be appointed to each of the lots that are to be awarded. The contracts will be in place for an initial term of three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months, up to a maximum of five years.

The Guinness Partnership is publishing this VEAT notice to confirm its intention to award contracts to Stanmore Contractors Ltd. and PRP Architects LLP to design and undertake urgent external wall system and balcony remediation works. These will be to remove and replace the existing non-compliant external wall system, balconies and associated elements at four buildings in the Tower Hamlets Borough of East London. To address the urgent requirements and ensure building safety of high rise buildings, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is providing funding for this project via its Building Safety Fund (BSF). It was a requirement of the grant funding award that bidders identify contractors as part of their funding submissions. Deadlines for submissions did not enable a full tender process to be conducted.

The Guinness Partnership Ltd. employs the software solutions provided by the Oracle Corporation as the business' core financial management, planning and budgeting systems. This includes a number of licences for software provided by Oracle, which can be grouped into two core products - Oracle Fusion ERP, and Oracle Fusion EPM. Guinness' initial contract for these services with Oracle ended in Oct 2024, and the business has renewed these contracts with Oracle on the basis of a specified exemption under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Term is a 10 year (5+5) period, without further competition. See below for further details.

Guinness are committed to providing as many high-quality homes as possible and to playing a significant part in tackling the country’s housing crisis. By March 2030 we aim to complete over 8,000 new homes; 7,000 of which will be affordable. As a Strategic Partner of both Homes England and the Greater London Authority, we have grant funding that will enable many of these homes to be affordable homes. We also build homes for sale, both outright and as Shared Ownership. We are growing our land development pipeline to make it happen and have funding immediately available. Our strong financial position and track record means we confidently expect to invest over £2bn in the coming years. To support our vision, we require a framework of agencies to provide a range of marketing and sales services to support the promotion and sale of these properties over a four year period. The requirements are split into the following lots: Lot 1: Design & Creative Agency Lot 2: PR Agency Lot 3: Media Buying & Management Lot 4: Show Homes & Marketing Suites - Residential Lot 5: Marketing Suite – Non-Residential Lot 6: Model Makers Lot 7: 3D & CGI Lot 8: Signage and Hoarding Lot 9a: Estate Agency Lot 9b: Valuations Lot 10a: Landscaping - North Lot 10b: Landscaping - London & South East Lot 10c: Landscaping - South West Lot 11a: Cleaning & Inspection Services - North Lot 11b: Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South East Lot 11c: Cleaning & Inspection Services - South West

The Guinness Partnership Limited is seeking to procure a Framework Agreement through a Restricted Procedure for Legal Services to provide advice and support across a variety of business areas that are broken down into various lots which are detailed below. The Framework will last for four years with no options to extend for any further periods. • Lot 1 - Development and Major Projects • Lot 2 - Conveyancing and Contracts • Lot 3 - Housing Management • Lot 4 - Governance and Finance • Lot 5 - Employment and Pensions

The Guinness Partnership Limited is seeking to establish a framework of suppliers to deliver Grounds Maintenance Services and Tree Works across our estates for a period of four years. The grounds maintenance service will be on a scheduled service and the core elements include: i Management of grassed areas including mowing and strimming. ii Maintenance of shrub beds including pruning. iii Hedge-cutting. iv Weed control. v Leaf collection and removal. vi Maintenance of ditch-side vegetation, culverts. vii Additional service for bin emptying and extra attendance for litter-picking on specified schemes. viii Maintenance of hard standings. ix Site cleansing on selected sites (optional extra requirement on a schedule of rates) Tree works will include an element of scheduled works to maintain the condition and reliability of a tree, reactive tree work identified through hazard assessments and some emergency tree works.