Construction Professional Services DPS goes live
The commercial arm of UK central government, the Crown Commercial Service (“CCS”), has announced that its Construction Professional Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) has gone live for suppliers to register to join the DPS, ahead of its ‘go live’ date on 1 November 2021.
The DPS will provide a wide range of technical advice for estates, property and building works, including environmental and sustainability service provision. aligned to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) delivery stages.
Services offered under the scope of this agreement will include:
Project Management
Civil and Structural Engineering
Building Services Engineering
Carbon Reduction Advice
The DPS is to be utilised by Central Government Departments, and all other UK Public Sector Bodies. This will include, but not limited to, Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education, Housing, Charities, Not for Profit, Nuclear and Devolved Administrations and International.
Valued at an estimated £25m over its four-year duration, new suppliers may apply to join the DPS at any time with the DPS organised into four distinct categories of:
Technical & Professional Services;
Industry Sectors;
Geographical Regions; and,
Additional Capability.
These filters will be used by Public Sector buyers to filter suppliers according to location specific and industry specific professional services requirements a supplier has been appointed to.
The DPS has specifically been designed to complement other CCS high-value, high complexity (strategic) frameworks (such as RM6165 Construction Professional Services Framework) and is designed to provide single services and/or niche requirements covering ad-hoc or single RIBA stages. Services could include, but not be limited to:
● New build ● Refurbishments ● Extensions ● Alterations ● Maintenance requirements ● Fit-out ● Life Cycle Works (LCW) ● Heritage/Historic buildings ● Life Science/Laboratory Structures ● Infrastructure ● Modern state of the art buildings ● Smart Cities/Urban Planning ● Development of Green and Brown sites
Suppliers will only be able to provide the services for the DPS filter categories to which they have been appointed which means that Suppliers considering applying to join the DPS should consider very carefully how they position themselves within the DPS’ structure.
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