The North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium ("NEUPC") for the establishment of a framework agreement for the provision of Mechanical, Electrical and Sustainable Energy Services. The Mechanical and Electrical Service Lots (1 and 2 below) will be available to all members of NEUPC and SUPC. The framework will be regional, covering the North East, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands and West Midlands. The Services will be split into Reactive or Project-Led to allow for lower value (reactive) and higher value (project-led) services to be provided. The Sustainable Energy Service Lots (3, 4 and 5 below) will be available to all members of NEUPC, LUPC, SUPC and NWUPC. The framework will be considered national, but is broken down into ten distinct regions, covering the North East, Yorkshire & Humber, Midlands (East & West combined), East Anglia, London, South East, South West, Wales, North West and Cumbria. These three Lots will seek specialist suppliers who are able to offer supply, installation and commissioning services, with a focus on experience and any optional preventative solutions, optimisation services and innovation on offer. Bidders are able to select which regions they can service. The Services are split into two value bands within each Lot to allow for low and high value services to be provided. The proposed Lot structure and services are; LOT 1 - Mechanical Services LOT 2 - Electrical Services LOT 3 - Air & Ground Source Heat Source Pumps LOT 4 - Solar PV Panels and Systems LOT 5 - LED Lighting Systems and Controls The structure and procurement process is considered suitable for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) to bid for. The regional split, number of Suppliers to be awarded per region, etc, will be broken down in greater detail in the tender documents and be clarified during this Preliminary Market Engagement Workshop. The opportunity will be published on the NEUPC Procurement Portal (Portal). To ensure you can easily access the tender documents, we recommend creating an account on the Portal beforehand. You can create an account at: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/ Suppliers are advised to register and complete the relevant stages on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) if they wish to participate in and bid for this framework. How to register on the CDP can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html Suppliers should be aware that CDP and Portal registration can be a prolonged process. Tender submission deadlines cannot be extended to allow for delayed supplier registration on the CDP and Portal.

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The PME workshop will take place on 4TH NOVEMBER at 11am via Teams and will last approximately one hour. Some potential framework clients may also attend the session. If you'd like to participate, please email [email protected] and a brief attendance survey will be issued. You will then be sent a Teams invite no later than close of play on Tuesday 3rd, so please block out the above date/time in your diary in the meantime. NEUPC Ltd wish to conduct preliminary market engagement (PME) with technical suppliers to help inform the final development of our approach to this framework solution, prior to preparing and issuing tender documents in November. Tender documents are not yet available. We would welcome your attendance to the session so we can share our approach with you and hear your expert feedback. Suppliers taking part in the PME will not receive an unfair advantage when bidding for this framework. For the avoidance of doubt, those not participating in the PME workshop will still be able to tender for the framework. A record of the information shared and received as part of the PME will be kept ensuring that the information gathered is considered in the procurement. An anonymised summary of the information/outcomes will also be shared with other parties and used to help ensure that participating suppliers are not unfairly advantaged. Suppliers participating in this PME will not automatically receive either an Invitation to Tender, or a place on any framework agreement which may be awarded following an Invitation to Tender. Interested Suppliers are advised to register and complete the relevant stages on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) if they wish to later bid for this framework. Suppliers should be aware that CDP registration could be a prolonged process. Tender submission deadlines cannot be extended to allow for late supplier registrations to the CDP. How to register on the CDP can be found using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-yourorganisation- and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html