Maintenance of your corporate estate

Please can you provide me with information concerning the maintenance of your corporate estate i.e. operational buildings, land and any other property (e.g. investment) and schools, if they are within your jurisdiction. Not any social housing/dwellings.

Q1. What type of maintenance management model does your organisation use? E.g. Managed supply-chain, single hard-fm & soft-fm contractor, internal workforce, principal contractor etc.

The majority of the estate is covered by a managed supply-chain type arrangements with specific contracts covering the servicing and maintenance of key electrical and mechanical plant and grounds maintenance which are supported by a Framework arrangement for day to day building repairs. A number of key sites are covered by a single Facilities Management provider.

Q2. Can you provide a list of the approved contractors used?

Q3. What are the total values of contracts granted?

Q4. When do these contracts expire?

Q5. What services are provided in each contract?

Q6. What procurement method was used? E.g. Open ITT, Framework if so, which one?

In response to questions 2-6, please see the table below:

Approved Contractor Total Contract Value Expiry Date Services Provided Procurement Method
South West Norse £1.7m PA (approx) 01/05/2027 (option to extend) Facilities Management Services and Cleaning Joint Venture
Infrastructure Managed Services Ltd £800,000 30/04/2029 Grounds Maintenance Open ITT
Churchill Contract Services Ltd £300,000 31/03/2024 Water Quality and Thermostatic Mixer Valve Servicing Open ITT
IJ Cannings & Son Ltd £2,000,000 31/03/2024 Heating Plant Servicing and Inspection including Gas Tightness Testing Open ITT
Orona Ltd £650,000 31/03/2024 Lift Serving and Inspection Open ITT
IJ Cannings & Son Ltd £610,000 31/03/2024 Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Inspection and Servicing Open ITT
Lorne Stewart Plc £530,000 31/03/2024 Kitchen Extract Fan and Canopy Servicing & Inspection Open ITT
IJ Cannings & Son Ltd £315,000 31/03/2024 Periodic Electrical Testing Open ITT
IJ Cannings & Son Ltd £250,000 31/03/2024 Air Conditioning Servicing Open ITT
J Redpath Buchanan & Co Ltd £150,000 31/03/2024 Lightning Protection Systems Inspection and Testing Open ITT
Geze UK Ltd £95,000 31/03/2024 Automatic Door Servicing and Inspection Open ITT
Devon Maintenance Panel Framework Contractors as identified on TED Tenders Daily £20,000,000 31/03/2024 Framework for maintenance works typically up to £5,000 and up to £25,000 by exception in the following work categories:
– General Building
– Electrical Services
– Heating/Mechanical Services
– Plumbing Services
– Windows/Doors Services
– Roofing Services
– Underground Drain Services
– Portable Appliance Testing
Open ITT
Note:  For building related projects that fall outside of the above arrangements Devon County Council has a Standing List of Approved Contractors which is used for projects up to £2m which are procured on a project by project basis via competitive processes in line with Financial Regulations.