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Corporate Contracts

The following page gives details of our Corporate contracts which should always be used when processing goods, service and works where available.

Advertising Contracts

When a contract opportunity is available, we can advertise in many different places:

  • Local Newspapers (Including Evening Mail and Solihull Times)
  • Trade Journals
  • Public sector publications (including the Municipal Journal and Local Government Chronicle, contrax weekly, goopportunities)
  • Supplier route to government
  • Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
  • Our website, see: Tenders available

For contracts under £50,000 we are not required to advertise.

Content: Contracts over £144,371 (for supplies and Part 'A' services) and over £3,611,319 (for works) must be advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) in accordance with European Procurement Directives.

Construction Contracts

When looking for Construction Companies, we use Constructionline.

Constructionline is the UK's largest register of local and national construction and construction-related services. It is managed by Capita on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry and is used by many public sector agencies. To register companies need to provide a number of documents including financial information and references from clients. Registration costs from £90.

Current Contracts

We currently have corporate contracts with the following companies:

Category Contract Title Estimated Annual Contract Value Contractor Name Contract Start Date Review Date Contract End Date Extension Information
Advertising Advertising Services £575 EURO RSCG RILEY 01/09/2009 01/03/2011 31/08/2011 2 x 1 years ext to 31/08/2013
Building Major Adaptation Works £760 Berben Installations Ltd 27/11/2006 01/07/2009 26/11/2010 all extensions used
Building Building maintenance £2,700 Ian Williams Ltd 01/04/2007 01/01/2013 31/03/2014 Up to 3 years (Maximum of 31/3/2017)
Building Mechanical and Electrical Works £2,100 Dodd Group (Midlands) Ltd 01/10/2006 01/06/2012 30/09/2013 3 years (up to a maximum of 30/9/2016)
Building Disability Shower Adaptations £380 Hayes Construction Westridge Construction Ian Williams 31/03/2009 01/07/2009 31/12/2010 This contract is expected to be merged into the PSST - ASC for start date of 01/01/2011
Building Building Regulation Compliance Checking £35 Barneveld Consultants 01/11/2008 01/01/2010 31/03/2010 1 month x 9
Catering Equipment Light Kitchen Equipment and Utensils £15 W V Howe Ltd 01/05/2009 01/12/2010 30/04/2011 2 x 12 months ending 30/04/2013
Catering Foodstuffs Frozen Foods £496 Hopwells Ltd 01/08/2004 01/07/2009 31/07/2010 All extensions have been utilised
Catering Foodstuffs Groceries and provisions £750 Brakes 01/08/2004 01/03/2209 31/07/2010 All extensions have been utilised
Catering Foodstuffs Milk and Milk Products £168 Dairy Crest Ltd 01/08/2004 01/03/2010 31/07/2010 all extensions used
Catering Foodstuffs Poultry and poultry products £113 Charnwood Fayre Wholesale Ltd 01/08/2004 01/07/2009 31/07/2010 All extensions have been utilised
Catering Foodstuffs Fruit & Vegetables £175 Arthur Brett Catering Ltd 01/05/2007 01/04/2009 31/07/2010 2 year option to extend ending 31/07/2012
Catering Foodstuffs Meat and Meat Products - Interim agreement £75 Midland Food Ltd 01/09/2009 01/11/2009 01/08/2010  
Child Care Services AHDC Short Breaks £450 Children's Society 'Cool2Care   'Solihull Life Opportunities 01/09/2009   31/08/2013 Framework
Cleaning Cleaning Services £442 Superclean Services Ltd 01/06/2005 01/04/2009 31/05/2010 No further extensions available.
Cleaning Deep cleaning of school kitchen and social services establishments £17 Zenith Contractors Ltd 01/01/2008 01/05/2010 31/12/2010 1 x 12 months (up to a maximum of 31/12/2011)
Cleaning Cleaning Materials and Catering Disposable Products £44 Nobisco Ltd 01/12/2008 01/05/2011 30/11/2011 2 x 12 months ending 30/11/2013
Clothing / PPE Uniforms - OGC Framework Agreement A337742B £4 Burlington Uniforms Ltd 15/05/2006 01/06/2009 14/05/2010 N/A
Consultancy LINKs (Local Involvement Networks) £110 Health Advocacy Partnership UK Ltd 01/04/2008 01/04/2010 31/03/2011 No extension options.
Consultancy Solihull Enterprise Growth Support £55 Tribal Education and Technical 01/04/2009 01/12/2009 31/03/2010 None
Consultants Strategic Land and Property Advice - Consultants £100   01/02/2007 01/03/2010 31/01/2011 Not applicable
Consultants Architects - Design Services £200 Ridge & Partners LLP Jacobs UK Ltd Brown Matthews Architects Ltd 01/02/2008 01/04/2011 31/01/2012 Not applicable
Consultants Legal Services - Consultants £400 Wragge & Co 01/01/2007 01/01/2010 31/12/2010 Not applicable
Energy Street lighting electricity contract (includes all Unmetered Supply) £1,100 EDF Energy Ltd 01/05/2006 01/09/2009 31/03/2010 Rolling OGC contract - extensions dependant on OGC tendering process - extended 1st April 2009 - Planned further 12 month extension 1st April 2010 - F
Energy Heating Oil and Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel £160 Pace Petroleum Ltd 01/03/2008 01/06/2009 28/02/2010 Option to extend on an annual or other basis for up to 2 years (28/2/2012)
Energy Gas £2,000 British Gas Business - via ESPO 01/12/2008 01/01/2011 30/06/2011 There is a 12 month extension but unlikely that this will be used as ESPO want to return to the marketplace ASAP
Energy Electricity (Monthly, Quarterly & Half Hourly) £2,000 Scottish Southern Energy - via ESPO 01/12/2008 01/03/2010 30/09/2011 There is a 12 month extension but unlikely that this will be used as ESPO want to return to the maket place ASAP
Environmental Services Strategic Environmental Services £6,500 Enterprise Managed Services Ltd 26/01/2008 01/04/2012 31/03/2015 up to 21 years ending 31/03/36
Financial Secure cash collection / reconciliation £103 G4S Cash Services (UK) Ltd 20/11/2006 01/03/2010 19/05/2010 2 x 3 months ending 19/11/10
Financial Banking Services £50 Barclays Bank PLC 01/04/2008 31/03/2012 31/03/2013 2 years + 3 years (up to a maximum of 31/3/2018)
Financial Provision of Financial Advice to SMBC £100 Price Waterhouse Cooper 01/10/2008 01/01/2012 30/09/2012 N/A
Financial Bailiff Services to Revenues and Benefits £300 Jacobs Certificated Bailiffs 01/05/2007 01/09/2009 30/04/2010 1 yr extension taken,  1 yr extensions available(up to 30/4/2011)
Financial Secure Cash Collection and Reconciliation from SMBC Car Parks £54 Jade Security Services Limited 01/11/2009 30/06/2010 31/12/2010 2 x 12 Months
Financial Collection of payments by the public to Solihull MBC £350 Allpay Ltd 01/10/2009 01/04/2013 30/09/2014 Not applicable
Financial Bailiff Service for Parking Enforcement £125 Jacobs Certified Bailiffs 01/04/2009 01/10/2009 30/06/2010 All available extensions utilised
Financial Bailiff Service for Parking Enforcement £125 Bristow & Sutor Civil Enforcement Agents 01/04/2009 01/10/2009 30/06/2010 All available extensions utilised
Financial Bailiff Services – Overpaid Housing Benefit £0 Jacobs Certificated Bailiffs 01/04/2009 01/10/2009 31/03/2010  
Financial 'Experian Citizenview Service
(CPS are custodians of this contract only
£5 Experian Limited     30/06/2012  
Furniture Schools furniture £75 Counties Furniture Group   01/09/2008   rolling CFG contract
Furniture Desking, Seating and Metal Storage Furniture £41 Charter Office Equipment 03/07/2009   02/07/2011 2 x 12 months
Furniture Removals and Relocations £25 Robinsons International Removals Ltd 01/11/2009 01/04/2011 31/10/2011 2 x 12 months to 31/10/2013
Grounds Maintenance Forestry (Tree Maintenance) £429 Glendale 01/04/2005 01/01/2009 31/03/2010 5 years (31/03/2015)
Health & Safety Occupational Health Services £140 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 01/07/2006 01/06/2008 30/06/2010 all extension used
Health & Safety First Aid Materials £7 Lewis's Medical Supplies 01/07/2005 01/01/2009 31/05/2011 Exceptions obtained.  Extended for 2 years
Highways Provision of Strategic Highways resurfacing, new works and operational services £8,000 Ringway Highways Services Ltd 01/04/2006 01/04/2011 31/03/2013 Not applicable
Highways Traffic signal maintenance £100 Siemens PLC - Traffic Control Division 01/11/2007 01/07/2011 31/10/2012 None
Highways Highways Design Consultancy £400 WSP Group 01/01/2008 01/01/2011 31/12/2011 1x15 months and 1x12 months (up to a maximum of 31/3/2014)
Highways Joint Data Team Contract £663 Mott Macdonald Ltd 01/04/2008 01/04/2013 31/03/2014 2 x 2 years (up to a maximum of 31/3/2018)
Highways Civil Parking Enforcement £600 APCOA Parking (UK) Ltd 01/10/2007 01/07/2009 27/02/2011 Options to extend for a further 2 and 3 years respectively up to 31/1/2015
Highways Traffic Controls (Urban Traffic Control) £16 Peek Traffic Ltd 28/06/2007 01/12/2011 27/06/2012 No further extensions
Highways Bridge Maintenance £400 Ringway Infrastructure Services 01/11/2009 30/05/2012 30/05/2013 2 x 12 months up to 20/05/2015
Highways Surface condition assessments (SCANNER) £75 Yotta Limited 01/04/2009 01/10/2009 31/03/2010 3  x 12 months extensions
Highways Road Salt £70 Salt Union 01/07/2009 01/01/2012 30/04/2012 Not applicable
ICT / Telecoms Telecommunications - voice calls and wholesale line rental £270 Uniworld  01/01/2010 01/06/2011 31/12/2011 1 x 12 month ending 31/12/2012
ICT / Telecoms Mobile phones £100 Vodafone Ltd 01/05/2006 01/01/2010 31/12/2009 Not applicable
ICT / Telecoms Maintenance of extreme switch equipment - core network data/voice equipment £45 Scaleable Networks PLC 01/12/2006 01/03/2010 30/11/2010 No further extensions available.
ICT / Telecoms Desktop maintenance £100 Northgate Information Systems Ltd 01/04/2007 01/06/2010 31/03/2011 All extensions used
ICT / Telecoms Fax Equipment £5 ESPO   01/09/2008   rolling ESPO contract
ICT / Telecoms Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Solution £150 OpenText 28/04/2006 25/04/2011 25/04/2012  
ICT / Telecoms ICT Networks £113 DSGi Business (Integralis) 01/05/2008 01/08/2010 30/04/2011 No extension options
ICT / Telecoms Maintenance services for telecoms systems and equipment (MITEL) £34 Mitel Networks Ltd 01/04/2008 01/10/2009 31/03/2010 2 x 1 year ending 31/03/2012
ICT / Telecoms ICT Hardware £375 Viglen 01/04/2009 01/09/2010 31/03/2011 Possible 2 year extension
Insurance Insurance Main Policies for SMBC £896 Zurich 01/01/2009 01/02/2012 31/12/2013 1 x 2 year option to extend (31/12/2015)
Insurance Uninsured Loss recovery service for immobile property claims £0 Premier 01/01/2009 01/02/2012 31/12/2013 1 x 2 year option to extend (31/12/2015)
Insurance Insurance Main Policies for SCH £224 Zurich 01/04/2009 01/03/2012 31/03/2012 2 x 2 years
Interpretation & Translation Sign Language Interpreting Services Framework Agreement £0 BID Services 01/09/2009 01/01/2013 31/08/2013 Not applicable
Mail / Courier Mailing Services to Revenues and benefits £22 Central Mailing Services 01/10/2006 31/03/2010 30/09/2010 All Options utilised
Mail / Courier Courier services £17 AYS Couriers 01/12/2006 01/07/2010 30/11/2010  
Marketing Sponsorship £71 Immediate Solutions 01/10/2009 01/01/2011 30/09/2011 1 x 12 months ending 30/09/2012
Office Supplies Supply of stationery £290 Lyreco UK Ltd 01/10/2009 01/10/2012 31/07/2013 Not applicable
Office Supplies Stationery - supply of copier paper £117 Lyreco UK Ltd 01/10/2009 01/10/2012 31/07/2013 Not applicable
Piano Tuning Piano Tuning £2 W H Gibbs  Millgate Piano Tuning Services 01/09/2009 01/06/2011 31/08/2011 2 + 1 years
Printing Print Services £270 FT Print  Service Point   Clarity Gazebo 01/08/2006 01/09/2008 31/07/2010 12 month remaining, ending 31/07/11
Publications - Books / Audio Visual Supply of bibliographical and audio visual materials (Library books) £299 Askews (Books)   Cramer Music (Music CDs)  Bertrams (DVDs) 01/10/2006 01/10/2009 30/09/2010 All extensions have been utilised.
Security Maintenance of CCTV system £25 Quadrant Video Systems PLC 01/04/2008 01/07/2011 31/03/2013 4 year maximum extension period
Security CCTV Manning £95 Sectorguard PLC 19/05/2008 01/03/2010 18/05/2010 2 x 12 months ending 18/5/2012
Security Keyholding and Associated Service (2nd) £10 Crown Security Services 01/08/2009 01/02/2011 31/07/2011 2 years (2*12 months) extensions to 31/07/2013
Sports PE & Gym Equipment Maintenance £16 Gymfix 01/06/2008 01/01/2010 31/05/2010 2 x 12 months ending 31/5/2012
Staff Recruitment - Permanent / Temporary Temporary Agency Staff (2nd gen) £4,000 Reed Specialist Recruitment 01/11/2009 01/04/2011 31/10/2011 2 * 1 year to the 31/10/2011
Storage Off Site Storage £22 Stor-a-File Ltd 19/11/2007 01/04/2010 18/11/2010 2 years up to 18/11/2012
Surveying Mapping Services Agreement (I&Dea framework agreement to be renewed 01/04/10) £50 I&DeA 01/04/2005 01/02/2010 31/03/2010 N/A
Translation Services Translation Service £20 K International PLC 08/09/2006 01/09/2008 17/09/2010 all used
Translation Services Interpretation Service £20 The Big Word 01/08/2006 14/07/2008 31/07/2010 all used.
Translation Services Face to Face interpretation £125 Absolute Interpreting and Translation 01/12/2009 01/06/2011 30/11/2011 2* 12 months
Transport Vehicle leasing £94 Translinc Ltd   Dawsons Bus and Coach Ltd Newtown Vehicle Rentals Ltd 01/01/2007 30/09/2011 30/09/2012 2 years i.e. 30/09/14
Transport Home to school transport for pupils with special educational needs (Taxis) £2,000 Plaza Cars (Birmingham) Ltd  Great Barr Cars Lyndon Cars   Coleshill Cars Ltd   Executive Cars Local Radio Cars   Elmdon Cars (Taxis) Ltd West Midlands Special Needs Transport   Responsive Accessible Transport Ltd  ASC Birch  A2B Radio Cars Marsden PTS Ltd   Select Private Hire Ltd  TC Cars Ltd 01/09/2006 01/05/2008 12/04/2010 all used
Transport Transport for primary pupils to and from school and swimming classes £340 M J Grosvenor (Motors) Ltd   Ken's Coaches   Flights Coaches   Hollywood Travel  Claribel Coaches Ltd 31/10/2005 01/06/2008 30/10/2010 all used
Transport Provision of Taxi Rank Marshals £16 Elite Professional Guarding 01/04/2007 01/06/2008 31/03/2010 1 x 12 months (up to a maximum of 31/3/2011) (first extension used)
Transport Secondary schools transport £280 A-Line Coaches MJ Grosvenor (Motors) Limited  Claribel Coaches Ltd 01/09/2008 01/03/2011 31/08/2012 Option to extend for a further 3 years on an annual basis (ending 31/8/2015)

Contact Details

For more information on Contracts please contact the Corporate Procurement Service

Telephone: 0121 704 6089 or 0121 704 6063

Email: procurementteam@solihull.gov.uk


Further Information

Contact

Tel: 0121 704 6000 Email: connectcc@solihull.gov.uk PO Box 18, Council House Solihull, B91 9QS
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull Connect, Library Square, Solihull West Midlands B91 9RG UK
0121 704 6000
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