Official UK procurement notice
Aluminium Windows & Doors
Authority: LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis opportunity has been listed by LHC Procurement Group on behalf of the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) and our other regional entities:
Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC)
LHC London and South East (LSE)
South-West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)
Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)
LHC Procurement Group are looking for suitable organisations to bid for our Aluminium Windows and Doors Framework (A8). This will be it's 8th iteration and will seek to build on the strengths of our existing product.
The framework scope seeks to provide windows, doors, doorsets, and curtain walling products via a complete survey and installation service for both domestic and commercial properties.
CPV: Installation of doors and windows · Installation of doors and windows and related components
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Aluminium Windows and Doors Framework will be the successor to LHC's current…CancelledRenewalPublished value£4,000,000
The Aluminium Windows and Doors Framework will be the successor to LHC's current Aluminium Windows and Doors Framework (A7) which expires May 2024. The framework will be designed to support clients with the design, supply and installation of aluminium windows, doors, doorsets, and curtain walling for all types of public sector refurbishment and new build projects.
The option for supply and delivery or supply only, can be built into the specification as well as repairs without the need of additional lots. Additional information: LHC intend to appoint up to six (6) bidders per regional area to ensure LHC clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Regional Capability Questions: 15%
- Technical Capability Questions: 40%
- Factory Assessment: 15%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Regional Capability Questions: 15%
- Technical Capability Questions: 40%
- Factory Assessment: 15%
- Price: 30%
- Suitability
Full details of the minimum requirements to be considered eligible to bid for this framework can be found in the procurement documents provided through the In-Tend Portal.
- Economic & financial standing
For the financial stability assessment, LHCs’ financial team will undertake the following process to carry out a robust assessment of a Bidders' financial standing:
- Credit score – LHC use Creditsafe to carry out initial checking of a Bidders’ financial status and help inform the subsequent assessments carried out by LHC.
- Annual Turnover - Bidders will be assessed based on their average annual turnover for the past 3 years by comparison to the minimum turnover requirements set out in the contract notice and/or tender document documents.
- Profitability, Stability and Liquidity Assessment – Bidders will be assessed on their financial stability based on a range of financial information obtained from the Bidders annual accounts.
Minimum: Bidders will be required to have the following minimum levels of insurance for all lots applied for: >Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 million >Public Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP >Professional Indemnity = 1 million GBP >Product Liability = 2 million GBP Ful… - Technical & professional ability
Bidders are required to have the following ISO qualifications (or equivalent) or demonstrate compliance with these standards by completing the PAS 91 standard question:
Health and Safety certification in accordance with ISO 45001 (please refer to ITT for accepted equivalents)
Environmental Management certification in accordance with ISO 14001 (please refer to ITT for accepted equivalents)
Quality Management certification in accordance with ISO 9001 (please refer to ITT for accepted equivalents)
For any additional accreditation requirements, please refer to ITT documents for full details.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Aluminium Windows & Doors” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Sept 2023, 14:41 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Apr 2024, 14:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Dec 2023 – …
- Authority reference
A8- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012001- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fc18Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As part of it's monitoring of the performance of projects delivered through this framework, following completion of each project LHC/SPA will require the relevant appointed company to provide project performance data based on a standardised set of key performance metrics.
Publisher note: LHC Procurement Group Limited is a not for profit central purchasing body acting on behalf of contracting authorities throughout Scotland, England and Wales (including partners of the Scottish Procurement Alliance, Welsh Procurement Alliance and South West Procurement Alliance) for whom we continue to monitor up to 500 live projects at any one time. Thanks to their ongoing and collective feedback and input into the development of this framework and given the reach and scale of their collective portfolios, the framework is both designed and anticipated to support the vast majority of requirements. Consequently, other contracting authorities that were not specifically consulted in the development of this framework may nevertheless also deem the framework to offer a value for money procurement solution for their own requirements and may also use the framework. As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities in Scotland as defined by the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and as listed on https:// www.scottishprocurement.scot/who-we-work-with/, including, but not limited to Registered social landlords (RSL's), tenant management organisations (TMOs) and arm’s length management organisations (ALMOs), local authorities and any subsidiaries and joint-venture vehicles of those local authorities, health authorities, councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services or registered charities. SPA partners may add community benefit requirements in their call-off contracts from this Framework including but not limited to: - to generate employment and training opportunities for priority groups; - vocational training; - to up-skill the existing workforce; - equality and diversity initiatives; - to make sub-contracting opportunities available to SMEs, the third sector and supported businesses; - supply-chain development activity; - to build capacity in community organisations; - educational support initiatives (SC Ref:763711)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
6 Nov 2023 → 12 Apr 2024 · 4 dates- Next notice expected6 Nov 2023
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published12 Apr 2024, 14:06 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Nov 2023- Published value published: £4,000,0002 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
- Status changed to active2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
- Procurement method changed2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
- Deadline published: 15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
- Buyer details updated2 Nov 2023, 16:24 GMT
- Status changed to unsuccessful12 Apr 2024, 14:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Livingston Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.