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External Wall System (EWS) Remediation Works - Sutton's Wharf

Architectural and related services
Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
Special trade construction works other than roof works
London (UKI4)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Guinness Partnership Ltd: "External Wall System (EWS) Remediation Works - Sutton's Wharf". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Guinness Partnership LtdScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for The Guinness Partnership Ltd. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.9Bids / Report
8.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 36 active published awards; 35 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Guinness Partnership Ltd
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published25 Apr 2023, 11:16 BST
Last source update25 Apr 2023, 11:16 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationArchitectural and related services, Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus), Special trade construction works other than roof works
Delivery area
London (UKI4)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-033ee6
What is being bought
The Guinness Partnership has awarded contracts to Stanmore Contractors Ltd. and PRP Architects LLP to design and undertake urgent external wall system and balcony remediation works. The works being carried out are to remove and replace the existing non-compliant external wall system, balconies and associated elements at four buildings in the Tower Hamlets Borough of East London. To address the urgent requirements and ensure building safety of high rise buildings, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is providing funding for this project via its Building Safety Fund (BSF). It was a requirement of the grant funding award that bidders identify contractors as part of their funding submissions. Deadlines for submissions did not enable a full tender process to be conducted.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    25 Apr 2023, 11:16 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    24 May 2022, 17:21 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    24 May 2022, 17:21 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    24 May 2022, 17:21 BST
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    External Wall System (EWS) Remediation Works
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Guinness Partnership had an urgent requirement to enter into contracts to deliver a government-funded external wall system remediation project on one of our housing estates. The Sutton's Wharf scheme in London is comprised of four buildings - Grand Regent Tower, Graphite Point, Titanium Point and Regalia Point; the original external wall system installed on the scheme has been identified as no longer being compliant with Building Regulations (unsafe non-ACM external wall systems) and as such presents an ongoing safety risk to the residents of our buildings. Guinness has been granted c.£26m of funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC)'s Building Safety Fund (BSF) (non-ACM buildings) to carry out emergency works to remove the existing external wall system and retrofit a compliant solution, to ensure the safety of the tenants and leaseholders living in these buildings. The BSF bid required that specific contractors and consultants were named as part of the application for grant funding. Due to submission deadlines, it was not possible to identify contractors and consultants via the standard procurement routes laid out in the Public Contract Regulations. Guinness has awarded Lot 1 of this project to Stanmore Contractors Ltd., a contractor already working at a neighbouring site, therefore providing assurance of understanding the buildings on the scheme as well as efficiency in delivery. Due to the urgency to address building safety issues, Guinness has awarded this contract without further competition.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Architectural Design of EWS Remediation Project
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Guinness Partnership had an urgent requirement to enter into contracts to deliver a government-funded external wall system remediation project on one of our housing estates. The Sutton's Wharf scheme in London is comprised of four buildings - Grand Regent Tower, Graphite Point, Titanium Point and Regalia Point; the original external wall system installed on the scheme has been identified as no longer being compliant with Building Regulations (unsafe non-ACM external wall systems) and as such presents an ongoing safety risk to the residents of our buildings. Guinness has been granted c.£26m of funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC)'s Building Safety Fund (BSF) (non-ACM buildings) to carry out emergency works to remove the existing external wall system and retrofit a compliant solution, to ensure the safety of the tenants and leaseholders living in these buildings. The BSF bid required that specific contractors and consultants were named as part of the application for grant funding. Due to submission deadlines, it was not possible to identify contractors and consultants via the standard procurement routes laid out in the Public Contract Regulations. Guinness has awarded Lot 2 of this project to PRP Architects, a consultant already working on a neighbouring site, to carry out the architectural design work on this site, therefore providing assurance of the understanding the buildings on the scheme as well as efficiency in delivery. Due to the urgency to address building safety issues, Guinness has awarded this contract without further competition.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    25 Apr 2023, 11:16 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 12 Jan 2023, 00:00 GMT · £30,464,467
  5. Contract active
    Signed 9 May 2022, 00:00 BST · £1,002,825
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Stanmore Contractors Limited
Not published · Not published · active
PRP ARCHITECTURE LLP
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
External Wall System (EWS) Remediation Works - Sutton's Wharf
£30,464,467 · signed 12 Jan 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Architectural Design of EWS Remediation Project
£1,002,825 · signed 9 May 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
bids: 1 (lot 2)
smeBids: 1 (lot 2)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Guinness Partnership Ltd

Contracting authority GB-FTS-9220
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  • The Guinness Partnership Ltd
    buyer

    30 Brock Street, Regents Place, London, UKI4, NW1 3FG
    dennis.viljoen@guinness.org.uk
    +44 3031231890

  • PRP ARCHITECTURE LLP
    supplier

    OC431021
    Ferry Works, Summer Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey, UKI4, KT7 0QJ

  • Stanmore Contractors Limited
    supplier

    02754550
    Stanmore House, Gyproc Business Park, Church Manorway, Erith, UKI4, DA8 1DE

  • The Guinness Partnership
    reviewBody

    30 Brock Street, London, NW1 3FG
    procurement@guinness.org.uk
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThere are reasonable grounds to proceed with a negotiated award without competition on the basis of urgency. There is a pressing and immediate requirement to remediate unsafe wall systems to ensure the safety of the buildings and the customers living in them. There are legal requirements for landlords to both ensure the safety of their tenants and to ensure that their buildings are safe and comply with building regulations. Given that the external wall systems of these buildings are recognised as requiring urgent remediation, work needs to be completed as quickly as possible to rectify this, thus presenting sufficient grounds for urgency. Furthermore, the grant funding was made available from the BSF by the DLUHC as part of an emergency funding bid. The bid did not allow sufficient time to carry out a fully compliant tender process under the PCRs, and the award of this funding is contingent on Guinness appointing these contractors. We are required to have contractors on site as soon as possible to ensure that we remain able to access the funding, and as such need to award contracts at the earliest possible opportunity; again providing a rationale for urgency. Finally the proposal to utilise Stanmore and PRP was based on their working on another scheme in the immediate vicinity of Suttons Wharf. Their familiarity with the location and existing site-set up in the area will facilitate efficiencies which will not only ensure that best value is achieved, but more importantly will expedite the carrying out of these vital works. Guinness has therefore concluded that, given the circumstances set out in this notice, that there are sufficient grounds to directly award the required contracts without undertaking any further competition, and that the award of contracts to the selected suppliers is reasonable taking into account the factors set out in this notice.