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Published 28 Jun 2024, 17:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fleet Management Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Livv Maintenance Limited (part of Livv Housing Group) (Housing)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£210,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Aug 2024awarded 23 Sept 2024
Awarded to Fleet Operations Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Livv Maintenance Limited (part of Livv Housing Group) sought bids from service providers to provide a fleet management service.

Services initially required under the contract are to include the management of approximately 150 vehicles and the supporting contracts to enable the smooth running of the vehicles. Supporting contracts include but are not limited to vehicle maintenance, fuel cards and vehicle tracking devices, installation of racking and livery.

The outcome of the tender process will be a single contract with one service provider. The contract will be for an initial 3 years with 2 annual options to extend by a further 12 months on each occasion, up to a maximum 5 years total contract term, subject to Livv Maintenance requirements and the performance of the successful service provider.

  • Recurrence: June 2029 if all options to extend are taken

CPV: Vehicle-fleet management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£210,000
Delivery: North West
Extensions: The contract will be for an initial 3 years with 2 annual options to extend by a further 12 months on each occasion, up to a maximum 5 years total contract term, subject to Livv Maintenance requirements and the performance of the successful service provider.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Any supplier may be disqualified who has been convicted of:

    (a) conspiracy within the meaning of Section 1 or 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977(a) or article 9 or 9A of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983(b) where that conspiracy relates to participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on the fight against organised crime(c);

    (b) corruption within the meaning of Section 1(2) of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889(d) or Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906(e),

    (c) the common law offence of bribery;

    (d) bribery within the meaning of Sections 1, 2 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010(f), or Section 113 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(g);

    (e) where the offence relates to fraud affecting the European Communities' financial interests as defined by Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities(h):

    (i) the common law offence of cheating the Revenue;

    (ii) the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud;

    (iii) fraud or theft within the meaning of the Theft Act 1968(i), the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(j), the Theft Act 1978(k) or the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(l);

    (iv) fraudulent trading within the meaning of Section 458 of the Companies Act 1985(m), Article 451 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(n) or Section 993 of the Companies Act 2006(o);

    (v) fraudulent evasion within the meaning of S…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · June 2029 if all options to extend are taken
First published
28 Jun 2024, 17:01 BST
Last source update
10 Oct 2024, 12:19 BST
Award evaluation window
31 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN728323
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-032583
Classification (CPV)
Vehicle-fleet management services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04788c Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This tender process incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award is communicated to tenderers. Appeals can be directly raised via the contact points detailed in section VI.4.1 of this Contract Award Notice. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: The contract will be available to the following, such that each of the following will be entitled to purchase services from the successful service provider at the discretion of Livv Housing Group: - Livv Maintenance Limited - Livv Housing Group and all subsidiary undertakings, both current and future - All parts of any current or future group structure of which Livv Housing Group is, or may become, a part

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
2 Aug 2024, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
31 Jul 2024, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Jul 2024 → 10 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    31 Jul 2024, 12:05 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    2 Aug 2024, 16:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    10 Oct 2024, 12:19 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 2 Aug 2024, 16:00 BST
    31 Jul 2024, 11:20 BST
    +2 days · was 31 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    31 Jul 2024, 11:20 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    10 Oct 2024, 12:19 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    10 Oct 2024, 12:19 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2)31 Jul 20242 Aug 2024+2 d

Due to a technical issue with the e-tender system the deadline has been extended to allow bidders time to submit their responses.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £210,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 118 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Fleet Operations Limited£210,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
11bids · 11 electronic8——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Livv Housing Group

Contracting authorityHousing Lakeview, Kings Business Park, Prescot, North West, L34 1PJContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London
  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Fleet Operations LimitedAwarded supplier Fleet House Silverdale Buisness Park, Maries Road, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, North West, ST5 6PA

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria