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Published 7 Mar 2024, 16:25 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Framework Agreement for the Provision of Domestic Heating and Hot Water System Installations

Official notice

Authority: Caerphilly County Borough Council (Local council)

Framework agreementWorksOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£6,500,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 8 Apr 2024awarded 22 Jul 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council required the establishment of a Framework Agreement to support the Council’s in-house capacity for the installation of heating and hot water systems (‘HHWS’) and all associated components within the Council’s residential housing stock.

This notice is to inform the market of the award of the Framework

  • Recurrence: If required this will be renewed inline with the councils normal policy

CPV: Boilers · Central-heating equipment · Central-heating installation work · Central-heating radiators and boilers and parts · Commissioning of heating installations · Gas appliance maintenance services · Heating works · Plumbing and heating materials · Radiators and boilers · Repair and maintenance services of central heating

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 3 suppliers · 11 bids received (3.7 per place) · 3 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Framework agreement for the Provision of Domestic Heating and Hot Water System…AwardedRenewal

Framework agreement for the Provision of Domestic Heating and Hot Water System Installations.

Delivery: Wales · Caerphilly County Borough
Extensions: Other items relating to the contract maybe required throughout the lifetime of the arrangement and as such the council may require additional purchases. · If required this will be renewed inline with the councils normal policyVariant bids: 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: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability
    • Gas Safe Registration including the following competencies:
    • CCN1 – Core Gas Safety
    • CENWAT – Domestic central heating and instantaneous water heaters
    • CKR1 – Domestic cookers
    • HTR1 – Domestic Space heaters
    • MET1 – Domestic meters
    • CPA1 – Combustion performance analysis
    • CMDDA1 – Carbon monoxide/Carbon dioxide – domestic atmosphere and appliance testing
    • UVHW1 – Installation & maintenance of domestic unvented hot water storage systems
    • Registration certificate from any one of the Government approved full-scope Competent Person Schemes for electrical works such as NICEIC, ECA, NAPIT.
    • Competent Person Scheme for Solid Fuel Domestic Appliances including the following competencies:
    • Service and maintenance.
    • Installation of solid fuel or multi fuel boiler or heater.
    • Installation of a flexible metal flue liner.
    • Installation of a rigid sectional metal flue liner.
    • WR1 – Knowledge of the water supply (water regulations 1999 endorsed by WRAS technical committee)
    • Microgeneration Certification Scheme with the following competencies:
    • MIS 3001 Solar Heating Standard
    • MIS 3005 Heat Pump Standard
    • DASHP – Domestic Air Source Heat Pump
    • Worcester Bosch Excelerate Accredited Installer.
    • Aico Smoke, Heat and CO Detector Competency Training. It is intended that this training will provided free of charge by Aico to those Tenderers appointed to this Framework Agreement.
    • (Cat B) Non-Licensable Asbestos work training accredited by one of the following bodies: UKATA, I…
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Framework Agreement for the Provision of Domestic Heating and Hot…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 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
Awarded
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
Yes · If required this will be renewed inline with the councils normal policy
First published
7 Mar 2024, 16:25 GMT
Last source update
7 Aug 2024, 16:51 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Apr 2024 – …
Authority reference
CCBC/PS2513/24/CT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024933
Classification (CPV)
BoilersCentral-heating equipmentCentral-heating installation workCentral-heating radiators and boilers and partsCommissioning of heating installationsGas appliance maintenance servicesHeating worksPlumbing and heating materialsRadiators and boilersRepair and maintenance services of central heating
Delivery area
Wales (UKL16)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04468c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Set out within Invitation to Tender.

Publisher note: Please note that this is an award notice for a previously advertised tender opportunity. (WA Ref:143428)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/ ↗

Appointment period ends
8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Apr 2024 → 7 Aug 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    7 Aug 2024, 16:51 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Aug 2024, 16:51 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 3admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 117 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Jul 2024

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 024933-2024-CCBC/PS2513/24/CT-1

    Signed
    22 Jul 2024
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Framework agreement for the Provision of Domestic Heating and Hot Water System…11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad7—£2,969,852 – £6,484,040
Whole notice———£2,969,852 – £6,484,040

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Penallta House, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales, NP24 6AWContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • British Gas Social Housing Ltd trading as PH JonesFramework contractor Millstream, Maidenhead Road,, Windsor, South East, SL4 5GDContact email, phone
  • Gas Gold LimitedFramework contractor Unit 22 Bedwas House industrial Est., Caerphilly, UK, CF83 8GFContact email, phone
  • Heatforce (WALES) LtdFramework contractor Unit 10, Cardiff Business Park, Lambourne Crescent, Cardiff, Wales, CF145GFContact phone

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