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Hard Landscape Products

Construction materials and associated items
Stone for construction
limestone
+1 more
South West (UKK42)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Torbay Council: "Hard Landscape Products". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityTorbay CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Torbay Council
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Published history for Torbay Council. 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
5.9Bids / Report
9.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 84 active published awards; 75 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityTorbay Council
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
Published19 Dec 2022, 16:17 GMT
Last source update19 Dec 2022, 16:17 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationConstruction materials and associated items, Stone for construction, limestone, gypsum and slate
Delivery area
South West (UKK42)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03928c
What is being bought
TDA, a wholly owned company of Torbay Council, is proposing to purchase paving and granite kerbs and blocks specifically for the Torquay Harbour and Strand Public Realm scheme in order to de-risk the construction project for an appointed contractor.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Dec 2022, 16:17 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    19 Dec 2022, 16:17 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    19 Dec 2022, 16:17 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that TDA, a wholly owned company of Torbay Council, is proposing to purchase paving and granite kerbs and blocks specifically for the Torquay Harbour and Strand Public Realm project in order to de-risk the construction project for an appointed contractor.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    19 Dec 2022, 16:17 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 Dec 2022, 00:00 GMT · £410,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Hardscape Products Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Hard Landscape Products
£410,000 · signed 15 Dec 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Torbay Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-570
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  • Torbay Council
    buyer

    Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, UKK42, TQ1 3DR
    procurement.team@torbay.gov.uk
    +44 1803207242

  • European Union
    funder

  • Hardscape Products Limited
    supplier

    Ashworth House, 14 Deakins Business Park Blackburn Road, Egerton, Bolton, UKD, BL7 9RP
    dlowe@hardscape.co.uk

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL
    tcc.issue@justice.gov.uk
    +44 2079477156
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleFollowing two unsuccessful procurement processes for the appointment of a contractor to deliver the Torquay Harbour and Strand Public Realm project, TDA, acting on behalf of Torbay Council, have made the decision to directly purchase the hard landscaping materials required in order to reduce contractor risk and to improve the market readiness of any further tender exercise to appoint a contractor. Due to the current volatility of the market, the lead time and the price for the specified materials has risen significantly. Following a value engineering exercise in October 2022, the original granite paving was removed from the scheme as the price was no longer affordable. The best match to replace the original granite specified has been identified as Kellen paving slabs, which can only by supplied directly by one supplier. A call-off has been run under the Cirrus Consortium Materials Framework in accordance with regulation 33 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and a response was received from a nationwide builders merchant but this compliant route to market resulted in a quote that was in excess of the available budget and approximately 16% more expensive than purchasing the materials directly from Hardscape Ltd. The option to purchase the required materials compliantly via this route has hence been explored and subsequently disregarded due to it not being financially in the best interests of Torbay Council. This proposed strategy is advantageous to the Council for the following reasons: The material cost is a large part of the overall budget and procuring the materials directly reduces inflation risk to the budget; and The scheme programme will be reduced if the materials are ordered early January 2023 with an expected delivery date to coincide with main contract on-site start date. If materials are included within the main contractor appointment, the order would not be placed until March 2023, which would lead to a delay in the start of the scheme on site and a potential increase in the cost of the materials.