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Published 17 May 2021, 14:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Irvine Housing Association Repairs and Maintenance Contract

Official notice

Authority: Irvine Housing Association Limited (Housing)

WorksCompetitive dialogue
Published estimate£21,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 Jun 2021awarded 14 Dec 2021
Awarded to BELL GROUP LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Irvine Housing Association is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the delivery of responsive repairs, void property works and aids and adaptations works to its c. 2,300 properties under a TPC 2005 (as amended). The contract will be awarded to a single service provider and run for an initial period of 10 years with the option to extend it by up to five years to a total Contract Term of 15 years. The contract will have provision to include additional workstreams over the Contract Term, including (but not limited to) kitchen and bathroom, window and door, adaptations, electrical and fencing works.

CPV: Asbestos removal services · Asbestos-removal work · Bathrooms construction work · Bituminous roof-covering work · Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for houses · Decoration work · Electrical installation work · Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment · Electrical wiring and fitting work · Electrical-system repair services · +30 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£21,000,000
Delivery: Scotland · Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway
Extensions: The Contract will run for an initial period of 10 years, with the option to extend it by up to a further five years to a total possible Contract Term of 15 years. The Contract will include clear break clauses for non-performance (linked to the Key Performance Indicators) and a no-fault termination clause allowing either party to terminate the contract with a 12-month notice period (subject to certain conditions as detailed in the Contract)Second stage: 6–null candidates invited to tenderVariant 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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40%
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

    List and brief description of conditions: If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established. Other requirements are detailed in the procurement and Tender documents.

  • Economic & financial standing

    4B.1.2: bidders will be required to demonstrate an average yearly turnover of 2,500,000.00 for the past three financial years. Bidders are required to provide their accounts from the past three most recent years. Where bidders will rely upon a Parent Company to demonstrate they meet the turnover or other financial criteria as detailed in this section, bidders are also required to provide parent company accounts from the past three most recent years.

    4B.3: Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

    4B.5.1a and 4B.51.b: it is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 million minimum GBP

    Public Liability Insurance = 20 million each and every claim GBP

    Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance = 5 million GBP

    Product Liability Insurance = 20 million each and every claim GBP

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    4B.6: Irvine Housing Association will undertake Dun and Bradstreet credit check on all bidders at SPD stage. It will also conduct a Dun and Bradstreet credit check on the preferred bidder prior to formal Contract award. At 4B.6 bidders are required to enter their Dun and Bradstreet number. As detailed above, bidders are also required to provide their three most rece…

    Minimum: 4B.1.2: bidders will be required to demonstrate an average yearly turnover of 2,500,000.00 for the past three financial years. 4B.5.1a and 4B.51.b: Bidders will be required to have in place or commit to obtaining the required insurance levels as detailed in section III.1.2. 4B.6:…
  • Technical & professional ability

    With reference to SPD question 4C.1; Bidders will be required to provide three examples of works carried out in the past five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the work as described in part II.2.4 of this Contract Notice. Bidders should provide 3 examples in the table provided. In addition, bidders are required to provide responses to questions set out in the document "SPD Quality Schedule", which will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria detailed in part II.2.9 of this Contract Notice.

    Bidders must respond to SPD Questions 4D.1 and 4D.2. Details of the requirements can be found with the procurement documents freely available on the PCS portal for this procurement. The document is entitled "SPD Requirements 4D.1 and 4D.2".

Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Competitive dialogue
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 May 2021, 14:34 BST
Last source update
15 Dec 2021, 11:01 GMT
Authority reference
1066
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031213
Classification (CPV)
Asbestos removal servicesAsbestos-removal workBathrooms construction workBituminous roof-covering workBuilding construction workConstruction workConstruction work for housesDecoration workElectrical installation workElectrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment
+32 moreElectrical wiring and fitting workElectrical-system repair services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM9)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b1d2 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The Contracting Authority will observe a 10-day stand still period following the award of the Contract and conduct itself in respect of any appeals in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved the public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations provide for aggrieved

parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rule to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the long term Contract at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right not to award a contract. Neither the Contracting Authority nor any person on behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing and interest or tendering for this contract. Tenderers should note that the provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply. Irvine HA is procuring a single Contract in a single Lot to gain the commercial efficiencies of a single contractor. The award criteria questions and weightings are provided in the ISDS documentation. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361 A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: as set out in the procurement documents. Irvine HA and its legal advisors to confirm if it requires any other additional information to be included here.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
17 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
270 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Jun 2021 → 15 Dec 2021 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    15 Dec 2021, 11:01 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Dec 2021, 11:01 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £21,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BELL GROUP LTD£21,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Irvine Housing Association Repairs and Maintenance Contract · BELL GROUP LTD

    Signed
    14 Dec 2021
    Value
    £21,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Irvine Housing Association

Contracting authorityHousingBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities 44-46 Bank Street, Irivne, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA12 0LPContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff Court or the Court of SessionReview body GlasgowContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.