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Published 21 Jun 2021, 09:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Irvine Housing Gas Servicing & Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: Irvine Housing Association Limited (Housing)

2 lotsServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£8,700,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 19 Jul 2021awarded 16 Dec 2021
Awarded to James Frew Ltd2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Irvine Housing Association is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and

experienced service providers for the delivery of gas servicing and maintenance, system

replacements and installations (domestic and communal) to c. 2257 properties under two

TPCs 2005 (as amended). Each of the two contracts will 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

contracts will have provision to include additional workstreams over the Contract Term,

including (but not limited to) CO Alarm programme and LD2 Systems. Bidders may bid for

and be awarded one or both Lots.

CPV: Boiler installation work · Central-heating installation work · Commissioning of heating installations · Fire-alarm system installation work · Fire-alarm systems · Gas regulation equipment installation work · Gas-fitting installation work · Heating works · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Repair and maintenance services of central heating · Smoke-detection apparatus

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£8,700,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1AyrshireAwardedPublished value£7,200,000

Irvine Housing Association is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and

experienced service providers for the delivery of gas servicing and maintenance, heating

system replacements and installations (domestic and communal) to 1870 properties under a

TPC 2005 (as amended). The contract will 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) CO Alarm programme and LD2 Systems. The appointed contractor will be

required to have a robust ICT solution for the delivery of the service and management and

transfer of data, and to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction, robust management of

complaints and provide mechanisms for customer engagement and customer insight

analysis that result in service improvements and delivery of community benefits. Irvine Housing Association is following a Restricted two-stage procurement procedure under

the Procurement Scotland Regulations. For further information please refer in particular to:

Regulations 58 and 59 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, and Regulation 78 of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016. Under the first stage of the

process, suppliers are required to complete a Single Procurement Document questionnaire

and associated appendices. Full details of all requirements, the evaluation criteria and how

to participate are included in the procurement and Tender documents. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the

situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Delivery: Scotland · UKM93 - East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland
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 nofault 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: up to 6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Dumfries and GallowayAwardedPublished value£1,500,000

Irvine Housing Association is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and

experienced service providers for the delivery of gas servicing and maintenance, heating

system replacements and installations (domestic and communal) to c. 387 properties under

a TPC 2005 (as amended). The contract will 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) CO Alarm programme and LD2 Systems. The appointed contractor will be

required to have a robust ICT solution for the delivery of the service and management and

transfer of data, and to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction, robust management of

complaints and provide mechanisms for customer engagement and customer insight

analysis that result in service improvements and delivery of community benefits.

Irvine Housing Association is following a Restricted two-stage procurement procedure under

the Procurement Scotland Regulations. For further information please refer in particular to:

Regulations 58 and 59 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, and Regulation

78 of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016. Under the first stage of the process, suppliers are required to complete a Single Procurement Document questionnaire

and associated appendices. Full details of all requirements, the evaluation criteria and how

to participate are included in the procurement and Tender documents. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the

situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Delivery: Scotland · UKM92 - Dumfries & 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 nofault 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: up to 6 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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    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: 4B.1.2: Participants bidding for Lot 1 will be required to have an average yearly

    turnover of a minimum of 1,000,000.00 GBP for the last 3 years. Participants bidding for Lot

    2 will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 200,000.00 GBP.

    Participants bidding for both Lots will be required to have a minimum average yearly turnover

    of 1,200,000.00 GBP. 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 = 5000000 GBP

    Public Liability Insurance = 10000000GBP

    Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance = 500000GBP

    Product Liability Insurance = 10000000 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 pre…

    Minimum: 4B.1.2: Participants bidding for Lot 1 will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 1,000,000.00 GBP for the last 3 years. Participants bidding for Lot 2 will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 200,000.00 GBP. Participants biddin…
  • 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".

    Minimum: As detailed in the procurement documents.
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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
Restricted 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Jun 2021, 09:44 BST
Last source update
4 Jan 2022, 11:55 GMT
Authority reference
1073
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000055
Classification (CPV)
Boiler installation workCentral-heating installation workCommissioning of heating installationsFire-alarm system installation workFire-alarm systemsGas regulation equipment installation workGas-fitting installation workHeating worksRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of building installations
+2 moreRepair and maintenance services of central heatingSmoke-detection apparatus
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM92)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02be17 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As detailed in the procurement documents.

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

Contracts 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 Contracts at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right not to award either or both of the contracts. 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. The award criteria questions and weightings are provided in the ITT 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. (SC Ref:678503)

How it was run

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

Timeline

19 Jul 2021 → 4 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    25 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    4 Jan 2022, 11:55 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jan 2022, 11:55 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £8,700,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 7
Contracts signed 2latest 16 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Ayrshire1 award
James Frew LtdSME£7,200,000 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Dumfries and Galloway1 award
James Frew LtdSME£1,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Ayrshire · James Frew LtdSME

    Signed
    16 Dec 2021
    Value
    £7,200,000
    Status
    active
  • Dumfries and Galloway · James Frew LtdSME

    Signed
    16 Dec 2021
    Value
    £1,500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Ayrshire4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad0——
2 · Dumfries and Galloway3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Irvine Housing Association Limited

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff Court or the Court of SessionReview bodyReview contact point GlasgowContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • James Frew LtdAwarded supplier James Frew Ltd, 83 New Street, Stevenston, Scotland, KA20 3HDContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.