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Published 11 Oct 2022, 15:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PRN2317 Gas and Alternative Heating Servicing and Maintenance Contracts Pre Market Engagement Exercise Choice Housing Ireland

Official notice

Authority: Choice Housing

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£30,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Nov 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

***PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE*** ***PLEASE NOTE: The Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire can be accessed in the Cft Documents area*** . Choice Housing Ireland Ltd is currently preparing to initiate a procurement exercise to establish a contract with one or more Suppliers for core services which include heating appliances, heating installations and any other form of heating system, renewables, ventilation (except standard extract fans) and water distribution systems within Choice properties. The potential scale and scope of this service is such that it offers a significant opportunity to bidders. Prior to initiating the procurement, Choice wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process and potential service providers views on scale and scope of the contracts including if the service provision should be procured as lots An overview of the requirement and the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire can be accessed in the Cft Documents area. ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI, BEFORE 3PM on Tuesday 1st November 2022.

CPV: Central-heating equipment · Commissioning of heating installations · Electric space-heating apparatus · Heating engineering services for buildings · Heating equipment · Heating materials · Heating-system design services · Non-electrically-heated central-heating radiators · Plumbing and heating materials · Repair and maintenance services of central heating · Solar energy

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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 sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30%
  • Cost: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Cost: 70
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.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Oct 2022, 15:16 BST
Last source update
11 Oct 2022, 15:16 BST
Award evaluation window
1 Nov 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028575
Classification (CPV)
Central-heating equipmentCommissioning of heating installationsElectric space-heating apparatusHeating engineering services for buildingsHeating equipmentHeating materialsHeating-system design servicesNon-electrically-heated central-heating radiatorsPlumbing and heating materialsRepair and maintenance services of central heating
+1 moreSolar energy
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0374c5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
1 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
1 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

11 Oct 2022 → 1 Mar 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Oct 2022, 15:16 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    1 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    1 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Mar 2023, 23:59 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Choice Housing

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Leslie Morrell House 37 - 41 May Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 4DNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Courts of Justice in Northern IrelandReview body Belfast

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