Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Soft Facilities Management to the LIFT Premises
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract for the provision of soft FM services for the 9 LIFT centres across the Borough of Barnsley which includes; cleaning (Including windows), caretaking and security, weekend opening, grounds maintenance and pest control. The contract is for the period of 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022.
CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jul 2021, 13:33 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2021, 13:33 BST
- Authority reference
DN545148- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017064- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ca16Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (On behalf of the Council and Community Health Partnerships) awards to Norse Commercial Services Ltd for the Provision of Soft Facilities Management to the LIFT Premises.
This modification request is being made due to the unforeseen circumstances in relation to the impact of Covid-19, using Regulation 32 of the Public Contract Regulations. Due to the current pandemic the contract end date to be modified by 1 year from 1st April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
To initiate a procurement process in this climate, when there is so much uncertainty regarding availability of key staff would be a potential risk. The pandemic has had a detrimental impact on cleaning staff resources, and other users. Barnsley council present priority is to ensure business continuity and as such key individuals would be unable to participate in a new procurement process (development of requirements, tender evaluation etc.).This include health provision in these buildings and the current priority in the pandemic is the delivery of healthcare services and any change may well have an adverse effect on services
It would also be difficult for the Council to define and scope current/future requirements due to the ever changing way services are currently being delivered and whether the current cleaning model would need to be retained if and when COVID related measures can be scaled back. It would also be beneficial to Barnsley Council to ensure that the current service provider can build on the changes that have been implemented over the last year and Barnsley Council would have concerns regarding the impact that changing service providers at this time could have in meeting the current standards expected by staff and users.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norse Commercial Services Limited | £616,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 017064-2021-1 · Norse Commercial Services Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2021
- Value
- £616,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Norse Commercial Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.