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Published 20 Mar 2023, 20:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Unity Schools Partnership - Planned and Preventative Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,100,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Apr 2023awarded 28 Jul 2023
Awarded to GSH Facilities Management Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Unity Schools Partnership is currently out to tender for the provision of planned and preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance for the 32 schools and 1 Head Office building in the Trust.The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 01 September 2023.The deadline for SQ submissions via the In-Tend system is 17:00 on 18 April 2023The deadline for ITT submissions via the In-Tend system will be 17:00 on 16 June 2023

  • Recurrence: Further notices will be published in 2025, 2026 or 2027 based on the exercising of the optional contract extensions

CPV: Facilities management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Unity Schools Partnership is currently out to tender for the provision of planned and…AwardedPublished value£1,100,000

Unity Schools Partnership is currently out to tender for the provision of planned and preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance services.The contract is being offered for three years with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months. The contract commencement date is 01 September 2023.Unity Schools Partnership require a Contractor to undertake the Planned and Preventative Maintenance (PPM) services and Reactive Maintenance (RM) in accordance with good industry practice so as to provide a high standard of service across the Trust for the benefit of the Trust’s staff and pupils, the local community and to provide an inviting environment for visitors.The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of skilled engineers and service personnel, to provide an efficient and timely PPM & RM service. They will need to ensure that curriculum used areas are safe and fit for purpose and that all other areas are kept in accordance with the service set out in this Specification and reflect well on the Trust.The Trust is looking to reduce costs while ensuring adherence to all compliance requirements, creating improvements to the quality of the site and demonstrating systems that are simple to use for site staff to carry out their duties effectively. Thus, enabling senior Trust staff to be able to easily monitor compliance and quality of the site. The Contractor should keep abreast of the needs of the Trust, statutory obligations and ensure that they are providing strategic advice and support for the premises management to be more effective and efficient and to achieve a greater percentage of right first-time fixes.The Trust is seeking a Contractor that will utilise technology to deliver service excellence for areas such as (but not limited to):

  • Real-time Reporting for school and the Trust central team
  • Works Scheduling
  • Compliance document repository
  • Quotes / job tracking
  • Job Status and activity tracking
  • Dedicated helpdesk and triage
  • KPI monitoring. Additional information: The duration detailed above includes the initial term of three years as well as the two optional contract extension periods of 12 months each.
Delivery: East of England · The Trust has 32 sites plus the Head Office. Details of locations can be found here: bit.ly/42sXmYc or on the Trust website.
Extensions: The contract will be awarded for an initial period of three years with two possible extensions of 12 months each meaning a maximum contract length of five years.Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement

Yes · Further notices will be published in 2025, 2026 or 2027 based on the exercising of the optional contract extensions

First published
20 Mar 2023, 20:32 GMT
Last source update
8 Aug 2023, 10:59 BST
Authority reference
MPN-10253
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-023035
Classification (CPV)
Facilities management services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b489 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Unity Schools Partnership will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
19 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Apr 2023 → 8 Aug 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    9 May 2023, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    8 Aug 2023, 10:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2023, 10:59 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,785,8861 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GSH Facilities Management LimitedPlanned and Preventative Maintenance£1,785,886 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Unity Schools Partnership

Contracting authorityEducationEducation InstituteEducation Unity Schools Partnership Offices, Park Road, Haverhill, East of England, CB9 7YDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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