Shropshire Council: RMCB 046 – Provision of Water Risk Assessments and Monthly Water System Monitoring and Inspection

UK-Shrewsbury: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Shropshire Council
       Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1743252992, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
       Contact: Procurement
       Main Address: www.shropshire.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKG22

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.5) Main activity:
      General public services

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: RMCB 046 – Provision of Water Risk Assessments and Monthly Water System Monitoring and Inspection            
      Reference number: RMCB 046

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: This is a contract award notice for the provision of water risk assessments and monthly water system monitoring and inspection.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 1,450,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKG22 - Shropshire CC
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Shropshire CC
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: This is a contract award notice for Water Risk Assessments (WRA): The production of the new WRA shall be carried out according to the provisions of the ACOP L8, HSG274 and BS 8580-1:2019 and as stated in the Servicing Schedule (Appendix A). The Contractor shall use data gathered during site visits to identify, assess and report on the risks associated with the site water systems to enable the Client to discharge his duties under the ACOP L8, HSG274 and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Water Risk Assessments are to be produced as a new stand-alone document, without any reliance, beyond a document review, from the existing data already held from previous contracts – it is to a clear line in the sand starting from scratch to ensure erroneous and misleading data is not being copied and relied upon for the production of the Water Risk Assessments to be delivered in this contract. The Contractor is to be certain that the information they will be providing to the Council is correct and no assumptions are being made from historical data. Subsequent produced Water Risk Assessments (following the Contractors initial new WRA at a Property) shall take the form of a reinspection where the Contractor shall review the previously produced WRA and update accordingly to reflect any changes to the Property, its water system or risk. The Contractor shall reissue the documents following this. These visits shall be within the months shown in the Schedule of Properties – Schedule 2 and shall not lapse beyond the month assigned to. Monthly Water System Monitoring & Inspection: The details of the works required are detailed in Appendix A - Servicing Schedule. The visits shall be undertaken monthly in the properties detailed within Schedule of Properties – Schedule 2. It is to be expected that these visits will be 1 calendar month apart as far as is reasonably practicable – i.e. not visiting the same property a few days apart. Note, an extremely flexible workforce shall be required on this Contract with regard to hours of work, as a majority of schools and some Council buildings will require 05:30 or 06:00 am starts so the area will be cleared by the start of the working day. The Shirehall may require Saturday working. Please note there will be no additional costs applicable to the Council for outside of normal working hours working. Fixed price tenders are being invited to the period 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2027. Thereafter, the contract may be extended for a further two years (up to 31st March 2029) subject to satisfactory performance during the initial contract term the agreement of the costs for the ensuing 24 months. Prices submitted are for the period of 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2027 thereafter the contractor may submit a cost adjustment to the tendered figure for the potential 24 months extension up to 31st March 2029 that is in line with the Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year period as defined on the ONS website under the “CPI All Item: percentage change of 12 months data series”, and which is subject to the approval by the Council. However, in any event, the Council reserves the right to negotiate with the Contractor any proposed increase in rate if in its opinion they are not justified

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 40
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: The estimated value stated is for the full duration of the contract including any optional extensions.


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2023/S 000-033680
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 01/02/2024

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 9
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             GRAHAM Asset Management Ltd t/a GRAHAM, NI071100
             5 Ballygowan Road, Hillsborough, BT26 6HX, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UKG22
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1,450,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 1,450,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Shropshire Council
          Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1743252992, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Shropshire Council
          Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
          Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
          Internet address: www.shropshire.gov.uk

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          Shropshire Council
          Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 1743252992

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 20/02/2024