Thurrock Council: Housing Adaptations

UK-Thurrock: Housing services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Thurrock Council
      Civic Offices, New Road, Thurrock, RM17 6SL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1375652207, Email: procurement@thurrock.gov.uk, URL: www.thurrock.gov.uk/business
      Contact: Procurement
      Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9RRXSKTX63

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Housing Adaptations
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         Region Codes: UKH32 - Thurrock         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system: The notice involves the setting up of a framework agreement                                                        

      II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:      
            Framework agreement with several operators

         Duration of the framework agreement:
            Duration in year(s): 3             
         Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
                        
            Estimated value excluding VAT: 3,900,000
            Currency: GBP
                              
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Housing services. Devices for the disabled. Building alteration work. Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services. Building installation work. Electrical installation work. Repair and maintenance services of building installations. Devices for the elderly. Thurrock Council wishes to establish a framework agreement to ensure it has a housing adaptation installation service in place to support those vulnerable residents with high priority disability needs. The framework will also ensure the Council meets its statutory obligation of administering the Government’s Disabled Facilities Grants in the case of private residents.

The framework shall include supply and installation of level access showers, ramps and minor adaptation works within both council and privately owned housing stock across the Borough.

It is envisaged the framework will include approximately 290 major and 330 minor adaption installation works per year, however there shall be no guarantee of the actual volumes of work to be awarded to contractors under the framework.


Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authority must consider,
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being. These priorities are described in the Invitation To Tender and are reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         70333000 - Housing services.
         
         33196200 - Devices for the disabled.
         
         45262700 - Building alteration work.
         
         50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services.
         
         45300000 - Building installation work.
         
         45310000 - Electrical installation work.
         
         50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations.
         
         33196100 - Devices for the elderly.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: Not Provided
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: Not Provided   
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      The framework shall be for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months. A maximum of 3 contractors shall be appointed to the framework.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 3,900,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
                   
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)


Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
         (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
         (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No       
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
               
         Envisaged number of operators: 10
   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

      IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: Not Provided
   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PS/2013/510      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Not Provided
      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:



         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 02/09/2013
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 13/09/2013      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
   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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.

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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Thurrock Council
      United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1375652207

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 22/07/2013

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