Thurrock Council: Thurrock Council Housing Services – response, repair and maintenance and related works to Thurrock Council housing stock

UK-Grays: Repair and maintenance services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Thurrock Council
      New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1375652243, URL: www.thurrock.gov.uk
      Electronic Access URL: http://thurrock.g2b.info/
      Electronic Submission URL: http://thurrock.g2b.info/

      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:
      Housing and community amenities

   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: WORKS
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Thurrock Council Housing Services – response, repair and maintenance and related works to Thurrock Council housing stock
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: WORKS
         Realisation, by whatever means of work, corresponding to the requirements specified by the contracting authorities

         Region Codes: UKH32 - Thurrock         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Repair and maintenance services. The works will comprise the provision of repair and maintenance services to 10,500 homes owned by Thurrock Council. This will include, but not necessarily be limited to, day to day reactive and emergency repairs, voids and, at the discretion of Thurrock Council, some elements of programmed cyclical works, specialist and other maintenance contracts such as internal and external painting and gas servicing and repair which may be added at some point during the term. It is intended that the form of contract will be the ACA Standard form of contract for Term Partnering (TPC 2005).
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         50000000 - Repair and maintenance services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      The estimated value of the annual expenditure for which no through put guarantee is given is around £5m per annum for responsive repairs and voids with a further potential £1-2m per annum in further maintenance and related works including internal and external painting and gas servicing and repair which Thurrock Council may offer during the term.

For guidance purposes the range is £50m - £70m over the full term

The contract is expected to start on 1st April 2014 (or as soon as practicable thereafter) and complete on 31st March 2019                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 50,000,000 and 70,000,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Yes
         If yes, description of these options: The term of the contract will be 5 years, subject to satisfactory performance, with the option for Thurrock Council to extend the term by a period of up to a further 5 years by any number of years in any number of extensions       
      If known, Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
                  
         Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)
                            
         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: 60 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Details of any deposits, guarantees or bonds will be set out in the tender documentation.
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Details of any deposits, guarantees or bonds will be set out in the tender documentation.
      
      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:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      Under this contract the service provider and its supply chain will be required to actively participate in the achievement of social objectives relating to participation in skills development, employment and training programmes in accordance with the Council’s objectives to create employment and training and business growth opportunities for the locality. This may include other value added contributions by the service provider and its supply chain in order to support community programmes promoted by the Council. Accordingly the contract performance conditions will include provisions to reflect this and the evaluation of social objectives will be part of the overall evaluation of the tender award      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
      Not Provided      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: 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 minimum number: 5   
   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: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PS/2013/564      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      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: 15/10/2013
         Time: 14:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: Not Provided      
      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: Not Provided
   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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Grays:-Repair-and-maintenance-services./27B35NK9V5

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/27B35NK9V5
GO-201394-PRO-5089833 TKR-201394-PRO-5089832
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Thurrock Council
      New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1375652243

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Thurrock Council
         New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 1375652243

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Thurrock Council
      New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1375652243

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 04/09/2013

ANNEX A