Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Kent County Council
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Contact
Miss Laura Garay
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ4 - Kent
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
SC22226 - Professional Land Services
Reference number
DN636951
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This contract is to provide professional land services for the Major Capital Programme Team in the Growth, Environment and Transport directorate within Kent County Council (KCC). The team relies on professional consultant support in a number of areas to enable the development and delivery of the capital programme. This contract is therefore to provide professional land services in the following areas:
• Part 1 - Managing and completing Land Compensation Act Part 1 claims
• Part 2 - Providing consultancy services relating to land acquisition, land referencing, and other general land services.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £800,000 / Highest offer: £900,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 70000000 - Real estate services
- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ4 - Kent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract is required to provide access to professional services for the following elements:
Land Compensation Act (LCA) Claim Management
The Consultant is required to carry out the following in providing the claims services
• The Consultant shall undertake the Environmental Assessment required to inform the resolution of the claims. The Client shall provide relevant historic environmental information to inform the production of the Environmental Assessment.
• The Client will receive claims from third parties, check claims and reject them if they are not considered valid e.g. incorrect Relevant Date. The Client will also clarify claims where duplicate claims are received.
• On receipt of the Environmental Assessment, the Client will reject all claims where there is no predicted increase in any of the physical factors.
• The Consultant is required to inspect all the instructed claim properties.
• The Consultant is required to endeavour to reach agreement in a timely fashion with the claimants’ agents or the claimants where unrepresented, on a recommended settlement.
• The Consultant is required to submit a Report & Valuation, on standard Client proforma templates for approval with their recommended agreed settlement for each individual claim along with the agent’s reasonable fee settlement, to the Client and the Client’s Legal Services to carry out legal checks on title and entitlement before the Client makes payment.
• The Client has a policy that reimbursement of claimant’s agent’s reasonable fees should be based on Ryde’s Scale+20%. This is generally accepted by the majority of agents but if not accepted then in exceptional cases, the Client will accept time charge fees, with supporting timesheets. The Consultant will be required to negotiate and agree with the claimant’s agent an appropriate hourly rate commensurate with the level of skill and knowledge required to audit and recommend fee settlement when the claim is agreed.
• If a claim cannot be agreed and the claimant refers the matter to the Lands Tribunal the Consultant will be required to support the Client in the defence of that referral if so required.
• The Consultant is to prepare and update monthly a spreadsheet showing progress of claims, for submission to the Client on first working day of the month including the estimate of the Client’s predicted liability per claim and estimated overall potential liability for the full 6-year claim period (the actual layout is to be agreed with the Client).
Professional Land Services
• Land acquisition – negotiations to purchase land, advice and consultancy services for Compulsory Purchase Orders, voluntary acquisition, blight, assessment of values and compensation
• Land referencing and updates
• General land related advice
• Other land related claims against the council
• Negotiating rights of access over land
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-028456
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
6 March 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Carter Jonas LLP
One Chapel Place
London
W1G 0BG
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ4 - Kent
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £800,000 / Highest offer: £900,000 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Kent County Council
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Country
United Kingdom