Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Advantage South West
South Somerset House, Alvington
Yeovil
BA22 8WN
Contact
Mr Neil Biddiscombe
Telephone
+44 1935404566
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK - South West (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk/
Buyer's address
http://www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Fire door-set inspection and maintenance and associated supplies, services and works
Reference number
DN548915
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Advantage South West is seeking to select, by a competitive tendering process, companies who will be awarded a 4-year Framework (1/10/21 – 30/9/25) from which ASW's Members (social housing landlords in the south of England, predominantly the south west) will award Contracts for the provision of fire door-set inspection and maintenance services and associated supplies, services and works to Members. Any further organisations that join ASW will also be able to access the framework. This contract notice is therefore placed on behalf of those future members too. Names of potential contracting authorities who may wish to access the framework can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing — http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/MapLocationSearch.do?mode=1.1&map=9
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £3,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Advantage South West is seeking to select, by a competitive tendering process, companies who will be awarded a 4-year Framework (1/10/21 – 30/9/25) from which ASW's Members (social housing landlords in the south of England, predominantly the south west) will award Contracts for the provision of fire door-set inspection and maintenance services and associated supplies, services and works to Members. Any further organisations that join ASW will also be able to access the framework. This contract notice is therefore placed on behalf of those future members too. Names of potential contracting authorities who may wish to access the framework can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing — http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/MapLocationSearch.do?mode=1.1&map=9
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £3,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
To be successful companies must, by the time the framework starts, be accredited to one of the following:
BRE/LPCB scheme LPS 1197
BM Trada Q-Mark Fire Door-sets Installation/Maintenance Scheme
FIRAS Fire Door-sets Maintenance
Or equivalent UKAS accredited scheme accreditation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
12 July 2021
Local time
10:00am
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
12 July 2021
Local time
10:00am
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Advantage South West (ASW) is a purchasing consortium for social housing. Members of ASW will be able to access this framework to award contracts that may outlast the framework. Current Members of ASW are
Abbeyfield Sidmouth (Sidmouth, www.abbeyfield.com);
Abri (Eastleigh, www.abri.co.uk);
Coastline Housing (Redruth, www.coastlinehousing.co.uk);
Cornwall Housing (Bodmin, www.cornwallhousing.org);
Cornwall Rural Housing Association (Bodmin, www.crha.co.uk);
East Devon District Council (Exmouth, www.eastdevon.gov.uk);
Exeter City Council (Exeter, www.exeter.gov.uk);
Homes in Sedgemoor (Bridgwater, www.homesinsedgemoor.org);
LiveWest (Exeter, www.livewest.co.uk);
Magna Housing Group (Dorchester, www.magna.org.uk);
North Devon Homes (Barnstaple, www.ndh-ltd.co.uk);
Ocean Housing (St Austell, www.oceanhousing.com);
Plymouth Community Homes (Plymouth, plymouthcommunityhomes.co.uk);
SHAL (Bridgwater, www.shal.org)
Somerset West and Taunton Council (www.somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk);
Teign Housing (Newton Abbot, www.teignhousing.co.uk);
TorVista (Torquay, www.torvistahomes.co.uk)
Westward Housing Group (Newton Abbot, www.westwardhousing.org.uk);
Any further organisations that join ASW will also be able to access the framework. This contract notice is therefore placed on behalf of those future members too. Names of potential contracting authorities who may wish to access the framework can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing — http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/MapLocationSearch.do?mode=1.1&map=9
Interested companies can access the documentation at WWW.ADVANTAGESWTENDERS.CO.UK (free of charge). You must download the procurement documents, complete them and submit through www.advantagesouthwest.co.uk by the submission time/date. If the applicant considers that any information supplied by him is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature then this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity given.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
UK High Courts
London
Country
United Kingdom