Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Great Places Housing Group Limited
2A Derwent Avenue
Manchester
M21 7QP
Contact
Ms Mathilde Favre
mathilde.favre@greatplaces.org.uk
Telephone
+44 3001231966
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD - North West (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.greatplaces.org.uk/Pages/default.aspx
Buyer's address
https://procontract.due-north.com/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/
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
Asbestos Surveying Services
Reference number
DN568925
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90650000 - Asbestos removal services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Provision of Asbestos Surveying Services to Great Places properties
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45262660 - Asbestos-removal work
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Client (Employer) is a registered provider of social housing. We seek to appoint two (2) contractors.
The contracts are being let because the current contracts are coming to an end.
Contract term is five (5) years with no extension.
The scope of the services to be performed is: Asbestos Surveying Services to Great Places properties. It does not include Asbestos Removal Services - this will be procured separately.
The Client requires two suitable and properly qualified contractors experienced in providing services similar to the services being let under the contracts.
Special requirement in respect of the procurement: independence from the Asbestos Removal contractor.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
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
two.2.14) Additional information
(a) The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with the Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant's/ tenderer's risk.
(b) n/a
(c) The Contracting Authority anticipates that the Business Transfers Directive 2001/23/EC, as implemented by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, will not apply to the transfer of personnel from one of the incumbent contractors under this procurement. Further information will be set out in the Contract Documents.
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
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
(a) n/a
(b) Under this contract, the contractors will be required to actively participate in the achievement of social and/or environmental policy objectives. Accordingly, the contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
(c) The Contracting Authority anticipates that the Business Transfers Directive 2001/23/EC, as implemented by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, will apply to the transfer of personnel from one of the incumbent contractors under this procurement. Further details will be set out in the Procurement Documents.
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Originally published as:
Date
10 November 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Changed to:
Date
19 November 2021
Local time
12:00pm
See the change notice.
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: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
10 November 2021
Local time
12:05pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
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 procurement documents and are reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales, Royal Courts of Justice
London
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting Authority will observe a standstill period following the award of the contract and conduct itself in respect of any appeals in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.