Awarded contract

Commercial Laundry Equipment and Maintenance

  • Places for People

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-027491

Published 18 September 2023, 2:06pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Places for People

4, The Pavilions

Preston

PR2 2YB

Contact

Emily Horrocks

Email

emily.horrocks@placesforpeople.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1772897200

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.placesforpeople.co.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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

Commercial Laundry Equipment and Maintenance

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 51543400 - Installation services of laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Places for People Group are seeking to appoint a sole supplier of commercial laundry equipment and maintenance services and as such, wish to form a contract which will be utilised and owned by Places for People Group. It is intended that this contract will be used to meet the needs of Places for People Group and their Group subsidiaries for commercial laundry assets (including servicing and maintenance aspects).

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Places for People Group are seeking to appoint a sole supplier of commercial laundry equipment and maintenance services and as such, wish to form a contract which will be utilised and owned by Places for People Group. It is intended that this contract will be used to meet the needs of Places for People Group and their Group subsidiaries for commercial laundry assets (including servicing and maintenance aspects). The successful supplier will need to be able to provide a national service and supply across all UK postcodes for all of the services of a commercial laundry equipment provider across the below streams: •Commercial Washing Equipment •Commercial Dryer Equipment •Duct Cleaning (a standard service to applicable equipment) •Commercial Laundry payment systems •Commercial Laundry asset management (including a customer portal asset interfaces) •Commercial Laundry equipment servicing •Commercial Laundry equipment consultancy (new/existing sites) •Commercial Laundry equipment project management (including the project management of existing assets and associated contracts) This supplier either directly or via their fully managed supply chain partners will provide a one stop shop for all the commercial laundry equipment streams outlined in this; and the accompanying tender documents. Places for People Group’s current estate of Commercial Laundry Equipment and Services is with several different suppliers across the UK. This estate has grown and expanded through individual site level requirements over many years. The consequence of this is that the Group now have several suppliers to manage, a multitude of contract agreements per site/asset with numerous variances in components and contract terms such as (not limited to), contract start/end dates, notice durations etc. The aim of this procurement is to work with the successful supplier to manage this commodity area in a holistic and strategic way. The successful supplier will need to consider the role of gaining our existing estate of equipment, including the need to exit existing contract agreements with other incumbent suppliers. Working under either a Master Operating Lease Agreement for lease options or Main terms and Conditions for outright purchases. For all sites across Places for People Group, the full estate of assets will be managed tactically to enable many advantages for example, the ability to redeploy assets from one site to another. This procurement is being undertaken by Places for People Group the contracting authority for itself and as lead authority for the benefit of other organisations that will be set out in the contract notice. Places for People Group have identified their requirements for commercial laundry equipment and associated services, encompassing the needs of Places for People Group properties and all other Group companies (including future acquisitions). Places for People Group proposes to establish a sound and stable relationship with the supplier to undertake provision of the Goods and Services for a duration of 5 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years based on satisfactory performance against the agreed SLA/KPI’s. The service and performance will be reviewed every 12 months as a minimum.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 60

Cost criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The contracting authority has the option to extend for a further 5 years based on satisfactory performance against the agreed SLA/KPI’s.

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

To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://placesforpeople.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2SGF742SNZ


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: 2023/S 000-027429


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: No

five.1) Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The original contract notice (2023/S 000-027429) Installation services of laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines has been discontinued due to the notice being created in error. A new contract notice and tender will be re-issued.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://placesforpeople.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=809889282" target="_blank">https://placesforpeople.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=809889282

GO Reference: GO-2023918-PRO-23946295

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court of England and Wales

Royal Court of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079476000

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

High Court of England and Wales

Royal Court of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079476000

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Cabinet Office

70 Whitehall

London

SW1A 2AS

Country

United Kingdom