Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Hertfordshire County Council
County Hall, Pegs Lane
Hertford
SG13 8DE
Contact
Simon Hastings
simon.hastings@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned 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
HCC 12/2021 PPME – Procurement of a Housing Management
Reference number
PPME - 12/2021 - Property
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 70331000 - Residential property services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (‘P P M E’) in relation to the procurement of a single service Provider to manage terms of the leases for various properties.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the P P M E shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the P P M E shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the P P M E will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,286,912
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 70330000 - Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis
- 70331000 - Residential property services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Main site or place of performance
Hertfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Hertfordshire County Council (the Council) is a large shire county in the south-east of England with a population of 1.2 million. Hertfordshire is a two-tier authority with 10 district and borough councils providing complementary local services to residents.The Council provides social care for adults and children, schools and education, public libraries, public health (since April 2013), highway and road maintenance, environmental services, trading standards and household waste sites as well as a fire and rescue service.The Council owns several properties which are used to provide specialist supported accommodation for adults with learning disabilities, autism, physical and sensory disabilities, and mental health conditions. These properties are very varied in nature and whilst some are conventional housing (a single dwelling let to a single household) a significant number are not.The two groups in scope for this procurement consist of the following:Group 1: Learning Disability Supported Living (approximately 46 properties) and Mental Health Supported (4 properties). These properties are used to provide specialist supported accommodation for adults with learning disabilities, autism, physical and sensory disabilities, and mental health conditions. They vary from small dwellings occupied by a single individual to larger multi bedroom hostel type schemes. All occupiers are on assured short hold tenancies (A S T’s). Group 2: A staff housing pool (30 properties) which are let to staff on A S T’sThe requirement has two aspects, the first being to manage terms of the leases for the above properties. The second is to provide full repairs and maintenance provision and collect the rental income and engage with the Council on the long-term future of these propertiesFor supported housing properties, care provision will not be part of this P P M EThe indicative timetable is P P M E Project Published to In-Tend & P I N Published to FTS Wednesday 1st December 2021Deadline for Queries/ Clarifications Wednesday 8th December 2021Receipt of Expressions of Interest / Return of Supplier Questionnaires Wednesday 15th December 2021P P M E Analysis Commences 16th December 2021Individual Supplier Meetings Tuesday 11th January 2022P P M E Analysis Concludes 31st January 2022It is anticipated that any procurement process resulting from this P P M E will have a contract that will commence on December 2022 and may potentially have a four year duration.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 December 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
To access the P P M E documentation please visit www.supplyhertfordshire.uk and follow the on-screen guidance.To participate in this P P M E, organisations must submit their completed Supplier Questionnaire, together with any supporting documents, through the In-Tend system by the return deadline of 12.00 Noon Wednesday 15th December 2021.Please make sure that you have submitted your Supplier Questionnaire following the instructions above. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Supplier Questionnaire.