Awarded contract

DDP123 Inspection of Private Rented House Programme

  • Derbyshire Dales District Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-035320

Published 30 November 2023, 11:29am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Derbyshire Dales District Council

Town Hall, Bank Road

Matlock

DE4 3NN

Contact

Ms Sherry Russell

Email

sherry.russell@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1629

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.eastmidstenders.org

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

DDP123 Inspection of Private Rented House Programme

Reference number

DDP123 / DN684307

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 70331000 - Residential property services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Derbyshire Dales District Council, with its project partners Amber Valley Borough Council

and Erewash Borough Council, is out to tender for a supplier to undertake a planned

programme of housing inspections (against the requirements of the Housing Health and

Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard) and landlord and tenant

engagement relating to the Private Rented Housing sector across the three Local

Authorities.

This project follows work undertaken by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and

Communities (DLUHC) relating to statistical modelling to estimate non-decent dwellings at

Local Authority level.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £219,250

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71315400 - Building-inspection services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Derbyshire Dales District Council, with its project partners Amber Valley Borough Council and Erewash Borough Council, have awarded a contract following an open tender procedure for a planned programme of housing inspections (against the requirements of the Housing Health and

Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard) and landlord and tenant engagement relating to the Private Rented Housing sector across the three Local Authorities.

This contract follows work undertaken by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and

Communities (DLUHC) relating to statistical modelling to estimate non-decent dwellings at

Local Authority level.

The Local Authorities have appointed the Supplier to undertake a planned programme of landlord and tenant engagement, a series of housing inspections against the requirements of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard, to engage with and refer into assistance schemes such as Homes Upgrade Grants, to undertake suitable forms of pre-enforcement activity on behalf of the participating Local Authorities and to monitor the effectiveness of those enforcement and referral activities. It is anticipated that circa 3,375 inspections will be undertaken across the 3 local authority areas, over the course of 2023/24 and 2024/25.

The expectation is that this work will continue from the inception of the project to 31 March 2025 and that it will be concluded with the submission of a suitably detailed report setting out the findings and outcomes of the project.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Response to Specification (Technical / Quality) / Weighting: 60

Price - Weighting: 40

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: 2023/S 000-023516


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

KLF/1954

Title

DDP123 Inspection of Private Rented House Programme

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 November 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Ridge and Partners LLP

Woodstock

OX20 1QR

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £219,250


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Royal Court of Justice

The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom