Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
STOCKPORT HOMES LIMITED
Cornerstone, 2 Edward Street
STOCKPORT
SK1 3NQ
Contact
Joe Keating
procurementshl@stockporthomes.org
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD35 - Greater Manchester South East
Companies House
04521257
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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
Delivery of Social Value through Collaborative Resourcing of Capital Works
Reference number
ITT2024-25 003
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80531000 - Industrial and technical training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Stockport Homes Limited and Three Sixty SHG Limited (together referred to as SHG) requires the provision of employment and training services, focussed on opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) through work on SHG's void properties, capital works on SHG's housing stock and other work opportunities. This opportunity encompasses the employment and training services (and other social, economic and environmental objectives) alongside the works requirements.
CPV codes:
45000000
45100000
45300000
45400000
80000000
80500000
80531000
80550000
50700000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £6,250,000 / Highest offer: £10,000,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45000000 - Construction work
- 50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Stockport Homes is an arm's length management organisation formed in 2005 to manage housing stock across Stockport on behalf of Stockport Council.
Stockport Homes stated aims are to:
* Ensure customer feedback is at the heart of how we deliver exceptional services to our customers
* Build and manage safe homes and communities for now and the future
* Work with our partners across Stockport to ensure opportunities for everyone are available
* Grow our business to be able to invest in essential and transformational services for customers
* Take responsibility for driving change locally, regionally and nationally to improve standards in social housing
* Support and invest in our colleagues as a great place to work
In addition, within the SHG Group Structure, the Subsidiary Company Aims relating to this opportunity are:
Three Sixty:
* Provide a high quality, innovative service resulting in an exceptional customer experience
* Generate a profit which is used to deliver real social value
* Be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining the best talent
* Reduce the inequality that exists within construction and society at large
* Deliver low carbon and environmental best practice through all operations
SKylight (Community Benefit Society):
* Supporting people into employment, relieving poverty, relieving food poverty and developing digital skills
* Supporting customers in local communities and delivering support services to help people live independently
* Empowering communities to develop networks of support, including targeted work with people who may experience disadvantage such as people with disabilities, from ethnic minority communities and those with complex needs
* Working in partnership to reduce demand on statutory services; and supporting the development of the third sector, ensuring additional resources and services are secured
Stockport Homes is committed to:
(a) maximising the employment, skills and training opportunities for residents of the Borough and for Stockport Homes' customers; and
(b) ensuring that the outcomes from employment, skills and training opportunities are realistic, tailored and sustained.
SHG is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier for an innovative contract for the provision of training services and related job opportunities and related social, economic and environmental impact, to be delivered through the medium of capital works to the Group's housing portfolio.
The primary aims of the proposed contract will be to:
(a) seek to promote social justice;
(b) tackle poverty;
(c) address inequalities; and
(d) address climate change.
Through this contract SHG requires the provision of:
(a) employment and training services, focussed on creating and sustaining opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) within the area; alongside
(b) delivery of general refurbishment works on Stockport Homes' void properties to an agreed standard, capital works on Stockport Homes' housing stock (which may include roofline / fencing / general repairs / damp, mould and condensation works) and other works / project opportunities as they arise.
The proposed employment and training services and the works, are expected to be provided in furtherance of the primary aims of the contract described above and keeping these primary aims in mind at all times.
CPV codes:
45000000
45100000
45300000
45400000
80000000
80500000
80531000
80550000
50700000
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Initial three year contract with option to extend by a further two years in two 12 month periods. Total allowable contract term five years.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
SHG is committed to maximising employment, skills and training opportunities for residents of the Borough, it's customers and particularly to ensuring outcomes from employment, skills and training opportunities are realistic, tailored and sustained. The primary aims of the proposed contract are to seek to promote social justice, tackle poverty, address inequalities and climate change and the services and works are provided in furtherance of these aims.
SHG requires the provision of employment and training services, focussed on opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) through work on SHG's void properties, capital works on SHG's housing stock and other works opportunities.
SHG issued a prior information notice (PIN) on Find a Tender (ref 2024/S 000-029661) to seek expressions of interest in an integrated works and services contract providing vocational training services (including delivery of the above employment and training outcomes) through the medium of construction works as described above.
Economic operators that expressed an interest were asked to provide information on their experience and expertise in providing the above-described integrated works and services, or similar, by responding to a questionnaire.
Questionnaire responses sought to understand the extent to which economic operators were capable of delivering social value outcomes through integrated works and training and employment services together, with an understanding of the needs to ensure health and safety and other regulatory requirements were met in the delivery of works, alongside appropriate safeguarding of SHG' customers when works are delivered to occupied properties, while simultaneously providing successful social value outcomes in particular for beneficiaries of the training and employment services.
Responses to the PIN demonstrated that economic operators were capable of delivery of parts only of SHG's stated requirements. SHG's review of responses received to the PIN concluded that the integrated works and services can be supplied by one economic operator. Only one response to the PIN demonstrated an ability to deliver both works and services together in an integrated manner which is critical to the delivery of the social value outcomes.
SHG has determined that a procedure under regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) is required to enable SHG to negotiate an integrated services and works contract with the single economic operator. SHG considers that the negotiated procedure without prior publication is required under the following grounds:
- regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) (the works and services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator because competition is absent for technical reasons): the outcome of market testing demonstrates that competition is absent for technical reasons, that particularly there is only one economic operator with the expertise to deliver against SHG's requirements. Delivery of either (i) employability and training services or (ii) construction works in isolation does not achieve SHG's objectives, only one economic operator could deliver all SHG's requirements in an integrated fashion; and
- regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) (the works and services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator to ensure the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights): the identified economic operator has intellectual property rights in its delivery model that are required to be protected.
SHG requires an integrated approach to works and services delivery to achieve its stated social value outcomes. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists to deliver against SHG's requirements, the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
ITT2024-25 003
Title
Delivery of Social Value through Collaborative Resourcing of Capital Works
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15 November 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
B4Box Limited
B4Box Community College, Wharf Street,
Stockport
SK4 1UD
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
Companies House
06471949
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £6,250,000 / Highest offer: £10,000,000 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Prior Information Notice (PIN) relating to this opportunity published 17 September 2024 on Find a Tender.
Notice reference: 2024/S 000-029661
It is Stockport Homes intention to enter into negotiations with the chosen supplier following a standstill period of 10 days beginning the day after the publication of the VEAT notice.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom