ForHousing: Responsive repairs and maintenance and grounds maintenance

UK-Eccles: Repair and maintenance services of building installations.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       ForHousing Limited
       52 Regent Street, Eccles, M30 0BP, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3001235522, Email: Mark.Bradshaw@forhousing.co.uk
       Contact: Mark Bradshaw
       Main Address: www.forhousing.co.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.forhousing.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Responsive repairs and maintenance and grounds maintenance            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: ForHousing has awarded a contract under the Procurement for Housing (PfH) Responsive Repairs and Void Property Services Framework Agreement, for the provision of Responsive Repairs, Maintenance and Grounds Maintenance. The contract has a 10-year term and has been called off from the PfH Framework using the Direct Award mechanism, as set out within the Framework Agreement, to Liberty Group Investments Limited (Liberty) being ranked number 1 on Lot 1 (North West Region) of the Responsive Repairs and Void Property Services Framework Agreement.
The annual value of the contract is £30m, with a total estimated value of £300m over the full term.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 300,000,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            45453100 - Refurbishment work.
            45300000 - Building installation work.
            50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations.
            77314000 - Grounds maintenance services.
            45453000 - Overhaul and refurbishment work.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: ForHousing is awarding a contract as set out above. The scope of the contract, with anticipated annual values, is: Responsive Repairs (£19.3m); Void Property Repairs and Refurbishments (£5.0m); Grounds Maintenance (£1.7m), and Other Works (£4.0m). The contract has been called off using the Direct Award mechanism under the Framework to Liberty. This is compliant with the Framework as: (1) the services are clearly and adequately described in Schedule 1 of the Framework Agreement, (2) the Supplier’s Prices can be applied to the services required (3) the contract terms are appropriate (4) the contract can be concluded with no further substantive information required from Suppliers. The contract includes the supply and fit of kitchens; bathrooms; windows and doors; electrical works; internal and external decorations; roofing works; cladding.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 40
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2024/S 000-029628
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 13/09/2024

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Liberty Gas Group Limited, 04242416
             Garden Works, Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park, Liverpool, L33 7SG, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 300,000,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 300,000,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: Whilst Grounds Maintenance is not explicitly specified in the Framework, ForHousing considers the addition of the grounds maintenance service is permitted under Reg 72(8) PCR 2015 as this does not amount to a substantial modification. The grounds maintenance services amount to 5.6% of the value of the contract and ForHousing is satisfied that this is not a substantial modification to the overall scope.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          High Court of England and Wales
          London, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          High Court of England and Wales
          London, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: ForHousing has conducted itself in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          Cabinet Office
          London, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 30/09/2024




ANNEX D

   2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

         The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

   3. Explanation
          ForHousing Limited was not required to publish a call for competition in the Find a Tender Service for the proposed call-off contract on the basis that this contract has been awarded pursuant to the Procurement For Housing framework. ForHousing Limited and Procurement For Housing are satisfied that the call-off contract has been awarded in compliance with the framework agreement and in accordance with its terms. As such, the call-off contract is permitted under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "PCR") and complies with the rules re. awarding contracts based on framework agreements as set out in regulation 33(8)(a) of the PCR. Prior publication of a Contract Notice was therefore not needed.