CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

WCHT Planned Maintenance Works Contract.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Various locations in and around Watford, Hertfordshire.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Trust is seeking to appoint (1) one suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to carry out Planned Maintenance works to all of the Trusts property this would including the following:

— Kitchens,

— Bathrooms,

— Electrics (rewires and upgrades),

— Roofing,

— Window and door replacements,

— Cyclical decoration including hard-standings,

— Aids and adaptations.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

WCHT/664

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The Contracting Authority reserved the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the long-term Contract at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserved the right not to award a contract. The Contracting Authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken was to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing and interest or tendering for this contract. Tenderers noted that the provisions of the transfer of undertakings (protection of employment) Regulations 2006 may have apply.

Please note following the Government's 2015 Budget the annual contract value is likely to be reduced once the impact of the reduced rental income has been fully evaluated by WCHT. Although the impact is not fully tangible at this stage some of these budgets could be reduced. This is reflected in the ITT documents.

WCHT provided an opportunity for all interested Suppliers to attend a briefing session at The Jury's Inn, 31-35 Clarendon Road, Watford, Herts, WD17 1JA on Wednesday, 2nd September from 9:30 to 12:30. The purpose of this briefing was to provide an introduction to WCHT as well as an overview of the procurement process and the objectives of the procurement exercise. WCHT procured the works as a single contract to achieve economies of scale with a single provider.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

The Contracting Authority allowed a period of at least 10 calendar days between the date it gives to candidates of the decision to award the proposed agreement and the date on which it proposed to conclude the agreement.

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice