Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Longhurst Group Ltd
03958380
50 Newhall Hill
Birmingham
B13JN
UK
Contact person: Fiona Lowe
Telephone: +44 707339800
E-mail: fiona@echelonconsultancy.co.uk
NUTS: UKG
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.longhurst-group.org.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/45191
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Longhurst Group Heating Contract
Reference number: Ech 881_1 Longhurst Group Heating
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50700000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The Longhurst Group sought expressions of interest from suitably experienced and qualified service providers to undertake domestic and commercial gas heating works to its housing stock portfolio, comprising servicing, repair and breakdown and planned installation/replacement works. The TPC 2005 (as amended) will run for a maximum of 10 years: an initial 5 years with the option to extend by up to 5 further years. The works were procured under a restricted procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Bidders were required to complete a Selection Questionnaire under stage 1 of the process. The Longhurst Group evaluated submitted SQs and anticipated short listing a maximum of 5 suppliers who will be Invited to Tender but reserved the right to increase or decrease this number by 1 or 2 if scores were closely placed around the cut-off point. Full details of this opportunity were included in the procurement documents.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
38 875 837.90
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50000000
50710000
50711000
50712000
50720000
50721000
45331100
09331000
09332000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
UKG
UKF
Main site or place of performance:
East and Central ENGLAND.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Longhurst Group sought expressions of interest from suitably experienced and qualified service providers to undertake domestic and commercial gas heating works to its housing stock portfolio. The works will comprise servicing, repair and breakdown and planned installation/replacement works and will be delivered under a TPC 2005 (as amended). The Contract will run for a maximum of 10 years: it will run for an initial 5 years with the option to extend by up to 5 further years.
The works were procured under a restricted procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Prospective Service Providers were required to complete a Selection Questionnaire under the first stage of this process. The Longhurst Group evaluated submitted SQs and anticipated short listing a maximum of 5 suppliers to be Invited to Tender. The Longhurst Group reserved the right to increase or decrease this number by 1 or 2 if scores were closely placed around the cut-off point. Full details of the requirements, evaluation criteria and all other information pertaining to this opportunity were included in the procurement documents issued to the market with the Contract Notice.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract will run for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend by up to a further 5 years as set out in the contract documents.
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
All criteria and exclusion grounds used to short-list candidates to be invited to tender were set out in the tender documents, which were available to download from the EU Supply portal.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 201-455879
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Longhurst Group Gas Heating Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mears Limited
Company Registration: 2519234
Business Development, 26–28 Hyde Way
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 3UQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1707290100
E-mail: ginny.waterworth@mearsgroup.co.uk
Fax: +44 1707290194
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.mearsgroup.co.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:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 38 875 837.90
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) 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. Neither the contracting authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those who expressed an interest or tendered for this contract.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Longhurst Group observed a standstill period following the award of the Contract in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/04/2019