Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Livv Housing Group
Lakeview, Kings Business Park
Prescot
L34 1PJ
UK
Contact person: Mrs Claire Paton
E-mail: tenders@cirruspurchasing.co.uk
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://livvhousinggroup.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://livvhousinggroup.com/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=a4368af9-4e85-ea11-80ff-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=a4368af9-4e85-ea11-80ff-005056b64545
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
Empty Homes Security
Reference number: DN475213
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79711000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This tender is issued in accordance with Regulation 74 ‘Award of contracts for social and other specific services’ under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102.
The client is seeking bids from service providers to participate in a tender exercise for the procurement of service providers to deliver empty homes security services. Livv Housing Group is looking for a single service provider to deliver empty home security services across a number of sites within the North West.
Services required under this contract are expected to include the fitting of steel security doors, window screens and monitored alarms with PIR detectors to empty properties. The service provider will also provide glazing services, however Livv Housing Group reserve the right to remove this service if it does not prove to be of the expected quality and value for money.
Livv Housing Group currently receives approximately 900 empty properties a year, typically fluctuating between 60 and 150 removals/installations per month. In addition to this approximately 100 properties will be managed by the Livv Homes Team. The estimated volume per year is based on historical usage. This is for information only, and no guarantees are given, nor are implied as to the value or quantity of business that will be placed with successful bidder.
The outcome of the tender process will be a single contract with one service provider. The contract will be for an initial 3 years, with
three annual options to extend by a further 12 months on each occasion, up to a maximum 6 years total contract term, subject to Livv Housing Group requirements and the performance of the successful service provider. The anticipated commencement date is estimated to be June 2020.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
35120000
44212329
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
Livv Housing Group is looking for a single service provider to deliver empty home security services across a number of sites within the North West.
Current stock consists of approximately 13 100 properties within the Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside. Plus, another 83 properties located within the North West area:
— 46 Cheshire,
— 6 Halton,
— 6 Preston,
— 5 St Helens,
— 10 Stockport.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Services required under this contract are expected to include the fitting of steel security doors, window screens and monitored alarms with PIR detectors to empty properties. The service provider will also provide glazing services, however Livv Housing Group reserve the right to remove this service if it does not prove to be of the expected quality and value for money.
Livv Housing Group currently receives approximately 900 empty properties a year, typically fluctuating between 60 and 150 removals/installations per month. In addition to this approximately 100 properties will be managed by the Livv Homes Team. The estimated volume per year is based on historical usage. This is for information only and no guarantees are given, nor are implied as to the value or quantity of business that will be placed with successful bidder.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
70
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 72
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract will be an initial 3 year period with three annual options to extend by a further 12 months each, up to a maximum 6 years total contract term.
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
The contract will be available to the following, such that each of the following will be entitled to purchase services from the successful service provider at the discretion of Livv Housing Group:
— Livv Housing Group and all subsidiary undertakings, both current and future;
— all parts of any current or future group structure of which Livv Housing Group is or may become, a part;
— any joint venture entities (whether companies, limited liability partnerships or otherwise) in which any member of the Group participates from time to time (whether as a shareholder, member or otherwise) and are permitted by Livv Housing Group to make particular purchases from the service provider from time to time.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
(a) conspiracy within the meaning of section 1 or 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977(a) or article 9 or 9A of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983(b) where that conspiracy relates to participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on the fight against organised crime(c);
(b) corruption within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889(d) or section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906(e);
(c) the common law offence of bribery;
(d) bribery within the meaning of sections 1, 2 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010(f) or section 113 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(g);
(e) where the offence relates to fraud affecting the European Communities’ financial interests as defined by Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities(h):
(i) the common law offence of cheating the revenue,
(ii) the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud,
(iii) fraud or theft within the meaning of the Theft Act 1968(i), the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(j), the Theft Act 1978(k) or the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(l),
(iv) fraudulent trading within the meaning of section 458 of the Companies Act 1985(m), article 451 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(n) or section 993 of the Companies Act 2006(o),
(v) fraudulent evasion within the meaning of section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(p) or section 72 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994(q),
(vi) an offence in connection with taxation in the European Union within the meaning of section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993(r),
(vii) destroying, defacing or concealing of documents or procuring the execution of a valuable security within the meaning of section 20 of the Theft Act 1968(s) or section 19 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(t),
(viii) fraud within the meaning of section 2, 3 or 4 of the Fraud Act 2006(u), or
(ix) the possession of articles for use in frauds within the meaning of section 6 of the Fraud Act 2006 or the making, adapting, supplying or offering to supply articles for use in frauds within the meaning of section 7 of that Act;
(f) any offence listed:
(i) in section 41 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008(a), or
(ii) in Schedule 2 to that Act where the court has determined that there is a terrorist connection;
(g) any offence under sections 44 to 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007(b) which relates to an offence covered by subparagraph (f);
(h) money laundering within the meaning of sections 340(11) and 415 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(c);
(i) an offence in connection with the proceeds of criminal conduct within the meaning of section 93A, 93B or 93C of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(d) or article 45, 46 or 47 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(e);
(j) an offence under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004(f);
(k) an offence under section 59A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(g);
(l) an offence under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009(h);
(m) an offence in connection with the proceeds of drug trafficking within the meaning of section 49, 50 or 51 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994(i); or
(n) any other offence within the meaning of Article 57(1) of the Public Contracts Directive:
(i) as defined by the law of any jurisdiction outside England and Wales and Northern Ireland, or
(ii) created, after the day on which these Regulations were made, in the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
25/05/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
25/05/2020
Local time: 12:05
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Livv Housing Group staff members and their authorised agents only.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
72 months depending upon the ongoing needs of Livv Housing Group.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Court of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This tender process will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award is communicated to bidders. Appeals can be directly raised via the contact points detailed in section VI.4.1) of this contract notice. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England,Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/04/2020