Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000623300
E-mail: CPSProcurementAdvice@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Quality Assurance and Audit Agency to Support Delivery of the Welsh Government Warm Homes Programme
Reference number: C379/2017/2018
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Quality Assurance and Audit Agency is required to support the delivery of the Warm Homes Programme by giving the Welsh Government confidence that the services provided and the installation of Measures undertaken by the Nest and Arbed Scheme Managers are compliant in terms of both the contracts and industry standards.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
587 600.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79212000
90714000
90714100
71314300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The key objective of this procurement process is to secure a Quality Assurance and Audit Agency to provide the Client with confidence that the services provided and the installation of Measures undertaken by the Scheme Managers are compliant, in terms of both contractual and industry standards, and deliver value for money. The Agency will be responsible for inspecting a proportion of activity undertaken by the Scheme Managers across the entire Customer journey, as well as checking other aspects of delivery (such as confirming that households given a service under the Scheme Mangers’ contract are indeed eligible to receive that service).. The audits will cover all aspects of the Warm Homes Programme delivery from initial customer contact, Whole House Assessment, work in progress, completed Installation, Inspection, Remedial Action, Invoicing and the accuracy of reporting against Key Performance Indicator’s (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 30
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
The indicative annual contract value is GBP 300,000. The contact value stated in this notice is the maximum value for the initial contract term and including the optional extension periods.
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 076-169410
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: C379/2017/2018
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/07/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Pennington Choices Ltd
Brookfield House, Tarporley Road, Norcott Brook
Warrington
WA4 4EA
UK
Telephone: +44 1928568842
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
: 587 600.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:83859)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000623300
E-mail: CPSProcurementAdvice@gov.wales
Internet address(es)
URL: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/08/2018