Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Eden District Council
Mansion House, Friargate
Penrith
CA11 7YG
UK
E-mail: tenders@cirruspurchasing.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.eden.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.eden.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Eden District Council Housing Allocation and Homelessness Services
Reference number: DN441134
II.1.2) Main CPV code
70333000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Eden District Council (EDC) sought bids from bidders for the administration of its housing allocation and homelessness functions covering the below key areas:
— admin of the EDC housing advice function,
— admin of the EDC homelessness function,
— management of the EDC housing register.
One tender submission was received as part of the tender process. This tender process has however been cancelled, since the costs submitted were substantially higher than the budget available to EDC. In light of this, EDC have subsequently awarded the contract via the negotiated procedure without prior publication, to the bidder who submitted the bid during this open tender procedure, following consultation between the two organisations to bring the service within budget. The conditions of the new contract have not been substantially altered from the initial contract conditions.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
The service is required to be delivered throughout the local authority area of Eden; including but not limited to, the market town of Penrith.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Eden District Council (EDC) sought bids from bidders for the administration of its housing allocation and homelessness functions covering the below key areas:
— admin of the EDC housing advice function,
— admin of the EDC homelessness function,
— management of the EDC housing register.
One tender submission was received as part of the tender process. This tender process has however been cancelled, since the costs submitted were substantially higher than the budget available to EDC. In light of this, EDC have subsequently awarded the contract via the negotiated procedure without prior publication, to the bidder who submitted the bid during this open tender procedure, following consultation between the two organisations to bring the service within budget. The conditions of the new contract have not been substantially altered from the initial contract conditions.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality criterion
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract was to be for a maximum 10-year duration, with break clauses at the following years, subject to EDC requirements and the performance of the successful service provider: 2 years, 5 years and 8 years.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 199-483730
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/07/2020