Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Tower Hamlets
Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, Town Hall
London
E14 2BG
UK
Contact person: Mr Bola James
Telephone: +44 207364500
E-mail: bola.james@towerhamlets.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Arms lenght management organisation (ALMO
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
THH-C-010 Provision of Resident Satisfaction Survey Programme
Reference number: DN646297
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Tower Hamlets Homes Limited (“THH”) is inviting tenders from suitably experienced and qualified suppliers to undertake a programme of resident surveys, which forms our performance against key indicators within a demographically challenging environment. Experience with large scale survey programmes within the social housing field is essential. Recent experience with conducting satisfaction surveys via a variety of methods in an inner city culturally diverse environment is desirable. Experience with running a pilot of the Tenant Satisfaction measures is desirable.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
351 546.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI42
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Tower Hamlets Homes [THH] is an Arm’s Length Management Organisation [ALMO] set up by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in July 2008 to provide housing services for approximately 21,500 homes. Of these 11,600 are currently tenanted properties and 9,900 are leasehold.
Tower Hamlets is one of the most ethnically diverse areas in the country. A high number of residents have young families and the number of households who have support needs is also relatively high.
THH has had a survey programme in place since 2009. This is designed to underpin service improvement with direct feedback from residents about the services THH delivers, and to enable THH to fulfil the information requirements of central government and the Council.
THH is seeking a Supplier to undertake surveys within a demographically challenging environment. Experience with large scale survey programmes within the social housing field is essential. Recent experience with conducting satisfaction surveys via a variety of methods in an inner city culturally diverse environment is desirable. Experience with running a pilot of the Tenant Satisfaction measures is desirable.
In November 2020, the government published its Social Housing White Paper, setting out plans for a new consumer regulation regime. One element was the requirement that the Regulator of Social Housing develop clear and comparable tenant satisfaction measures. The measures will enable tenants to see how well landlords are performing and will give the Regulator information around which landlords need to make improvement. The new tenant satisfaction measures come into effect in April 2023.
The government is proposing 22 tenant satisfaction measures, covering five main themes. Ten of these would be measured by landlords directly, and 12 by landlords carrying out tenant perception surveys.
As a larger social landlord, managing over 1,000 homes, THH must carry out the survey annually and can use sampling to reach the required number of achieved responses. The Supplier must set out the survey methodology ensuring via random selection and weighting that the responses are reflective of the demographic make- up of the borough, the stock managed and the residents THH serves.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
/ Weighting: 50
Quality criterion: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
/ Weighting: 50
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
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:
2023/S 000-001652
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: THH-C-010
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/06/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 4
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
Kwest Research Limited
2nd Floor Towers Building Towers Business Park Wilmslow Road Didsbury Manchester M20 2SL
Manchester
M20 2SL
UK
E-mail: Susan.richmond@kwest.co
NUTS: UKI42
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.towerhamletshomes.org.uk/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 351 546.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Tower Hamlets Homes
City Reach, 5 Greenwich View Place London E14 9NN
London
14 9NN
UK
Telephone: +44 207364500
E-mail: THHprocurement@thh.org.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.towerhamletshomes.org.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/08/2023