Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Stockport Homes Ltd
Cornerstone, 2 Edward Street
Stockport
SK1 3NQ
UK
Contact person: John Bowker
Telephone: +44 1612181317
E-mail: John.Bowker@stockporthomes.org
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.stockporthomes.org
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
Social Value through Collaborative Resourcing
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80530000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Stockport Homes required the provision of employment and training services, focussed on opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) through work on Stockport Homes' void properties, capital works on Stockport Homes' housing stock and other works opportunities.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
8 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45100000
45300000
45400000
50700000
80531000
80550000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
Main site or place of performance:
The borough of Stockport.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Stockport Homes is committed to maximising the employment, skills and training opportunities for residents of the Borough and Stockport Homes’ customers and particularly to ensuring that the outcomes from employment, skills and training opportunities are realistic, tailored and sustained. The primary aims of this agreement are to seek to promote social justice, tackle poverty, address inequalities and address climate change and the services are provided in furtherance of these primary aims.
Stockport Homes requires the provision of employment and training services, focussed on opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) through work on Stockport Homes’ voids properties, capital works on Stockport Homes’s housing stock and other works opportunities.
Stockport Homes issued a prior information notice (‘PIN’) in the OJEU (ref 2019/S 144-354718 on 26.7.2019) to seek expressions of interest in a vocational training services contract which delivers the above employment and training outcomes. Economic operators were invited to express an interest in the proposed contract by providing brief details of their organisation and their experience of providing integrated training and sustained employment services in a works setting meeting the description above.
In the absence of significant and appropriate interest in that contract being expressed further to that PIN, Stockport Homes has determined that a traditional procurement process would not enable it to maximise inclusive growth in the way it is committed to doing. Stockport Homes has further determined that a procedure under Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) is required to enable Stockport Homes to negotiate a services agreement with B4Box for the provision of the services by virtue of regulation 32(2)(6), as the works and services required by Stockport Homes can only be supplied by B4Box in order to protect the Parties’ exclusive rights (including particularly intellectual property rights).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation
Stockport Homes sought expressions of interest in the contract through a PIN (without call for competition) (ref 2019/S 144-354718 on 26.7.2019). While Stockport Homes received more than 1 expression of interest in the contract opportunity, only that received by the chosen contractor demonstrated an understanding of the need for integrated training and employment through the delivery of construction works. B4Box has an established model for delivering employment and training for those furthest removed from the labour market through the delivery of constructions works, including repairs and maintenance. This cannot be replicated through a competitive procurement procedure because the model consists of intellectual property which is in B4Box's ownership. To protect that intellectual property and the exclusive rights to it that B4Box hold, Stockport Homes has concluded that the services it requires can only be provided by B4Box in order to protect its exclusive rights.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Social Value Through Collaborative Resourcing
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/12/2019
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
B4Box Ltd
B 4 Box Community College, Wharf Street, Stockport
Stockport
SK4 1UD
UK
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.b4box.co.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:
: 8 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Stockport Homes Ltd
Cornerstone, 2 Edward Street
Stockport
SK1 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1612181317
E-mail: procurementshl@stockporthomes.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.stockporthomes.org
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Stockport Homes Ltd
Cornerstone, 2 Edward Street
Stockport
SK1 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1612181317
E-mail: procurementshl@stockporthomes.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.stockporthomes.org
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Stockport Homes Ltd
Cornerstone, 2 Edward Street
Stockport
SK1 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1612181317
E-mail: procurementshl@stockporthomes.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.stockporthomes.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/12/2019