Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Town Hall, Bank Road
Matlock
DE4 3NN
UK
Contact person: Ms Sherry Russell
Telephone: +44 1629
E-mail: sherry.russell@derbyshiredales.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF1
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.eastmidstenders.org
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
DDP123 Inspection of Private Rented House Programme
Reference number: DDP123 / DN684307
II.1.2) Main CPV code
70331000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Derbyshire Dales District Council, with its project partners Amber Valley Borough Council
and Erewash Borough Council, is out to tender for a supplier to undertake a planned
programme of housing inspections (against the requirements of the Housing Health and
Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard) and landlord and tenant
engagement relating to the Private Rented Housing sector across the three Local
Authorities.
This project follows work undertaken by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and
Communities (DLUHC) relating to statistical modelling to estimate non-decent dwellings at
Local Authority level.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
219 250.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71315400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF1
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Derbyshire Dales District Council, with its project partners Amber Valley Borough Council and Erewash Borough Council, have awarded a contract following an open tender procedure for a planned programme of housing inspections (against the requirements of the Housing Health and
Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard) and landlord and tenant engagement relating to the Private Rented Housing sector across the three Local Authorities.
This contract follows work undertaken by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and
Communities (DLUHC) relating to statistical modelling to estimate non-decent dwellings at
Local Authority level.
The Local Authorities have appointed the Supplier to undertake a planned programme of landlord and tenant engagement, a series of housing inspections against the requirements of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard, to engage with and refer into assistance schemes such as Homes Upgrade Grants, to undertake suitable forms of pre-enforcement activity on behalf of the participating Local Authorities and to monitor the effectiveness of those enforcement and referral activities. It is anticipated that circa 3,375 inspections will be undertaken across the 3 local authority areas, over the course of 2023/24 and 2024/25.
The expectation is that this work will continue from the inception of the project to 31 March 2025 and that it will be concluded with the submission of a suitably detailed report setting out the findings and outcomes of the project.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Response to Specification (Technical / Quality)
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-023516
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: KLF/1954
Title: DDP123 Inspection of Private Rented House Programme
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/11/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ridge and Partners LLP
Woodstock
OX20 1QR
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 219 250.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Royal Court of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/11/2023