CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Sovini property services

Pine Court Housing association

any other members of the sovini group

Sovini developments

Sovini Homes

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

North West.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

One Vision Housing, part of The Sovini Group are looking for consultancy services to assist them in their programmes of work for predominantly asset management and development. The framework can also be used for any new or existing members of The Sovini Group

Lots are as follows:

LOT 1 - Programme and Project Management

LOT 2 - Housing Stock Monitoring and Appraisal

LOT 3 – Environmental

LOT 4 – Architectural

LOT 5 – Structural

LOT 6 – Building Engineering Services

LOT 7 – CDM Co-ordinator Duties

LOT 8 - Renewable technologies, Insulation and Micro Generation Technologies Consultancy

LOT 9 – EPC and Pressure Testing

LOT 10 – Lift Consultancy

LOT 11 – Land and Property Valuations

LOT 12: Gas

LOT 13: Fire Risk Assessors

Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=149469

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.myTenders.org/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

5 to 7 per LOT based on requirements of the service.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

(MT Ref:149469).

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

— Preparatory surveys

— Feasibility reports

— Cost Planning, control and reporting (including budgeting and cashflow

forecasting)

— Quantity surveying services

— Contract administration services

— Employers agent services

— Contract procurement and documentation

— Party wall surveys, obligations and agreements

— Compliance with planning and building regulations including topographical surveys

— Building surveying services

— Clerk of works services

— Performance monitoring and reporting

— Risk management

— Project management services

— Programme Planning

— Contract drafting and provisional contract advice

— Defects Diagnosis/Building Pathology.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Work will be variable dependent on projects in either asset or development.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

For advice on lifts for low rise and high rise as well as domestic lifts as and when required.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

IN and around the NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

To give valuations as and when required for land and property.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

In and Around the NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This is for gas for both serviced boilers as well as installations.

This LOT also includes for electrical audits as and when required. This will be done on a % basis of properties to be determined.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

In and around NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

To carry out fire risk assessments and fire precaution assessments on properties as required and give recommendations of improvements.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

In and around NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

This will cover

— Disposal option surveys

— Technical audits

— Stock condition surveys

— Business Planning

— Dilapidation surveys

— Schedule of condition

— Air Tightness Surveys

— Decent home surveys and compliance

— Disability access audits

— HHSRS surveys and reports.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Based in and around Merseyside.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

— Air quality and odour impact assessments

— Contaminated land investigation & risk assessment

— Contaminated land remediation

— Environmental risk assessment and auditing

— Sediment and effluent monitoring

— Waste classification and disposal advice

— Eradication of invasive plant species

— Compliance with building and planning regulations – for example Ecological reports, as an example bat surveys.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

In around the NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

— Architectural and drafting services

— Planning application and appeal

— Feasibility reports

— Computer generated drawings and images 2D/3D

— Residential new build

— Alterations and extensions

— Refurbishments

— Flat conversions

— Planning designs and Applications

— Working details

— As built drawings

— Building regulation applications

— Housing Quality Indicator (HQI) Survey.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

In and around NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

— New build and refurbishment

— Repairs

— Structural investigations

— Structural inspections

— Structural reports and advice

— Specialist capability in historic and listed buildings

— Road, sewers, drainage design and advice

— Foundation advice.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

In and around NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

— Validation design

— Plant audits

— Commissioning management

— Client training

— Commissioning systems

— Site surveys

— Feasibility studies

— Electronic permit to work

— Environmental investigations

— Programming of works

— Electronic O & M documentation

M& E Consultancy

— Heating Consultancy

— Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) design and installation management

— Maintenance service management.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

In and around NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

All CDMC duties as required under the new regulations (principal designer).

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

This may be in support of an in-house team.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

— Funding Advice

— Technical Advice

— System Design & Feasibility

— Planning Advice.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

IN and around NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

— Domestic

— Communal

— Design

— Air tests.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

IN and around NW.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots