Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Procurement for Housing
2 Olympic Way, Woolston Grange Avenue
Birchwood, Warrington
WA2 0YL
UK
Contact person: Jane Brighouse
Telephone: +44 8458645100
E-mail: jbrighouse@pfh.co.uk
Fax: +44 8458645115
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.procurementforhousing.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA26067
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Lone Worker Protection and Consultancy Services
Reference number: JB/Loneworker/2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
35113000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
PfH wish to establish a Framework Agreement for lone worker protection and consultancy services to replace its existing framework that is due to expire shortly. This will be a single lot framework with an estimated contract value of between 5 000 000 GBP and 50 000 000 GBP.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
50 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80550000
79417000
71317200
80330000
71317210
64200000
32500000
79711000
35121700
79714100
32571000
79710000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The primary objective of this contract is to provide PfH members and other public bodies (as defined in the contract notice for this agreement) with a flexible framework agreement for the provision of the lone worker protection and consultancy services to meet the demands of PfH members and other public bodies within a changing market.
The following minimum requirements of this lot include but are not limited to:
— national geographical coverage to supply lone worker protection and consultancy services to a potential 900 plus PfH members (including those with multiple sites) in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland,
— a core list of lone worker protection items such as standard dedicated device, dedicated device with GPS, Dedicated device with ManDown, standard mobile application, mobile application with GPS, and mobile application with ManDown,
— consultancy services including a review of lone worker requirements to determine which products and services would best suit the business and how to implement those products and services in the most efficient way, and lone worker training.
Contract periods may vary from an expected minimum 12 months to an expected maximum of 4 years. However, PfH members will be free to select the most appropriate contract period for their needs which may vary from these expected periods.
It is the intention of PfH to award to five (5) suppliers on this lot, although PfH reserve the right but not the obligation to alter this number depending on the tenders submitted.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality, technical merit and customer service
/ 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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2018/S 218-499552
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 2018/S 218-499552 - JB
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/01/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
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: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AVR Group Ltd
Units 16-24 Attenburys Park Estate, Attenburys Lane
Timperley
WA14 5QN
UK
Telephone: +44 8704009995
NUTS: UKD33
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lone Worker Solutions
2C Crown Business Park, Cowm Top Lane
Rochdale
OL11 2PU
UK
Telephone: +44 7738688992
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Orbis Protect Ltd
Beaufort House, Cricket Field Road
Uxbridge
UB8 1QG
UK
Telephone: +44 1895465500
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Skyguard Ltd
Skyguard House, 457 Kingston Road
Epsom
KT19 0DB
UK
Telephone: +44 8450360999
NUTS: 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:
: 50 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This Framework may be used by any Contracting Authority listed in or referred to in the OJEU Notice. This includes:
All current members of PfH at the time of the OJEU notice for this procurement.
Any registered provider of social housing (or Welsh registered social landlord, or Scottish registered social registered social landlord) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the Framework Agreement.
Any public authority (as defined in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for public authorities in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK-wide public authorities based in Scotland, or as defined in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for Scottish public authorities) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the Framework Agreement;
Any local authority (as defined in the Local Government Act 1972 for public authorities in England and Wales or as defined in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 for Scottish local authorities or as defined in the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 for local authorities in Northern Ireland) that becomes a member of PfH at any time during the period of the Framework Agreement;
Any housing Arm's Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that becomes a member of PfH during the period of the Framework Agreement.
Any wholly owned subsidiaries of any of the above Organisations
and any other contracting authority listed on the following page of the PfH website —
http://procurementforhousing.co.uk/permissible-users/ at the time of the OJEU notice for this procurement.
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(MT Ref:214757)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Procurement for Housing
2 Olympic Way, Woolston Grange Avenue
Birchwood, Warrington
WA2 0YL
UK
Telephone: +44 8458645100
Fax: +44 8458645115
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.procurementforhousing.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/01/2019