Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Merlin Housing Society
Building 1, Riverside Court, Bowling Hill
Chipping Sodbury
BS37 6JX
UK
E-mail: procurement@merlinhs.co.uk
NUTS: UKK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/merlinhs/aspx/Home
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
Employer's Agent Framework.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71315200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Merlin Housing Society seeks to establish a framework of Employers Agents to work alongside our internal Property Investment and Development Teams in our exciting plans for refurbishing and developing homes for social housing rental, market rental and shared ownership and possible outright sale in the future.
We aim to build 300 new homes per year up to 2022, this is a crucial activity for Merlin and an exciting new era. The selection of appropriate partners is critical to its success. It is fundamental that partners have experience of working within in some or all of the following local authority areas and demonstrate capacity to work in these areas in future: North Somerset, South Glos, Bath and North East Somerset, Cotswolds, Wiltshire, Bristol City.
For, clarity the partners in this tender are Merlin Housing Society and Oakbrook Homes our wholly owned subsidiary.
The framework agreement will be for an initial term of 2 years with 2 optional extension periods of 12 months each.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 560 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Employer's Agent for Development
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71315200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provide employers agent services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Method statements and interviews
/ 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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Employer's Agent for Property Investment
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71315200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provide employer's agent services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Method statements and interview
/ 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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 042-076915
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/05/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 29
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kendall Kingscott
Bristol
UK
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gates Consultants
Devon
UK
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Randall Simmonds LLP
Devon
UK
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Rider Levett Bucknall
Birmingham
UK
NUTS: UKG
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ridge & Partners LLP
Oxford
UK
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tremain Powell Partnership
Bristol
UK
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Watts Group Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UKH
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:
: 1 560 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Merlin Housing Society
Riverside Court, Bowling Hill
Chipping Sodbury
BS37 6JX
UK
Telephone: +44 145482100
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/07/2017