CONTRACT AWARD 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

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Asbestos Removals Framework.

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

Primarily in Knowsley, but work may also be undertaken across the North West of England.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The First Ark Group consists of five companies: First Ark Ltd, KHT, Vivark Ltd, Oriel and One Ark.

First Ark sought bids from appropriately skilled and experienced contractors to provide Asbestos Removals Services across the North West, primarily in Knowsley.

The tender sought to establish a framework of multiple contractors. The final framework is awarded to 5 contractors.

The successful bidders are required to provide Asbestos Removals Services to First Ark including unlicensed notifiable removals and licensed removals of higher risk ACMs. Removals will take place in predominantly empty homes and as part of responsive repairs to occupied properties. Some removals may also take place as part of planned improvement works undertaken by First Ark such as the ERP (external repairs and painting) programme.

Successful bidders will fully comply with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and Approved Code of Practice Guidance L143.

The framework will be available to use by First Ark and all other members of the First Ark Group. Other contracting authorities, particularly other registered providers of social housing, will also be able to access the framework with prior permission from First Ark.

Potential value (exclusive of VAT) is approximately 360 000 GBP per annum. This is for information only based on First Ark historical expenditure, and no guarantees are given, nor are implied as to the value or quantity of business that will be placed with successful bidders. First Ark reserves the right to change the volume of work during the life of the framework, and where other contracting authorities use the framework, the value of expenditure may increase significantly.

The framework commenced during June 2015.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

This tender process incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the framework was communicated to tenderers. This period allowed successful tenderers to seek further debriefing from First Ark Group before the framework and any resultant contract was entered into. Tenderers could have raised appeals directly with First Ark Group via the contact points detailed in section I.1 of the contract notice.

If an appeal regarding the award of the framework had not successfully been resolved between the tenderer and First Ark Group then the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provided for aggrieved parties who had been harmed or were at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.3.3)

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

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice