Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust
Fairfax House 69 Buckingham Street
Aylesbury
HP20 2NJ
UK
Contact person: Mr Hugh Galliers
Telephone: +44 1296732600
E-mail: contact@vaht.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ1
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.vaht.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.housingprocurement.com/
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
Grounds Maintenance Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
For the provision of grounds maintenance services to the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust for a period of 10 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years.
The Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust is seeking a suitably experience contractor to undertake Grounds Maintenance and Arboricultural works throughout the District of Aylesbury Vale including within general estates and independent living schemes. The services will include:
— grass cutting,
— hedge maintenance,
— litter picking/sweeping,
— weeding,
— shrub bed maintenance,
— rose bed maintenance,
— flower bed maintenance,
— garage site maintenance,
— arboriculture works and surveys,
— winter gritting.
The Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust is responsible for managing and maintaining approx. 75 ha of land located throughout the District of Aylesbury Vale, including approx. 50 ha of grass areas and 4 ha of horticultural features.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
5 209 287.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ13
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
For the provision of grounds maintenance services to the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust for a period of 10 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years. Needs and requirements as per the procurement documentation available at https://www.housingprocurement.com/
— broad scope,
— grass cutting,
— hedge maintenance,
— litter picking/sweeping,
— weeding,
— shrub bed maintenance,
— rose bed maintenance,
— flower bed maintenance,
— garage site maintenance,
— arboriculture works and surveys,
— winter gritting.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
An option to extend the contract by a further 5 years.
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
Restricted 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:
2018/S 115-261777
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Grounds Maintenance Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/12/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
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: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
idverde Ltd
3 Rye Hill Office Park
Coventry
CV5 9AB
UK
NUTS: UKG33
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:
: 5 209 287.30
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before any contracts are entered into. The Public Contract Regulations provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court of England and Wales.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/03/2019