Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street, London
SW1P 4DF
UK
Contact person: SGB-Procurement
E-mail: SGB-Proc@levellingup.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://atamis-5407.lightning.force.com/lightning/page/home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://atamis-5407.lightning.force.com/lightning/page/home
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Energy Performance of Buildings (EPoP) Accreditation Schemes Audit
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This project relates to a requirement for assurance services in relation to the energy assessor industry’s compliance to the required standards. DLUHC expects this assurance service to be provided, in part, by regular independent audits.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
400 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79212300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
London
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This project relates to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (the Department) expected requirement for assurance services in relation to the energy assessor industry’s compliance to the required standards. The Department expects this assurance service to be provided, in part, by regular independent audits of all aspects of Accreditation Scheme (Schemes) operations.<br/>The purpose of Schemes is to ensure that energy assessments carried out by their members and their recommendations are cost-effective and of high-quality, accurate and consistent. Schemes are therefore, regularly audited by independent auditors to ensure that they comply with Scheme Operating Requirements (SORs) and the Secretary of State’s letter of Approval. The SORs sets out the minimum operating standards for Schemes. There are currently six approved Schemes operating different strands of the EPBRs. All Schemes are required to comply with the SORs, which includes minimum operating standards in relation to quality assurance, the audit approach that must be adopted and the profomas used for reporting outcomes to DLUHC, covering Domestic Energy Assessor (DEAs); Non-Domestic Energy Assessor (NDEAs) level 3 and level 4; NDEA level 5; On Construction Domestic Energy Assessor (OCDEAs); Display Energy Certificates (DECs) and Air Conditioning Inspection Report (ACIRs).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
400 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
As set out in the Invitation to Tender
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
As set out in the Invitation to Tender
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
As set out in the Invitation to Tender
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
As set out in the Invitation to Tender.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
As set out in the Invitation to Tender.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As set out in the Invitation to Tender
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
11/06/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
11/06/2024
Local time: 12:00
Place:
As set out in the Invitation to Tender
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
As set out in the Invitation to Tender
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
DLUHC will incorporate a minimum 10 day calendar standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. Tenderers who are unsuccessful shall be informed by DLUHC as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Tenderer was unsuccessful.<br/><br/>If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or the order for any document to be amended. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to review the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/05/2024