CONTRACT 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

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

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Symphony Housing Group are looking to appoint between one and seven R.I.C.S. accredited organisations to provide Property and land valuation services for housing properties owned or managed by Atrium, Beechwood Ballantyne Community Housing Association, Liverpool Housing Trust, Cobalt Housing, Contour Homes, Hyndburn Homes and Ribble Valley Homes. Symphony Housing Group owns and mangages approx. 40,0000 properties across the North West of England.

The duration of the contracts will be for 5 years divided into a number of Organisational Lots. The services to be provided include:

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations.

Title plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties.

Scale floor plans for flat/apartment sales.

Open Market Value reports.

Market Rent reports.

Land valuation reports.

Commercial lease valuation reports (shop units, workshop units).

Commercial lease rent review reports.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Suppliers need to be R.I.C.S. accredited http://www.rics.org/uk/

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

SHG-P123

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property and Land valuation services for Cobalt Housing.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations

Title Plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties (in association with RTB/RTA valuation)

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

Combined OMV and MR report (from plan)

MR report (existing property)

MR report (from plan)

OMV report (existing property)

OMV report (from plan)

OMV adjusted to Jan. 1999 prices (Social Rent setting)

Land

Ad-hoc land valuation reports

Land valuation reports

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property and land valuation service.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations

Title Plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties(in association with RTB/RTA valuation)

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

Combined OMV and MR report (from plan)

MR report (existing property)

MR report (from plan)

OMV report (existing property)

OMV report (from plan)

OMV adjusted to Jan. 1999 prices (Social Rent setting)

Commercial

Commercial lease valuations (shop and workshop units)

Commercial lease rent reviews

Land

Ad-hoc land valuation reports

Land valuation reports

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property and Land valuation services.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations

Title Plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties (in association with RTB/RTA valuation)

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

MR report (existing property)

OMV report (existing property)

Scale floor plans for flats and apartments

Land

Ad-hoc land valuation reports

Land valuation reports

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property valuation services.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations

Title Plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties (in association with RTB/RTA valuation)

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

MR report (existing property)

OMV report (existing property)

Scale floor plans for flats and apartments

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property valuation services.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations

Title Plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties (in association with RTB/RTA valuation)

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

MR report (existing property)

OMV report (existing property)

Scale floor plans for flats and apartments

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property and Land valuation services.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

Combined OMV and MR report (from plan)

OMV report (existing property)

OMV report (from plan)

Land

Ad-hoc land valuation reports

Land valuation reports

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property and Land valuation services.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

Combined OMV and MR report (from plan)

OMV report (existing property)

OMV report (from plan)

Commercial

Commercial lease valuations (shop and workshop units)

Land

Ad-hoc land valuation reports

Land valuation reports

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property and Land valuation services

Lot 8 is a combination of Lots 3, 4 and 5.This Lot may be awarded to a single contractor if Value for Money is demonstrated, in which event Lots 3, 4 and 5 will not be awarded.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations

Title Plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties (in association with RTB/RTA valuation)

MR report (existing property)

MR report (from plan)

OMV report (existing property)

OMV report (from plan)

Scale floor plans for flats and apartments

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

In seeking to demonstrate Value for Money, the Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise or any part of this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. This shall include the right to abandon one or more of the Lots forming part of this procurement exercise at any time. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with a Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant/tenderers risk.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Property and Land valuation services

Lot 9: is a combination of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. This Lot may be awarded to a single contractor if Value for Money is demonstrated, in which event Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will not be awarded.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Residential

Right to Buy and Right to Acquire Valuations

Title Plan services to check and highlight boundaries of properties (in association with RTB/RTA valuation)

Combined OMV and MR report (existing property)

Combined OMV and MR report (from plan)

MR report (existing property)

MR report (from plan)

OMV report (existing property)

OMV report (from plan)

OMV adjusted to Jan. 1999 prices (Social Rent setting)

Scale floor plans for flats and apartments

Commercial

Commercial lease valuations (shop and workshop units)

Commercial lease rent reviews

Land

Ad-hoc land valuation reports

Land valuation reports

Summary

Quarterly summary of valuations completed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots