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

Extra care cleaning services.

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

Knowsley and Merseyside.

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, Oriel and One Ark.

First Ark sought bids for a single cleaning contractor to provide a cleaning and window cleaning service across its new Bluebell Park Apartments located in the Huyton area of Knowsley.

The contract includes an Extra Care Facility containing 101 one and 2 bedroom apartments with extensive communal areas including restaurant, lounge area, hairdresser, activity and lobby rooms, and an Older Person Shared Ownership building which also contains large communal corridors.

Services required under this contract are expected to include cleaning, internal/external window cleaning, hygiene and wash-room services and the provision of consumables (such as toilet rolls and washing up liquid) under this contract for communal areas and periodic cleaning and laundry services for the guest suite.

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 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 contract was communicated to tenderers. This period allows successful tenderers to seek further debriefing from First Ark Group before the contract is entered into. Tenderers can raise appeals directly with First Ark Group via the contact points detailed in section I.1 of this contract notice.

If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not successfully been resolved between the tenderer and First Ark Group then the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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 (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