Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Axiom Housing Association Ltd
Axiom House, Cottesmore Close
Peterborough
PE3 9TP
UK
Contact person: Kerry Page
Telephone: +44 1733347135
E-mail: keren.page@axiomha.org.uk
NUTS: UKH11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.axiomha.org.uk
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://axiomhousingassociation.sharefile.eu/d-sc1175cf8ce94a1bb
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
Axiom Housing Association Ltd
Peterborough
PE3 9TP
UK
Contact person: Keren Page
Telephone: +44 1733347135
E-mail: keren.page@axiomha.org.uk
NUTS: UKH11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.axiomha.org.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://axiomhousingassociation.sharefile.eu/d-sc1175cf8ce94a1bb
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Catering Contract — Extra Care Schemes in Peterborough.
Reference number: EC2017
II.1.2) Main CPV code
55500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Axiom Housing Association wishes to appoint a contractor to provide a midday meals service to least three Extra Care Schemes in Peterborough (currently circa 140 residents, together with a potential opportunity to extend the service (if required by Axiom) to an additional site in Bassenhally, Whittlesey for an anticipated further 65 residents with effect from circa 1.4.2019. Further details are provided in the procurement documents”.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 100 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
55520000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH11
Main site or place of performance:
“Peterborough, specifically the sites of the three Extra Care schemes currently operated by Axiom in Peterborough at Friary Court, The Pavilions, and The Spinney and the potential site at Bassenhally.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Axiom Housing Association wishes to appoint a contractor to provide a midday meals service to least three Extra Care Schemes in Peterborough (currently circa 140 residents), together with a potential opportunity to extend the service (if required by Axiom) to an additional site in Bassenhally, Whittlesey for an anticipated further 65 residents with effect from circa 1.4.2019. The contract term is an initial 36 months with a potential extension of up to a further 24 months subject to contractor performance and available budget. Any decision to extend the contract will be entirely at Axiom's discretion. An existing service is in place for the three sites in Peterborough and, accordingly, TUPE may apply. Further details are provided in the procurement documents which include a detailed service specification.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 100 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
As indicated the contract is for a 36 month initial term which may be extended by Axiom (subject to contractor performance and available budget) by up to an additional 24 months. Any decision to extend the contract will be entirely at Axiom's discretion. An additional site at Bassenhally is anticipated to require similar services with effect from circa April 2019.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
To qualify for participation in this procurement bidders will be required to demonstrate the following:
Bidders will be required to certify that none of the grounds for exclusion set out in Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘PCRs’) apply to them.
In addition, bidders shall be required to demonstrate they have successfully performed not less than 3 separate catering contracts with a value in each case of not less than 100 000 GBP per annum during the previous 3 years.
Subject to a bidder meeting the minimum financial and technical requirements for participation, the award criteria to be applied to bids are as follows:
Price — 40 %;
Quality — 60 %.
Further details (including the approach to bid evaluation and scoring) are set out in the procurement documents.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The contractor will be required to observe and perform the requirements of the contract including (without limitation) the service specification that form part of the procurement documents.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
“This procurement is for services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCRs”). Accordingly these are being procured under the "light touch regime" set out Section 7 of Chapter 3 of the PCRs (namely Regulations 74 to 77 inclusive) and the tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities set out in Regulations 74 to 76 (inclusive).
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
09/11/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.justice.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As described in Section IV.1.11 above the deadline for lodging of appeals is to be in accordance with Regulations 87 and 91 to 94 (inclusive) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Crown Commercial Service
Roseberry Court
Norwich
NR7 0HS
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/crown-commercial-service
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/10/2017