Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Leicestershire County Council
Croft Depot, Arbor Road
Croft
LE9 3GE
UK
Contact person: Purchasing team
E-mail: OHPurchasing@leics.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF22
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Highways Testing Framework Contract 2019
Reference number: DN403497
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Leicestershire County Council (the Employer) is seeking to identify and appoint contractors(s) to a highway testing Framework Agreement (Framework). The proposed Framework period is 2 years with potential extensions of a further 2 years in 1 year increments subject to performance.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 800 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71600000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The work involved consists of sampling/testing; site investigation, bridge assessments and presentation of reports to support the employers highways maintenance and capital programmes. The employer may require the contractor to provide other associated services in delivering the service e.g traffic management; carriageway coring.
The estimated annual total spend through the Framework is up to 450 000 GBP per annum. The estimated spend through the Framework is not guaranteed and is dependent on budgets made available to the employer.
The Framework start date is the 1.9.2019.
The employer intends to appoint up to 4 No (four) contractors to the framework.
Testing could be carried out anywhere in the county of Leicestershire.
The selection and quotation procedure for the allocation of work to framework contractors is in Annex 2 of the framework contract data.
Tenderers must price all items in the price schedule.
Tenderers must fully answer the questions in document ‘004 Quality Questions’.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 25 %
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 5 %
Price
/ Weighting:
70 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The proposed framework period is 2 years with potential extensions of a further 2 years in 1 year increments subject to performance.
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
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2019/S 084-201979
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DN403497
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/09/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Concept Engineering Consultants Ltd
8 Warple Mews, Warple Way
London
W3 0RF
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Nicholls Colton Group Limited
7- 11 Harding Street
Leicester
LE1 4DH
UK
NUTS: UKF22
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Simtec Materials Testing
116 The Burrows, East Gostcote Industrial Estate
East Gostcote
LE7 3XD
UK
NUTS: UKF22
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SOCOTEC UK Limited
SOCOTEC House, Bretby Business Park, Ashby Road
Burton upon Trent
DE15 0YZ
UK
NUTS: UKG24
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 800 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Leicestershire County Council (LCC) will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar days standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants/tenderers who are unsuccessful shall be informed by LCC as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant/tenderer was unsuccessful. 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 are 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 not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or 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
18/09/2019