Building Contractors for Development of Housing Stock

The Cutting Edge Framework Agreement for the appointment of Contractors relating to the development and improvement of housing stock.

United Kingdom-Liverpool: Construction work

2016/S 038-061175

Contract notice

Works

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

The Riverside Group Limited
2 Estuary Boulevard, Estuary Commerce Park, Merseyside
For the attention of: Michael Larkin
L24 8RF Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1512956413
E-mail: michael.larkin@riverside.org.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://www.riverside.org.uk

Electronic access to information: https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Other: registered provider of social housing

I.3)Main activity

Housing and community amenities

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Symphony Housing Group Limited
12 Hanover Street
L1 4AA Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM

Progress Housing Group Limited
Sumner House, 21 King Street, Lancashire
PR5 1LE Leyland
UNITED KINGDOM

Regenda Limited
Regenda House, Northgate Close, Enterprise Business Park, Horwich
BL6 6PQ Bolton
UNITED KINGDOM

Sovini Limited
Atlantic House, Dunnings Bridge Road
L30 4TH Bootle
UNITED KINGDOM

Together Housing Group Limited
Bull Green House, Bull Green
HX1 2EB Halifax
UNITED KINGDOM

Wirral Partnership Homes Limited
Partnership Building, Hamilton Street, Merseyside
CH41 5AA Birkenhead
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

The Cutting Edge Framework Agreement for the appointment of Contractors relating to the development and improvement of housing stock.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Works
Design and execution
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: United Kingdom.

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 17

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Cutting Edge Framework Agreement for the appointment of Contractors relating to the development and improvement of housing stock.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Lot 1: Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire (indicative only — area as more accurately defined on map in ITT);
Lot 2: Lancashire (indicative only — area as more accurately defined on map in ITT);
Lot 3: Cumbria (indicative only — area as more accurately defined on map in ITT);
Lot 4: North East England (indicative only — area as more accurately defined on map in ITT);
Lot 5: Yorkshire and Humberside and surrounding areas (indicative only — area as more accurately defined on map in ITT).

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Contractor — Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire

1)Short description

The provision of Contractor services in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2 Lot title: Contractor — Lancashire

1)Short description

The provision of Contractor services in Lancashire.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 3 Lot title: Contractor — Cumbria

1)Short description

The provision of Contractor services in Cumbria.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 4 Lot title: Contractor — North East England

1)Short description

The provision of Contractor services in North East England.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 5 Lot title: Contractor — Yorkshire and Humberside

1)Short description

The provision of Contractor services in Yorkshire and Humberside.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

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 financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

The main financing conditions and payment terms and/or reference to the relevant provisions shall be contained in the tender and/or contractual documents.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Further information regarding the legal form to be taken by a group of economic operators, to whom a place on the framework agreement is to be awarded, shall be contained in the tender and/or contractual documents.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Further information regarding particular conditions relating to the performance of the contract shall be contained in the tender and/or contractual documents.

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Further information regarding the personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers, shall be contained in the tender and/or contractual documents.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Further information regarding the economic and financial ability of economic operators shall be contained in the tender and/or contractual documents.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Further information regarding the technical capacity of economic operators shall be contained in the tender and/or contractual documents.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

TRG099.C

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 29.3.2016 – 23:59
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

29.3.2016 – 23:59

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 48 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

The Cutting Edge Framework is operated by a consortium of 7 registered providers of social housing. The contracting authority which leads the consortium is The Riverside Group Ltd (http://www.riverside.org.uk). The other 6 consortium members are: (1) Symphony Housing Group Limited (http://www.symphonyhousing.org.uk); (2) Progress Housing Group Limited (http://progressgroup.org.uk); (3) Regenda Limited (http://www.regenda.org.uk); (4) Together Housing Group Limited (http://www.togetherhousing.co.uk); (5) Wirral Partnership Homes Limited (http://www.magentaliving.org.uk); and (6) Sovini Limited (http://www.sovini.co.uk).

The contracting authority reserves the right to allow the following entities to use and call off their requirements pursuant to this framework agreement:
1. Any group company of any of the consortium members listed above, which may include any subsidiary entity, or any parent entity from time to time of such consortium member, and any subsidiary entity from time to time of a parent entity of such consortium member;
2. Following any corporate restructuring, including takeover, merger, acquisition or insolvency, any successor body of any entity referred to in 1 above; and

3. Any entity listed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing

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VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

19.2.2016