Homes England Tender for Local Help to Buy Agents
Homes England intends to procure the services of a local help to buy agents to support the administration of its help to buy products.
United Kingdom-London: Financial and insurance services
2019/S 108-263218
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
10025394
Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0TL
United Kingdom
Contact person: Jane Evans
Telephone: +44 3001234500
E-mail: helptobuyagents@homesengland.gov.uk
NUTS code: UK
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Local Help to Buy Agents
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Homes England intends to procure the services of a local help to buy agents to support the administration of its help to buy products.
The scope and service required is also split into 2 parts to align to Homes England’s digital transformation programme.
Help to buy agents perform an important role in assisting Homes England to deliver its low cost home ownership (LCHO) and equity loan funded home ownership products to provide a seamless and consistent service to customers.
This contract will be split into 3 geographical lots including:
Lot 1: (North East and North West);
Lot 2: (Midlands and London); and
Lot 3: (South East and South West).
Please note that within lot 2 there is a geographic split of the Midlands and London. No shared ownership or affordable housing service is required for the London element of that lot.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.1)Title:
Lot 1: North East and North West
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Lot 1: Delivery of the low cost home ownership (LCHO) and equity loan funded home ownership products to provide a seamless and consistent service to customers in the North East and North West.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract will be for an initial period up to 31.3.2021 with the ability for Homes England to extend the contract to a maximum term of 5 years in total (including the initial period).
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Lot 2: Midlands and London
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Lot 2: delivery of the low cost home ownership (LCHO) and equity loan funded home ownership products to provide a seamless and consistent service to customers in the Midlands.
And delivery of equity loan funded home ownership products to provide a seamless and consistent service to customers in London (LCHO will not be part of this contract in London).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract will be for an initial period up to 31.3.2021 with the ability for Homes England to extend the contract to a maximum term of 5 years in total (including the initial period).
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Lot 3: South East and South West
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Lot 3: delivery of the low cost home ownership (LCHO) and equity loan funded home ownership products to provide a seamless and consistent service to customers in South East (excluding London) and South West.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract will be for an initial period up to 31.3.2021 with the ability for Homes England to extend the contract to a maximum term of 5 years in total (including the initial period).
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
Tenderers wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through our e-Tendering system. If not already registered, you should register at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
All discussions, meetings, and communications will be conducted in English.
The contract will be subject to English law. Tender pricing and payments must be in GBP.
This procurement and award are subject to the UK Government transparency arrangements and is subject to the Freedom of information Act 2000. We take a zero-tolerance approach to bribery and corruption see https://
www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-bribery-and-corruption-policy.
Homes England is committed to protecting personal data, see https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
All dates are indicative and may be amended.
The NUTS code included in this notice is ‘UK’, however, the services only relate to England.
VI.4.1)Review body
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
