Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 03/04/2019

External Reference: 2019-538050

TED Reference: 2019/S 069-161518

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Longhurst Group Ltd
03958380
50 Newhall Hill
Birmingham
B13JN
UK
Contact person: Fiona Lowe
Telephone: +44 707339800
Internet address(es):
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

Longhurst Group Heating Contract
Reference number:  Ech 881_1 Longhurst Group Heating
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

50700000  -  Repair and maintenance services of building installations
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Works
II.1.4)

Short description

The Longhurst Group sought expressions of interest from suitably experienced and qualified Service Providers to undertake domestic and commercial gas heating works to its housing stock portfolio, comprising servicing, repair and breakdown and planned installation/replacement works. The TPC 2005 (as amended) will run for a maximum of 10 years: an initial 5 years with the option to extend by up to 5 further years. The works were procured under a Restricted procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Bidders were required to complete a Selection Questionnaire under stage 1 of the process. The Longhurst Group evaluated submitted SQs and anticipated short listing a maximum of five suppliers who will be Invited to Tender but reserved the right to increase or decrease this number by 1 or 2 if scores were closely placed around the cut-off point. Full details of this opportunity were included in the procurement documents.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  38875837.90  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

50000000  -  Repair and maintenance services
50710000  -  Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
50711000  -  Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations
50712000  -  Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations
50720000  -  Repair and maintenance services of central heating
50721000  -  Commissioning of heating installations
45331100  -  Central-heating installation work
09331000  -  Solar panels
09332000  -  Solar installation
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
East and central England
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Longhurst Group sought expressions of interest from suitably experienced and qualified Service Providers to undertake domestic and commercial gas heating works to its housing stock portfolio. The works will comprise servicing, repair and breakdown and planned installation/replacement works and will be delivered under a TPC 2005 (as amended). The Contract will run for a maximum of 10 years: it will run for an initial 5 years with the option to extend by up to 5 further years.
The works were procured under a Restricted procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Prospective Service Providers were required to complete a Selection Questionnaire under the first stage of this process. The Longhurst Group evaluated submitted SQs and anticipated short listing a maximum of five suppliers to be Invited to Tender. The Longhurst Group reserved the right to increase or decrease this number by 1 or 2 if scores were closely placed around the cut-off point. Full details of the requirements, evaluation criteria and all other information pertaining to this opportunity were included in the procurement documents issued to the market with the Contract Notice.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality  /  Weighting:  60
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Cost  /  Weighting:  40
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
The contract will run for an initial period of five years with the option to extend by up to a further five years as set out in the contract documents.
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

All criteria and exclusion grounds used to short-list Candidates to be Invited to Tender were set out in the tender documents, which were available to download from the EU Supply portal.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 201-455879

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Longhurst Group Gas Heating Contract

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

28/02/2019
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  4
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Mears Limited
Company Registration: 2519234
Business Development, 26 - 28 Hyde Way
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 3UQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1707290100
Fax: +44 1707290194
Internet address: http://www.mearsgroup.co.uk

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  50000000.00  GBP
Total value of the contract/lot:  38875837.90  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The contracting authority reserved the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the long term Contract at any stage of the procurement process. The contracting authority also reserved the right not to award a contract. Neither the contracting authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those who expressed an interest or tendered for this contract.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
UK

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
The Longhurst Group observed a standstill period following the award of the Contract in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
UK