Contract award notice

Information

Published

External Reference: 2021-523457

FTS Reference: 2021-009591

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Watford Community Housing
30183R
59 Clarendon Road
Watford
WD17 1LA
UK
Contact person: Fiona Lowe
NUTS code:  UKH23 -  Hertfordshire
Internet address(es):
I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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

Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework
Reference number:  Ech 1015
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

34100000  -  Motor vehicles
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

Watford Community Housing ("WCH") sought Tenders from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers for the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services under this four-year, single supplier framework.
This framework seeks to offer the benefits of a flexible vehicle hire solution that can react to legislative and other operating context changes, incorporating the flexibility of a rental model whilst competing with the total cost of ownership of a fixed-term contract hire/lease arrangement. The framework will provide additional services to support the fleet operation including but not limited to the provision of fleet and accident management services and additional relevant services, for example fuel cards.
The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to all UK public sector bodies to access via a Joining Agreement between WCH, the Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  100000000.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

30163100  -  Agency fuel cards
32441300  -  Telematics system
34144220  -  Breakdown vehicles
39151100  -  Racking
50100000  -  Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
50110000  -  Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment
50111110  -  Vehicle-fleet-support services
50118100  -  Breakdown and recovery services for cars
50118200  -  Breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles
50118300  -  Breakdown and recovery services for buses
50118400  -  Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles
50118500  -  Breakdown and recovery services for motorcycles
64226000  -  Telematics services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:  
Watford
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Watford Community Housing ("WCH") sought Tenders from suitably skilled and experienced suppliers for the provision of vehicles and associated flexible fleet services under this four-year, single supplier framework.
This framework seeks to offer the benefits of a flexible vehicle hire solution that can react to legislative and other operating context changes, incorporating the flexibility of a rental model whilst competing with the total cost of ownership of a fixed-term contract hire/lease arrangement. The framework will provide additional services to support the fleet operation including but not limited to the provision of fleet and accident management services and additional relevant services, for example fuel cards. Full details were available in the procurement documents.
The framework is to operate across the UK and will be open to:
• any entity within the same group of companies as the Trust from time to time (a “Trust Member”);
• any entity or joint venture company that the Trust or any other Trust Member holds an interest in from time to time (a “Trust JV”);
• any Social Housing Provider in the United Kingdom (excluding the Trust, the Trust Members and the Trust JVs);
• any supply chain member of any Social Housing Provider in the United Kingdom, including direct labour organisations and suppliers (excluding the Trust, the Trust Members and the Trust JVs);
• any national, regional or local health authority in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, any NHS Trust, and any organisation providing a service to these bodies;
• any local or regional authority in the United Kingdom (including any arms length organisation or service provider working on their behalf) delivering any public or private sector construction related projects including, without limitation, housing, education, highways and infrastructure work; and
• any service provider delivering services to any other Government Agency in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, the Ministry of Defence and the Highways Agency
• and, in the case of the organisations listed in bullet points (iii) to (vii) above, who has entered into an Access Agreement with the Trust and whose identity has been notified in writing by Pretium to the Supplier.
Access to public sector bodies other than the Contract Authority will be an Access Agreement between WCH, the Framework Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who WCH has appointed to administer the framework on its behalf.
Full details of the scope and requirements of the Framework and the procurement process, including how to Tender were included within the procurement and Tender documents.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

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

Information about options

Options: no
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 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 FTS: 2021/S 000-000471

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Watford Community Housing Flexible Fleet Framework

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

31/03/2021
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0
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:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Northgate Vehicle Hire Ltd.
244223002
Northgate Centre, Lingfield Way
Darlington
DL1 4PZ
UK
Telephone: +44 01325370638
Fax: +44 01325462226
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM

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:  1000000000.00  GBP
Total value of the contract/lot:  1000000000.00  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 Framework at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserved the right not to award the Framework. 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 expressing and interest or Tendering for this Framework.
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: 
WCH observed a stand still period following the award of the Framework 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