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Contract award notice

Information

Published

External Reference: 2025-551658

FTS Reference: 2025-074277

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
GB173552264
Riverside House, Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE
UK
Contact person: Jonathan Teasdale
Telephone: +44 1709334196
E-mail: jonathan.teasdale@rotherham.gov.uk
NUTS code:  UKE31 -  Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104118

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

Asbestos Removal Services
Reference number:  22-179
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

90650000  -  Asbestos removal services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The Council is seeking a single contractor to perform asbestos removal and abatement services for various properties under RMBC's management. These properties encompass domestic units, communal areas, and other assets and buildings within the HRA. The Council is seeking a contractor to perform asbestos removal and abatement services for various properties under RMBC's management. These properties encompass domestic units, communal areas, and other assets and buildings within the HRA.
To comply with our statutory obligations under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, Health and Safety at Work Act and other relevant legislation the Contractor must be able to undertake the works directly, and will include:
• Licenced asbestos removals
• Notifiable non-licenced works
• Non-Licenced works
• Removal of small structures (garages/sheds or similar)
• Clearance of the affected site with segregation of waste
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKE31 -  Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Main site or place of performance:  
Rotherham Borough
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Council is seeking a single contractor to perform asbestos removal and abatement services for various properties under RMBC's management. These properties encompass domestic units, communal areas, and other assets and buildings within the HRA. The Council is seeking a contractor to perform asbestos removal and abatement services for various properties under RMBC's management. These properties encompass domestic units, communal areas, and other assets and buildings within the HRA.
To comply with our statutory obligations under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, Health and Safety at Work Act and other relevant legislation the Contractor must be able to undertake the works directly, and will include:
• Licenced asbestos removals
• Notifiable non-licenced works
• Non-Licenced works
• Removal of small structures (garages/sheds or similar)
• Clearance of the affected site with segregation of waste
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Method Statement Questions  /  Weighting:  40
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value  /  Weighting:  20
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 : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2025/S 000-006465

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Asbestos Removal Services

A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)

Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

We have identified significant issues within the tendered scope and the schedule of rates that impact the integrity and viability of the process and provide clear areas of ambiguity and anomaly which cannot be addressed within the current process. As a result, we have made the decision to abandon the current tender process with the contract not being awarded.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
The Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand,
London
WC2A 2LL
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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 the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into, the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the Contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

High Court
The Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand,
London
WC2A 2LL
UK