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Published 11 Aug 2023, 09:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DDP123 Inspection of Private Rented House Programme

Official notice

Authority: Derbyshire Dales District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£900,000≈ £635k / year
Submissions closed 13 Sept 2023awarded 17 Nov 2023
Awarded to RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP
Contract term 1 yr 5 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 13 Nov 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derbyshire Dales District Council, with its project partners Amber Valley Borough Council

and Erewash Borough Council, is out to tender for a supplier to undertake a planned

programme of housing inspections (against the requirements of the Housing Health and

Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard) and landlord and tenant

engagement relating to the Private Rented Housing sector across the three Local

Authorities.

This project follows work undertaken by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and

Communities (DLUHC) relating to statistical modelling to estimate non-decent dwellings at

Local Authority level.

CPV: Building-inspection services · Residential property services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Derbyshire Dales District Council, with its project partners Amber Valley Borough…Awarded 1 yr 5 moPublished value£900,000

Derbyshire Dales District Council, with its project partners Amber Valley Borough Council and Erewash Borough Council, have awarded a contract following an open tender procedure for a planned programme of housing inspections (against the requirements of the Housing Health and

Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard) and landlord and tenant engagement relating to the Private Rented Housing sector across the three Local Authorities.

This contract follows work undertaken by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and

Communities (DLUHC) relating to statistical modelling to estimate non-decent dwellings at

Local Authority level.

The Local Authorities have appointed the Supplier to undertake a planned programme of landlord and tenant engagement, a series of housing inspections against the requirements of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and the Decent Homes Standard, to engage with and refer into assistance schemes such as Homes Upgrade Grants, to undertake suitable forms of pre-enforcement activity on behalf of the participating Local Authorities and to monitor the effectiveness of those enforcement and referral activities. It is anticipated that circa 3,375 inspections will be undertaken across the 3 local authority areas, over the course of 2023/24 and 2024/25.

The expectation is that this work will continue from the inception of the project to 31 March 2025 and that it will be concluded with the submission of a suitably detailed report setting out the findings and outcomes of the project.

Contract period: 13 Nov 2023 – 31 Mar 2025 (1 yr 5 mo)
Delivery: East Midlands
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Response to Specification (Technical / Quality): 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Response to Specification (Technical / Quality): 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Aug 2023, 09:56 BST
Last source update
30 Nov 2023, 11:29 GMT
Award evaluation window
13 Sept 2023 – …
Authority reference
DDP123 / DN684307
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-035320
Classification (CPV)
Building-inspection servicesResidential property services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03eef7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As per tender documentation.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days (or 15 if non-electronic or fax methods used) standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to the relevant economic operators. Debriefing by the Council shall be in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 (as amended) 5 / 5 (the Regulations). Such information should be requested from the addressee in Section 1.1). If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved the Regulations provide for the aggrieved parties who are of the opinion that they have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought as soon as possible.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
13 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
13 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Sept 2023 → 30 Nov 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    13 Nov 2023
  4. Notice published
    30 Nov 2023, 11:29 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Nov 2023, 11:29 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £219,2501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP£219,250 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • DDP123 Inspection of Private Rented House Programme · RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP

    Signed
    17 Nov 2023
    Value
    £219,250
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derbyshire Dales District Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Town Hall, Bank Road, Matlock, East Midlands, DE4 3NNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria