Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for the Refurbishment of Sheltered Housing Units
Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRefurbishment of existing occupied sheltered housing units (SHUs) throughout North Ayrshire
CPV: Construction work for houses · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Houses construction work · Refurbishment of run-down buildings · Refurbishment work · Sheltered housing construction work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 10 bids received (1.7 per place) · 6 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This is a new requirement for a Framework Agreement with an array of suitably…AwardedRenewalPublished value£18,200,000
This is a new requirement for a Framework Agreement with an array of suitably experienced and qualified contractors for the refurbishment of existing occupied sheltered housing units (SHUs) throughout North Ayrshire. There are a total of 8 SHUs to be refurbished (Framework Agreement shall incorporate 1st ‘call-off’) and the following requirements will be tendered via Mini-Competitions from the framework.
A maximum of 6 contractors will be awarded a place on the framework. Places will be awarded to suppliers with the most economically advantageous responses. However, if a situation arises where bidders have the same final score, more than the maximum contractors stated may be admitted to the framework.
The framework will operate for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to an additional 12-month period.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 20
- Price: 80
- Suitability
If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of (7,280,000)GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.
North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidders financial information including information from credit reference agencies at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract, and seek clarifications if necessary. If clarifications are not satisfactory the bidder may be excluded from the tender process.
Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = [5,000,000]GBP in respect of any one event
www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗
Public Liability Insurance [10,000,000]GBP in respect of any one event
Professional Indemnity Insurance [1,000,000]GBP in the aggregate
Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of works carried out in the past 5 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the works described in the Contract Notice. The works must be of a similar value, size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.
Bidders must also provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.
Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.
Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or sub-contractors have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:
Asbestos HSE Licence or equivalent (Certification will be required prior to award), NICEIC certificate or equivalent (Certification required prior to contract commencement), Gas Safe certificate or equivalent (Certification required prior to contract commencement). Failure to provide certification when requested will result in the bid not progressing further or removal from contract.
Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation m…
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Framework Agreement for the Refurbishment of Sheltered Housing Units” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Sept 2022, 15:14 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2023, 11:56 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Oct 2022 – …
- Authority reference
NAC/5074- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006284- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036870Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 or ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Environmental Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.2. Bidders may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. (SC Ref:724655)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
14 Oct 2022 → 3 Mar 2023 · 3 dates- Bids opened14 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published3 Mar 2023, 11:56 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Sept 2022- Deadline moved to 28 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST20 Sept 2022, 09:40 BST+14 days · was 14 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Deadline moved to 4 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT13 Oct 2022, 08:54 BST+7 days · was 28 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete3 Mar 2023, 11:56 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 14 Oct 2022 | 28 Oct 2022 | +14 d |
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 14 Oct 2022 | 28 Oct 2022 | +14 d |
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 28 Oct 2022 | 4 Nov 2022 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 28 Oct 2022 | 4 Nov 2022 | +7 d |
Extension to provide market with additional time to prepare quotations and submit tender response
Additional time given delay in providing revised BoQs etc.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-09: 1 release · 14 Sept 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 006284-2023-NAC/5074-1
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2023
- Value
- £18,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- D McLaughlin & Sons Ltd.Framework contractor
- Fleming Buildings LtdFramework contractor
- James Frew LtdFramework contractor
- MPMH Construction LtdFramework contractor
- Procast Building Contractors LimitedFramework contractor
- Redpath Construction Ltd.Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.