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Published 28 Sept 2021, 12:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Water Hygiene Management Services

Official notice

Authority: Housing 21 (Public body)

3 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£4,500,000total for 3 lots
Submissions closed 25 Oct 2021awarded 30 Dec 2021
Awarded to MSM Environmental Services Limited, H2O Nationwide Limited3 awards

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Housing 21 is a leading not for profit provider of Retirement Housing and Extra Care for older people of modest means. Housing 21 has over 450 courts and are legally committed to ensuring that resident’s safety is achieved. Water hygiene services must be completed in line with industry standards and risks identified and resolved to ensure safety standards are achieved.

Housing 21 has requirements for two key water prevention methods including firstly; suppliers work towards achieving compliance with a monitoring programme of water checks to ensure water within the system is being stored appropriately to reduce risk of legionella and other water-based bacteria’s cultivating. Secondly scheduled surveys of the water system to assess the risk of exposure to legionella bacteria. As part of the service a risk assessment engineer will inspect, assess, and certify the water system and provide a written report on condition and safety.

  • Recurrence: Between 3 to five years.

CPV: Surface water treatment services · Water-treatment work

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value (£3,500,000 together)
Lot #1Water Hygiene Management ServicesCancelledRenewal North East, North WestPublished value£1,100,000

Housing 21 is legally committed to ensuring that resident’s safety is achieved. Water hygiene services must be completed in line with industry standards and risks identified and resolved to ensure safety standards are achieved.

Housing 21 currently uses two suppliers to provide services across three regions (north, central, and south), the suppliers work towards providing three services. Firstly, suppliers work towards achieving compliance with a monitoring programme of water checks to ensure water within the system is being stored appropriately to reduce risk of legionella and other water-based bacteria’s cultivating.

Secondly scheduled surveys of the water system to assess the risk of exposure to legionella bacteria. As part of the service a risk assessment engineer will inspect, assess, and certify the water system and provide a written report on condition and safety. And thirdly court managers can use the suppliers (or their locally based contractors) to complete remedial works.

The north region has 171 courts and details are of these are located in the tender documents.

The contract term is 5 years with the possibility of a two-year extension. Housing 21 wishes to develop a long last collaborative relationship with successful suppliers and trust the contract term reflects this. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/Y7THWE54J3 ↗

Delivery: North East, North West · NORTH WEST (ENGLAND),NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
Extensions: The contract term is five years with the possibility of a two year extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Water Hygiene Management ServicesCancelledRenewal East Midlands, West MidlandsPublished value£900,000

Housing 21 is legally committed to ensuring that resident’s safety is achieved. Water hygiene services must be completed in line with industry standards and risks identified and resolved to ensure safety standards are achieved.

Housing 21 currently uses two suppliers to provide services across three regions (north, central, and south), the suppliers work towards providing three services. Firstly, suppliers work towards achieving compliance with a monitoring programme of water checks to ensure water within the system is being stored appropriately to reduce risk of legionella and other water-based bacteria’s cultivating.

Secondly scheduled surveys of the water system to assess the risk of exposure to legionella bacteria. As part of the service a risk assessment engineer will inspect, assess, and certify the water system and provide a written report on condition and safety. And thirdly court managers can use the suppliers (or their locally based contractors) to complete remedial works.

The central region has 144 courts and details are of these are located in the tender documents.

The contract term is 5 years with the possibility of a two-year extension. Housing 21 wishes to develop a long last collaborative relationship with successful suppliers and trust the contract term reflects this.

Delivery: East Midlands, West Midlands · EAST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND),WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND),West Midlands
Extensions: The contract term is 5 years with the possibility of a five year extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Water Hygiene Management ServicesCancelledRenewal Ireland (IE052), Ireland (IE053) +1Published value£1,500,000

Housing 21 is legally committed to ensuring that resident’s safety is achieved. Water hygiene services must be completed in line with industry standards and risks identified and resolved to ensure safety standards are achieved.

Housing 21 currently uses two suppliers to provide services across three regions (north, central, and south), the suppliers work towards providing three services. Firstly, suppliers work towards achieving compliance with a monitoring programme of water checks to ensure water within the system is being stored appropriately to reduce risk of legionella and other water-based bacteria’s cultivating.

Secondly scheduled surveys of the water system to assess the risk of exposure to legionella bacteria. As part of the service a risk assessment engineer will inspect, assess, and certify the water system and provide a written report on condition and safety. And thirdly court managers can use the suppliers (or their locally based contractors) to complete remedial works.

The south region has 183 courts and details are of these are located in the tender documents.

The contract term is 5 years with the possibility of a two-year extension. Housing 21 wishes to develop a long last collaborative relationship with successful suppliers and trust the contract term reflects this.

Delivery listed: Ireland (IE052), Ireland (IE053), London · South-East,LONDON,South-West
Extensions: The contract term is 5 years with the possibility of a five year extension.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
Price: 10
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Criterion 1: 10
Published award criteria (1)
  • Price
Lot distribution rule: Tenderers can submit bids for all three lots, but will only be awarded a maximum of two lots.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 10 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · Between 3 to five years.
First published
28 Sept 2021, 12:15 BST
Last source update
4 Jan 2022, 16:14 GMT
Award evaluation window
29 Oct 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000101
Classification (CPV)
Surface water treatment servicesWater-treatment work
Delivery area
Ireland (IE052)Ireland (IE053)North East (UKC)North West (UKD)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e565 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=654124862 GO Reference: GO-202214-PRO-19465809

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
25 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline
Bids opened
29 Oct 2021, 12:01 BST

Timeline

25 Oct 2021 → 4 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    25 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    29 Oct 2021, 12:01 BST
  3. Notice published
    4 Jan 2022, 16:14 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jan 2022, 16:14 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 3
Awarded value £2,800,0003 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1410 from SMEs
Contracts signed 3latest 30 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Not linked to a lot3 awards
MSM Environmental Services LimitedSMEWater Hygiene Management Services - North£500,000 †—Awarded
MSM Environmental Services LimitedSMEWater Hygiene Management Services - Central region£800,000 †—Awarded
H2O Nationwide LimitedWater Hygiene Management Services - South Region£1,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
14bids · 14 electronic10——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Housing 21

Contracting authorityPublic bodyNot for profitHousing and community amenities BASEMENT STORE 1 TRICORN HOUSE 51 53 HAGLEY ROAD, 51-53 Hagley Road, BIRMINGHAM, UK, B168TPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Housing and Care 21Review body Birmingham

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.