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Published 8 Nov 2023, 14:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

WHC - Howard House Refurbishment

Official notice

Authority: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (Local council)

WorksRestricted procedure
Published estimate£8,000,000≈ £4.0m / year
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2023
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Mar 2026 · starts 1 Apr 2024
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Howard House is a Welwyn Garden City Town Centre block built in 1937. It has 52 purpose-built flats across 4 blocks. Major refurbishment works are required to bring the property up to current standards.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Howard House is a Welwyn Garden City Town Centre block built in 1937. It has 52 purpose-built flats across 4 blocks. There are commercial units on the ground floor. Of the 52 homes 35 are tenants and 17 are leaseholders. The Council does not own the freehold to the building but has four headleases (one for each of the four blocks) which require the council to undertake maintenance on the blocks. There is a complex ownership of the freehold with parts of the building (including the commercial units) being owned by several different landlords. Major refurbishment works are required to bring the property up to current standards.

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Howard House is a Welwyn Garden City Town Centre block built in 1937 2 yrsPublished value£800,000

Howard House is a Welwyn Garden City Town Centre block built in 1937. It has 52 purpose built flats across 4 blocks. There are commercial units on the ground floor. Of the 52 homes 35 are tenants and 17 are leaseholders. The Council does not own the freehold to the building but has four headleases (one for each of the four blocks) which require the council to undertake maintenance on the blocks. There is a complex ownership of the freehold with parts of the building (including the commercial units) being owned by several different landlords. Major refurbishment works are required to bring the property up to current standards.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2024 – 30 Mar 2026 (2 yrs)
Delivery: East of England · Borough of Hertfordshire
Second stage: 5–7 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As detailed in PAS91

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Closed
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Nov 2023, 14:23 GMT
Last source update
9 Nov 2023, 14:11 GMT
Authority reference
2023/S 000-033060
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033188
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction work
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0416c9 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
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Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 Nov 2023 → 1 Apr 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    9 Nov 2023, 14:11 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    22 Jan 2024
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—Text11.2.6£800,000£8,000,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6AEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Institute of ArbitratorsReview body London

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