Home Group - Northern Home Counties Repairs, Maintenance and Compliance Contract

Concepts

• home group
• newcastle upon tyne
• building installation
• northern home counties repairs
• delivery of responsive repairs
• cyclical maintenance services
• northern home counties
• commercial boiler maintenance
• home group's sole discretion
• roof repair

Location

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire: Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire

Description

Home Group is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced Contractors for the delivery of responsive repairs, void property works, planned works and compliance works (including building safety and fire safety works) to its circa 6,000 properties in the Northern Home Counties. The contract will be awarded to a single Contractor and run for an initial period of 10 years with the option to extend it by up to five years to a total Contract Term of 15 years. The contract will have provision to include additional workstreams over the Contract Term. Home Group intends to utilise either a Joint Venture Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary model for the delivery of the contract, further details of which are contained in the "Alternative Delivery Model Contract Structure" section of the Descriptive Document

Total Quantity or Scope

Home Group is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced Contractors for the delivery of responsive repairs, void property works, planned works and compliance works (including building safety and fire safety works) to its circa 6,000 properties dispersed throughout Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The properties are a mixture of tenures consisting of general needs, market rented, leasehold and shared ownership. Home Group have an active development programme within the contract area and additional properties may be added to the contract as they come out of their defects liability periods. In addition, Home Group may also add properties from adjoining areas into the scope of the contract at their discretion. The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 10 years, with the option to extend until 26th October 2037 at Home Group's sole discretion. Although initially centred on the delivery of repairs, voids, compliance and planned works the contract has the provision to add in multiple additional workstreams during its term including (but not limited to) commercial boiler maintenance, cyclical maintenance services, building safety works, fire safety works and retrofit renewable technologies as set out in the procurement documents. The value of the core services (i.e. those services included in scope from contract commencement) is circa £6.1 million per annum and the total potential value of the contract with all options included is circa £250m over the whole term (including all possible extensions to 2037). Home Group intends to utilise either a Joint Venture Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary model for the delivery of the contract. The contractual structure of these two potential options is explained in more detail in the "Alternative Delivery Model Contract Structure" section of the Descriptive Document (Section 3.4). The procurement is being undertaken using a "Competitive Dialogue" procedure (in accordance with Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015). Under the first stage of the process, bidders are required to complete a Selection Questionnaire ("SQ Stage") and associated appendices . Following evaluation of submitted SQs, Home Group anticipates inviting six bidders to participate in the second stage of the process and submit "Detailed Solutions" ("ISDS" Stage), following which it will shortlist bidders to participate in Competitive Dialogue ("CD" Stage) and submit Final Tenders ("ISFT" Stage). Full details of the requirements, the evaluation criteria and how to participate are included in the procurement documents, and a summary is provided in the Descriptive Document. Additional information: Prospective bidders should note that TUPE will apply to the contract and are advised to seek their own independent advice in relation to the implications of TUPE.

Renewal Options

The initial term of the contract will be 10 years. This may be extended for a further 5 years at Home Group's sole discretion and as detailed further in the procurement documents.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 45300000 - Building installation work
• 31518200 - Emergency lighting equipment
• 31527260 - Lighting systems
• 31625000 - Burglar and fire alarms
• 33196200 - Devices for the disabled
• 34928510 - Street-lighting columns
• 44115500 - Sprinkler systems
• 44480000 - Miscellaneous fire-protection equipment
• 45232452 - Drainage works
• 45261210 - Roof-covering work
• 45261211 - Roof-tiling work
• 45261910 - Roof repair
• 45261920 - Roof maintenance work
• 45262660 - Asbestos-removal work
• 45310000 - Electrical installation work
• 45331100 - Central-heating installation work
• 45343100 - Fireproofing work
• 45343230 - Sprinkler systems installation work
• 45350000 - Mechanical installations
• 45421112 - Installation of window frames
• 45421130 - Installation of doors and windows
• 45421132 - Installation of windows
• 45421151 - Installation of fitted kitchens
• 45430000 - Floor and wall covering work
• 45440000 - Painting and glazing work
• 45451000 - Decoration work
• 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
• 71317200 - Health and safety services
• 90650000 - Asbestos removal services
• 90922000 - Pest-control services
• 92222000 - Closed circuit television services

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Home Group reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the long term Contract at any stage of the procurement process. Home Group also reserves the right not to award a contract. Home Group will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this contract. The contract value is anticipated to be at least £6.1m per annum initially (with at least £2.5m annually of this for planned works) across the entire optioned contract duration of 15 years. This is based on an estimate of the value of repairs, voids, compliance services and planned works; without allowance for price indexation or stock growth through the new build programme and is set out further in the procurement documents. In the event that Home Group elects to include the additional services referred to in section 11.2.4 of this Contract Notice, it is anticipated that the estimated value of the contract will be up to £250m (based on an estimation of the potential value of the additional services which may come into scope and on a worked example of when they may commence including indexation) Home Group is procuring a single Contract in a single Lot to gain the commercial efficiencies of a single contractor and to enable the creation of a Joint Venture Company or Wholly Owned Subsidiary. The award criteria questions and weightings will be provided in the ISDS documentation. All parties who register an interest in bidding for the contract will be sent a formal invite to a Supplier Briefing event (to be held on MS Teams) via the procurement portal. A copy of the presentation(s) from the event and a summary of any questions/answers from the session will be issued to all bidders via the portal.