Delivery of Social Value through Collaborative Resourcing of Capital Works

Concepts

• stockport
• industrial and technical training
• construction work
• other work opportunities
• social housing
• general refurbishment works
• targeted work
• real social value
• social justice
• other works / project opportunities

Location

North West England:

Description

Stockport Homes Limited and Three Sixty SHG Limited (together referred to as SHG) requires the provision of employment and training services, focussed on opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) through work on SHG's void properties, capital works on SHG's housing stock and other work opportunities. This opportunity encompasses the employment and training services (and other social, economic and environmental objectives) alongside the works requirements. CPV codes: 45000000 45100000 45300000 45400000 80000000 80500000 80531000 80550000 50700000

Total Quantity or Scope

Stockport Homes is an arm's length management organisation formed in 2005 to manage housing stock across Stockport on behalf of Stockport Council. Stockport Homes stated aims are to: * Ensure customer feedback is at the heart of how we deliver exceptional services to our customers * Build and manage safe homes and communities for now and the future * Work with our partners across Stockport to ensure opportunities for everyone are available * Grow our business to be able to invest in essential and transformational services for customers * Take responsibility for driving change locally, regionally and nationally to improve standards in social housing * Support and invest in our colleagues as a great place to work In addition, within the SHG Group Structure, the Subsidiary Company Aims relating to this opportunity are: Three Sixty: * Provide a high quality, innovative service resulting in an exceptional customer experience * Generate a profit which is used to deliver real social value * Be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining the best talent * Reduce the inequality that exists within construction and society at large * Deliver low carbon and environmental best practice through all operations SKylight (Community Benefit Society): * Supporting people into employment, relieving poverty, relieving food poverty and developing digital skills * Supporting customers in local communities and delivering support services to help people live independently * Empowering communities to develop networks of support, including targeted work with people who may experience disadvantage such as people with disabilities, from ethnic minority communities and those with complex needs * Working in partnership to reduce demand on statutory services; and supporting the development of the third sector, ensuring additional resources and services are secured Stockport Homes is committed to: (a) maximising the employment, skills and training opportunities for residents of the Borough and for Stockport Homes' customers; and (b) ensuring that the outcomes from employment, skills and training opportunities are realistic, tailored and sustained. SHG is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier for an innovative contract for the provision of training services and related job opportunities and related social, economic and environmental impact, to be delivered through the medium of capital works to the Group's housing portfolio. The primary aims of the proposed contract will be to: (a) seek to promote social justice; (b) tackle poverty; (c) address inequalities; and (d) address climate change. Through this contract SHG requires the provision of: (a) employment and training services, focussed on creating and sustaining opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) within the area; alongside (b) delivery of general refurbishment works on Stockport Homes' void properties to an agreed standard, capital works on Stockport Homes' housing stock (which may include roofline / fencing / general repairs / damp, mould and condensation works) and other works / project opportunities as they arise. The proposed employment and training services and the works, are expected to be provided in furtherance of the primary aims of the contract described above and keeping these primary aims in mind at all times.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Initial three year contract with option to extend by a further two years in two 12 month periods. Total allowable contract term five years.

CPV Codes

• 80531000 - Industrial and technical training services
• 45000000 - Construction work
• 50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations
• 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

SHG is committed to maximising employment, skills and training opportunities for residents of the Borough, it's customers and particularly to ensuring outcomes from employment, skills and training opportunities are realistic, tailored and sustained. The primary aims of the proposed contract are to seek to promote social justice, tackle poverty, address inequalities and climate change and the services and works are provided in furtherance of these aims. SHG requires the provision of employment and training services, focussed on opportunities for employment and training (including pre-employment training, training and education in a classroom setting and on-the-job training) through work on SHG's void properties, capital works on SHG's housing stock and other works opportunities. SHG issued a prior information notice (PIN) on Find a Tender (ref 2024/S 000-029661) to seek expressions of interest in an integrated works and services contract providing vocational training services (including delivery of the above employment and training outcomes) through the medium of construction works as described above. Economic operators that expressed an interest were asked to provide information on their experience and expertise in providing the above-described integrated works and services, or similar, by responding to a questionnaire. Questionnaire responses sought to understand the extent to which economic operators were capable of delivering social value outcomes through integrated works and training and employment services together, with an understanding of the needs to ensure health and safety and other regulatory requirements were met in the delivery of works, alongside appropriate safeguarding of SHG' customers when works are delivered to occupied properties, while simultaneously providing successful social value outcomes in particular for beneficiaries of the training and employment services. Responses to the PIN demonstrated that economic operators were capable of delivery of parts only of SHG's stated requirements. SHG's review of responses received to the PIN concluded that the integrated works and services can be supplied by one economic operator. Only one response to the PIN demonstrated an ability to deliver both works and services together in an integrated manner which is critical to the delivery of the social value outcomes. SHG has determined that a procedure under regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) is required to enable SHG to negotiate an integrated services and works contract with the single economic operator. SHG considers that the negotiated procedure without prior publication is required under the following grounds: - regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) (the works and services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator because competition is absent for technical reasons): the outcome of market testing demonstrates that competition is absent for technical reasons, that particularly there is only one economic operator with the expertise to deliver against SHG's requirements. Delivery of either (i) employability and training services or (ii) construction works in isolation does not achieve SHG's objectives, only one economic operator could deliver all SHG's requirements in an integrated fashion; and - regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) (the works and services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator to ensure the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights): the identified economic operator has intellectual property rights in its delivery model that are required to be protected. SHG requires an integrated approach to works and services delivery to achieve its stated social value outcomes. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists to deliver against SHG's requirements, the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Prior Information Notice (PIN) relating to this opportunity published 17 September 2024 on Find a Tender. Notice reference: 2024/S 000-029661 It is Stockport Homes intention to enter into negotiations with the chosen supplier following a standstill period of 10 days beginning the day after the publication of the VEAT notice.