Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-04-01
Buyer: Southern Housing Group
Country: UK
Region: Isle of Wight
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44110000 | 45451000 | 45453000 | 45453100 | 50531100
Estimated value: 26000000 GBP
Award criteria: Technical, Price

Technical requirements: Technical
Price
Southern Housing Group is a group of registered providers and provides over 27 000 homes across approximately 70 Local Authorities located in London and Southern England. Southern Housing Group operates 5 separate management regions, with just over 3 500 of the homes, provided, being located on the Isle of Wight region. It should however be noted that Southern Housing Group are currently in the process of re-structuring so the current structure is likely to be subject to change.
The properties owned and managed by Southern Housing Group, on the Isle of Wight, include general needs housing, housing for the elderly and supported housing.
Southern Housing Group, whose subsidiaries consist of South Housing Group Ltd, Southern Development Services Ltd, Southern Housing Home Ownership, Southern Space and Southern Maintenance Services (The Contracting Authorities) seek expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced contractors in order to be able to select a contractor to enter into a Traditional Partnering Contract with the Contracting Authority.
It is intended that present and future members of the Southern Housing Group may utilise the Contract.
As well as delivering responsive maintenance and void works, the successful contractor will also deliver the Contracting Authorities Cyclical Decorations work on the Island. Gas Servicing, breakdowns and installs maybe included in the Contract from the start of year 4 (four).
Furthermore, The Contracting Authorities reserve the right to include Planned Refurbishment Works and Cleaning / Grounds Maintenance services from year 3 of the Contract, once the Contract is stable and operating.
The Contracting Authorities may also elect to include the testing of Fire Alarm Systems and Emergency Lighting in the Contract. The earliest date for such inclusion would be from the start of year 2 (two) of the Contract.
The Tender documentation is available from Faithorn Farrell Timms via MyTenders. All as set out in this Contract Notice. All expressions of interest / tender returns must be communicated as per the details in the tender documents. Any expressions of interest / tender documents that are not communicated / provided as per the tender document may not be received and may therefore be disregarded.
The Contract is not being divided into Lots as the Contracting Authorities believe that the Contract will be best delivered and managed by 1 single Economic Operator. The introduction of Lots would introduce the need for higher internal resource. They also believe that they will achieve better Value for Money by appointing a single Economic Operator. This is largely due to the geographical location of this procurement which is solely restricted to the Isle of Wight.
1. The carrying out of responsive repairs, void refurbishment works, cyclical decorations and any other associated building maintenance works at the properties owned and managed by the Contracting Authorities. The estimated value of the works is 2 600 000 GBP per year. The overall Contract value will therefore be dependant on whether the Contract duration is extended from 5 years to 10 years.
2. The Contract will run for an initial period of five (5) years with an option to extend the Contract (at the Contracting Authorities discretion) for a further period of five (5) years. The initial term contract will contain break clauses for the Contracting Authority and Service Provider.
‘The Contracting Authority shall comply with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (which incorporates Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council into English Law) when notifying economic operators of the outcome of this procurement.’


Winner: All current and future subsidiaries of Southern Housing Group Ltd, which will include but not be limited to South Housing Group Ltd, Southern Development Services Ltd, Southern Housing Home Ownership, Southern Space and Southern Maintenance Services
Number of bids: 7