Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-04-08
Buyer: Longhurst Group Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 09331000: Solar panels | 31216200 | 32324400 | 44221000 | 45000000: Construction work
Estimated value: 6857340.2 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Longhurst Group sought expressions of interest from suitably skilled and experienced service providers to deliver responsive repairs, planned and cyclical servicing works to its leasehold property portfolio. Works will be delivered under a TPC 2005 (as amended) for a maximum of 10 years: it will run for an initial 5 years with the option to extend by up to a further 5 years. Service providers seeking to respond to this opportunity were required to complete and submit a Selection Questionnaire and its associated appendices. Full details of this opportunity and the requirements were within the procurement documents. Following evaluation of submitted Selection Questionnaires, the Longhurst Group anticipated short listing a maximum of 5 service providers to be invited to tender. The Longhurst Group reserved the right to increase that number by 1 or 2 if scores were very closely placed at the cut-off point.
The Longhurst Group sought expressions of interest from suitably skilled and experienced Service Providers to provide responsive repairs, planned and cyclical servicing works to its leasehold property portfolio. Works will be delivered under a TPC 2005 (as amended) for a maximum of 10 years subject to the satisfactory performance of the appointed service provider. The Contract will run for an initial 5 years with the option to extend by up to a further 5 years. Works will be delivered using a blend of schedules of rates plus day rates.
The Longhurst Group followed a 2-stage “Restricted” procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Service providers seeking to respond to this opportunity were required to complete and submit a Selection Questionnaire and its associated appendices. Full details of this opportunity and the requirements were within the procurement documents, which were available to download from the EU Supply portal.
Following evaluation of submitted Selection Questionnaires, the Longhurst Group anticipated short listing 5 service providers to be invited to tender. The Longhurst Group reserved the right to increase that number by 1 or 2 if scores were very closely placed at the cut-off point.
The contract will run for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend by up to a further 5 years as set out in the contract documents.
The Contracting Authority reserved the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the long term contract at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserved the right not to award a contract. Neither the Contracting Authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those who expressed an interest in or tendered for this contract.
The Longhurst Group observed a standstill period following the award of the Contract in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.


Winner: Wates Living Space
Award value: 6857340.2
Number of bids: 3