Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-17
Buyer: Argyll Community Housing Association Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71220000 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services
Estimated value: 25000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: ACHA are seeking to appoint consultants to review current practice in housing design and develop proposals for a revised ACHA New Build Design Guide for social housing. The commission will include reviewing the best practice in new build housing design and to report on the best of the current trends. The cost implications of the design guide will be required and a final New Build Design Guide will be included as the key output of the commission.
b) Review the changing trends in housing needs and demands and report on how these will impact on housing design;
ii. Review the current standards and likely future standards in housing e.g. changes to building standards, eco homes, the code for sustainable homes and other Government initiatives;
iii. Review the changing needs of tenants in the design of their homes, an example is working or studying at home;
v. Review modern methods of construction and off site construction that have been successfully applied to residential housing and the use of innovative materials;
vii. Recommend any sources of additional funding that could be accessed to implement improved design standards;
x. Following a review of the above aspects, recommend the best practice that could be applied by ACHA;
e) Prepare draft report for presentation to ACHA to include all aspects up to and including d) items i to xi;
Stage 1 — Pre-Qualification via the ESPD. The ESPD asks bidders general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this Notice that detail specific requirements. Bidder's must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD (Scotland). Statements including the specific requirements for these questions can be found within Section III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of the Contract Notice.
Complete the scored ESPD Section 4C Technical and Professional ability. Statements for these scored questions can be found in Section III.1.3) of this Notice. Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below.
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response that fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability.
1 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor and shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/capacity/capability.
2 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable and demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 — Good. Response is relevant and good and is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/ capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall and is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.


Award value: 25000