Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
LHC Procurement Group for the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)
14601330
2-4 Vine Street
Uxbridge
UB8 1QE
UK
Telephone: +44 1895274800
E-mail: procurement@lhcprocure.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.lhcprocure.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA61405
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lhc/aspx/ProjectManage/36
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lhc/aspx/ProjectManage/36
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public Sector Framework Provider
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Design, Supply and Installation of Permanent and Temporary Modular Buildings
Reference number: MB3
II.1.2) Main CPV code
44211000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
This opportunity has been listed on behalf of LHC and our regional businesses:
Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC)
London and South East (LSE)
Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
South-West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)
Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)
LHC Procurement Group is seeking suitable organisations for our Modular Buildings framework. This new framework will replace LHC's successful Modular Buildings Framework (MB2) Framework which expires May 2025 and will be for the provision of Modular Buildings for the public sector for use by:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Emergency Services
- Offices
- Community related buildings including sport facilities, theatres, & other types of community buildings
- Residential projects where they are part of a mixed use development or for student accommodation for schools and universities
The framework will cover the design, supply, installation and hire of permanent, temporary, and refurbished modular buildings for the public sector and tenderers will be required to offer a full turn key solution, providing all services required to deliver a full project from design through to handover.
The workstreams included in this framework are as follows, please access the tender documentation area of the project to see full details and lots:
Workstream 1 – Permanent Modular Buildings
Workstream 2 – Healthcare Buildings
Workstream 3 – Hire of Temporary Buildings
Workstream 4 – Refurbished Buildings
Whilst this is a national framework, each lot is broken down into a number of regional areas allowing bidders to apply for this framework in the regional areas most suited to them.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
150 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Workstream 1 - Permanent Modular Buildings
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
44211000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Workstream 1 covers the supply and installation of all types of permanent modular buildings EXCEPT healthcare related buildings. This shall include (but not be limited to):
- Educational buildings
- Non-educational buildings
- Buildings for use by emergency services
- Office buildings
- Community related buildings (including sport facilities, theatres and other types of community related buildings)
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: General Technical
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Technical Capability
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Regional Response
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Factory Assessment
/ Weighting: 15
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Optional 12 month extension
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
LHC intend to appoint up to eight (8) bidders per regional area to ensure Clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Workstream 2 - Healthcare Buildings
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
44211000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Workstream 2 covers the supply and installation of permanent modular buildings specifically related to the needs and requirement of healthcare providers. This shall include (but not be limited to):
- Primary healthcare facilities
- Hospital wards and accommodation and
- Specialist operating theatres
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: General Technical
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Technical Capability
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Regional Response
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Factory Assessment
/ Weighting: 15
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Optional 12 month extension
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
LHC intend to appoint up to eight (8) bidders per regional area to ensure Clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Workstream 3 - Hire of Temporary Buildings
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
44211000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Workstream 3 relates to the hire of temporary buildings primarily focused on educational, offices and temporary healthcare facilities however suppliers will be able to offer other type of buildings to hire through this workstream.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: General Technical
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Technical Capability
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Regional Response
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Factory Assessment
/ Weighting: 15
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Optional 12 month extension
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
LHC intend to appoint up to eight (8) bidders per regional area to ensure Clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Workstream 4 - Refurbished Buildings
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
44211000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Workstream 4 relates to the provision of refurbished units either manufactured by the supplier or procured from 3rd party organisations.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: General Technical
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Technical Capability
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Regional Response
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Factory Assessment
/ Weighting: 15
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Optional 12 month extension
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
LHC intend to appoint up to eight (8) bidders per regional area to ensure Clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Bidders will be required to demonstrate they have the appropriate competencies and hold specific qualifications and/or accreditations as appropriate for the scope of services expected to be delivered through each workstream.
Please refer to the MB3 ITT for further information regarding associated requirements.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
For the financial stability assessment, LHCs’ financial team will undertake the following process to carry out a robust assessment of a Bidders' financial standing:
1) Credit score – LHC use Creditsafe to carry out initial checking of a Bidders’ financial status and help inform the subsequent assessments carried out by LHC. Should any financial risk or low score be flagged within the Creditsafe information, LHC may also review independent reports from other credit referencing agencies such as Equifax, Dunn & Bradstreet and Baker Tilly to help inform our assessment.
2) Annual Turnover - Bidders will be assessed based on their average annual turnover for the past 3 years by comparison to the minimum turnover requirements set out in the contract notice and/or tender document documents for the lot/s they have applied for.
3) Profitability, Stability and Liquidity Assessment – Bidders will be assessed on their financial stability based on a range of financial information obtained from the Bidders annual accounts.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
General Technical Questions – These are general quality questions that LHCPG consider to be equally applicable to all workstreams. Irrespective of the number of lots the Bidder is applying for they will only need to complete this once, and the scores provided by LHC following our assessment will be applied consistently for all lots the Bidder applies for. A Bidder response template for these questions is provided.
Workstream Specific Technical Questions - The template/s required to be completed are dependent on the lots the bidder is applying for. A Bidder response template for these questions is provided.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
There will be a total of four general questions and three technical specific workstream questions. Each question will be scored from 0 - 5, with the scoring matrix available in the published ITT.
LHC reserves the right to reject submissions that do not achieve at least 50% of the maximum possible weighted score for the technical questions.
If the bidder should score a 0 (zero) on any of the scored elements of the quality criteria, they shall be deemed not to have achieved a minimum acceptable quality standard.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-018153
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
31/10/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
31/10/2024
Local time: 14:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
LHC Procurement Group Limited is a not for profit central purchasing body acting on behalf of contracting authorities throughout England, Wales and Scotland (including partners of the Scottish Procurement Alliance, Welsh Procurement Alliance, and South West Procurement Alliance) for whom we continue to monitor up to 500 live projects at any one time. Thanks to their ongoing and collective feedback and input into the development of this framework and given the reach and scale of their collective portfolios, the framework is both designed and anticipated to support the vast majority of requirements. Consequently, other contracting authorities that were not specifically consulted in the development of this framework may nevertheless also deem the framework to offer a value for money procurement solution for their own requirements and may also use the framework. As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities in England, Wales and Scotland as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as listed on:
https://www.cpconstruction.org.uk/who-we-work-with/
https://lse.lhcprocure.org.uk/who-we-work-with/
https://www.scottishprocurement.scot/who-we-work-with/
https://www.swpa.org.uk/who-we-work-with/
https://www.welshprocurement.cymru/who-we-work-with/
including, but not limited to Registered social landlords (RSL's), tenant management organisations (TMOs) and arm's length management organisations (ALMOs), local authorities and any subsidiaries and joint-venture vehicles of those local authorities, health authorities, councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services or registered charities.
LHC clients may add community benefit requirements in their call-off contracts from this Framework including but not limited to:
- to generate employment and training opportunities for priority groups;
- vocational training;
- to up-skill the existing workforce;
- equality and diversity initiatives;
- to make sub-contracting opportunities available to SMEs, the third sector and supported businesses;
- supply-chain development activity;
- to build capacity in community organisations;
- educational support initiatives.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=765097.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=775995.
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason:
This framework is designed to focus on the supply of roofing materials from national companies, with little impact on regional community benefit.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=144675.
(WA Ref:144675)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/09/2024