CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG's) 2025-2027

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is establishing an approved list of contractors to carry out adaptation works, funded by Disabled Facilities Grants, for residents in privately rented or owner occupied properties.

The contractor will be directly appointed by the client and the works will require contractors to enter into contracts with owners or tenants of private properties benefitting from a Disabled Facilities Grant, which is administered by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. The Council will not be party to the contract and the liability to pay for the adaptations will be the residents.

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council cannot give any guarantee of likely or potential business levels that could be achieved through this approved list and requirements will be on purely a client request/need basis.

The approved list will be split into the following types of work:

Lot 1 - DFG Building Works.

Lot 2 - Wet room or bathroom adaptations (to include plumbing).

Lot 3 - Provision of Heating Systems.

Lot 4 - Electrical Installation.

Lot 5 - Stair lifts (Curved & Straight).

Lot 6 - External Lifts.

Lot 7 - Through Floor Lifts.

Contractors can apply to be included on to the approved list for one, more or all lots.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140147

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

As identified in the project documentation.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

This procurement exercise is being run by the Authority's e-tendering portal Bravo Solutions. (https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk). Tender documents are only available via the Bravo Solutions portal.

Companies must be registered on the Bravo Solutions portal to gain access to documents. Registration to this site is free of charge.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is administering this procurement opportunity electronically via the Etenderwales portal.

All documentation has been uploaded to enable direct access following registration.

NB: You must download all documentation directly from the portal, tender documents will not be communicated by any other means.

E-Tender access information:

— Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

— The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.

— Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.

— The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.

— On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.

— The Password will be sent by e-mail to the e-mail address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.

— In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.

— Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click ‘Forgot your password?’.

— Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.

— If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.

— Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.

— Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).

— Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration.

Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.

— The Help desk is available Monday-Friday: 8:00-18:00.

Telephone: +44 8003684852 e-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

— Application responses must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 12:00 noon Wednesday 12th March 2025.

How to find the PQQ:

— Once logged in you must click on ‘PQQ's Open to all Suppliers'.

— The etender references for this contract are: Project_55213 and pqq_33497.

— Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button'. This will move the PQQ from the ‘Open to all Suppliers' area to the ‘MyPQQ's' on the home page.

— You will then see the full details of the PQQ in the qualification envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments' area.

— Should you have any questions on the PQQ, please use the ‘Messages' area to contact the buyer directly

— Do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.

(WA Ref:140147)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice