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The Consortium comprising Midlothian Council and East Lothian Council propose to continue the supply of temporary accommodation to Housing Service customers through a Private Sector Leasing (PSL) scheme. The current scheme has been in place since ...

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Midlothian Council
Midlothian House, Buccleuch Street
Contact point(s): Procurement
For the attention of: Tim Higgins
EH22 1DN Dalkeith
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1315615237
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1316542797

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.midlothian.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00336

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

East Lothian Council

Midlothian Council

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Agency Services for the Management of Accommodation Sourced from the Private Rented Market.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Midlothian and East Lothian.

NUTS code UKM2

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Consortium comprising Midlothian Council and East Lothian Council propose to continue the supply of temporary accommodation to Housing Service customers through a Private Sector Leasing (PSL) scheme. The current scheme has been in place since 2007 and the Consortium is again now seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations to take forward the Private Sector Leasing scheme. The Consortium previously included Scottish Borders Council, but they will not take part in this second generation of the contract.
The key objectives of the Private Sector Leasing Scheme are to:
-Significantly reduce the use and time spent in B&B; accommodation for homeless households.
-Procure / Manage accommodation from the private rented market for Housing Service customers.
-Widen the range of short and medium term housing options for Housing Service customers.
Tenants will be from 16 years upwards with varying degrees of support needs and a few requiring, at least at the beginning of the tenancy, high support but they will be people who have been judged capable of sustaining a tenancy with support.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

70300000, 55250000, 98341000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 3 624 362 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Quality. Weighting 60
2. Price. Weighting 40
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
MID/13/06
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2013/S 119-203693 of 21.6.2013

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: MID/13/06 Lot title: Provision of Agency Services for Management of Accommodation Sourced from Private Rented Market
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
8.10.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 2
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Orchard And Shipman Group
Sugar Bond House, 2 Anderson Place
EH6 5NP Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
(SC Ref:281719)
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
16.10.2013