Procurement of a Contractor for Housing Repairs and Maintenance Works and Services Contract

Tender description

Milton Keynes City Council (the 'Authority') invites expression of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations in relation to its contract for housing repairs and maintenance works and services (the Contract). The Contract is to deliver a programme of both planned and reactive repairs and maintenance works across its housing stock which is made up of various residential blocks of flats, houses, maisonettes, bungalows, garages and travellers sites. The Authority is seeking a contractor to deliver the works and services in a manner that will maximise the use of the latest technology, processes and management techniques to deliver high quality services that are customer focused, right first time and provide excellent value for money for the Authority whilst supporting and enhancing the Authority’s values and aims. Lot 1: The procurement is for the Authority's contract for Housing Repairs and Maintenance works and services (R&M Works and Services). The Authority is seeking a single contract to deliver a programme of both planned and reactive repairs and maintenance works across its housing stock which is made up of various residential blocks of flats, houses, maisonettes, bungalows, garages and travellers sites. The Authority is conducting this procurement through the competitive procedure with negotiation in accordance with Regulation 29 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (‘PCR’) and will be carrying out the procurement procedure in successive stage. Further information is set out in the procurement documents. To express interest, economic operators must complete and return responses to the selection questionnaire which uses the Common Assessment Standard (the CAS Questionnaire or CQ) in accordance with the instructions set out in the procurement documents. The Authority’s needs and requirements for the Contract are included in the procurement documents published with this notice. This procurement is undertaken pursuant to the competitive procedure with negotiation using an electronic tendering system. Economic operators will need to register on the portal to participate and the registration is free. All documentation is available from and all communication is to be conducted via the portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/ This procurement shall take place in successive stages as referenced in Regulation 29(19) of the PCR. Following submission of the completed CQs, the Authority will apply the selection criteria, as set out in the procurement documents. Based upon the selection criteria set out in the CQ, the Authority intends to shortlist and invite the top four (4) scoring economic operators to progress from the selection stage to the invitation to participate in negotiation and submission of initial tender stage provided there are sufficient economic operators that submit and pass the selection stage. Each of the economic operators shortlisted at the selection stage will be invited to submit initial tenders. Following the evaluation of the initial tenders, in accordance with the evaluation methodology set out in the procurement documents, the Authority will, either make an award based on the initial tenders or, as is the Authority’s current intention, invite the economic operators to participate in negotiation. Following conclusion of the negotiation the Authority shall invite the economic operators to submit final tenders. The final tenders shall be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation methodology set out in the procurement documentation and the Authority shall make an award accordingly. The Authority reserves the right to add stages or revise this process and/or to discontinue all or part of this procurement process at any stage at any time and not to award a contract for some or all of the R&M Works and Services for which responses are invited for any reason. Additional information: The Contract Period will be for a term of 5 (five) years commencing on 05 August 2025 with an option for the Authority to extend the Contract Period for a further period of 5 (five) years on not less than 6 (six) months prior written notice to the Contractor prior to the end of the initial Contract Period.