CT0102 - DLO Minor Works

A Contract Award Notice
by NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Works)
Duration: not specified
Value: £1M

Sector: CONSTRUCTION
Published: 06 Feb 2023
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Northern Ireland:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Northern Ireland Housing Executive Belfast

1 supplier

Mamo Building Services Armagh

Description

The Contracting Authority has appointed Contractors for the provision of comprehensive minor works following a competitive procurement Competition

Lot Division

Belfast

he Contracting Authority has appointed a Contractor for the provision of comprehensive minor works in this lot following a competitive procurement Competition. Additional information: This contract was awarded on 21st December 2021 following a competitive procurement process. conducted on eTendersNI. The modification communicated to the market within this Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice do not apply to the value of lot 1 Belfast.

South Portadown and Craigavon

The Contracting Authority has appointed a Contractor for the provision of comprehensive minor works in this lot following a competitive procurement Competition. Additional information: The Contracting Authority awarded each Lot Contract detailed herein on 21st December 2021 following a competitive procurement process conducted on eTendersNI. The Contracting Authority extended each Lot Contract on 18th August 2022. Each Lot Contract is now due to expire at midnight on 5th January 2024.. This Lot Contract was awarded on 21st December 2021 following a competitive procurement process conducted on eTendersNI. The Contracting Authority previously exercised its right under Regulation 72 (1)(c) on 05th December 2022 Notice reference 2022/S 000-034288 to increase the value from (£741,750) by 50% (+ £370,875), bringing the total value of the Lot. Contract to £1,112,625. The Contracting Authority intends to further exercise its right under Regulation 72 (1)(c) of the Public Contract. Regulations 2015 to modify the original value of this Lot Contract (£741,750) by 50% (+ £370,875). This means the total value of the Lot. Contract will now be £1,483,500. The Contracting Authority does not consider this modification to alter the overall nature of the Contract. Refer to 'Annex D1 – General procurement' within this notice for details..

Award Detail

1	Mamo Building Services (Armagh) South (Portadown and Craigavon) Reference: 003576-2023-1 Value: £1,483,500

CPV Codes

45210000 - Building construction work

Indicators

Options are available.

Legal Justification

The Contracting Authority awarded each Lot Contract detailed herein on 21st December 2021 following a competitive procurement process conducted on eTendersNI. The Contracting Authority extended each Lot Contract on 18th August 2022. Each Lot Contract is now due to expire at midnight on 5th January 2024. Unprecedented industrial action commenced after the Contracting Authority applied the extension. The industrial action is causing a significant reduction of available key personnel within the workforce of the Contracting Authority's Direct Labour Organisation's (the "DLO") to undertake the statutory response maintenance works. Mamo Building Services Ltd ("Mamo") agreed to provide backup support at the start of the industrial action in September. The additional expenditure associated with this backup support provision is projected to breach the total value specified in the original Contract Award Notice and the modified value advised in the previous VEAT Notice of Lot Contract (Lot 2 'South (Portadown and Craigavon)), in which Mamo are the incumbent Contractor. The provision of this requirement is critical to enable the Contracting Authority to discharge its statutory housing duty. The DLO explored and subsequently discounted potential options intended to mitigate the risk of an intolerable gap in these essential works. The Contracting Authority therefore intends to exercise its right under Regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 to further modify the total value of Lot Contract: Lot 2 South (Portadown and Craigavon) in which Mamo are the incumbent Contractor As per section II.2.14 of this VEAT Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the modification relates to the total value of Lot 2 South (Portadown and Craigavon). The value of Lot 1 Belfast is not being modified. DLO plans for the modified value of Lot 2 'South (Portadown and Craigavon)’ to enable works to continue until approximately April 2023, unless the industrial action is extended, in which case the modified total value may spend out much quicker. The Contracting Authority therefore anticipates current Lot Contracts: Lot 1 ‘Belfast’ and Lot 2 'South (Portadown and Craigavon’) of CT0102 may come to an end before their extended expiry dates but prior to the start of the replacement contract(s). DLO only received confirmation of the industrial action nine days before industrial action commenced. The Contracting Authority has never before experienced industrial action of this magnitude, the duration of which is well outside the norm and completely unforeseeable (September - ongoing at time of publication of this notice). This modification does not materially alter the nature of the contract, nor does it introduce any conditions that would have allowed for the admission or acceptance of a different tender. No change to the scope of works required within the contract will occur during the contract period. The works associated with the additional expenditure are necessary to prevent a catastrophic stoppage of works by sustaining a compliant mechanism enabling Mamo to continue delivering this statutory, strategically critical requirement. The Contracting Authority is currently finalising tender documentation to replace these incumbent contracts. It is envisaged these will be advertised in the coming days.