GB-Thurrock: Technical Support for Housing Estate Regeneration Programme

Thurrock Council is currently 3 years into its Transforming Homes programme, which seeks to improve council owned properties up to and beyond Decent Homes standard. The Council has secured funding through its Housing Zone designation to investigate the potential to bring forward an Estate Regeneration programme which could form part of the wider Government sponsored Estate Renewal initiative.

The Council is seeking to appoint an organisation to provide technical support to the Estate Regeneration programme. It is anticipated that this support will be provided through a member of staff who can be embedded within the Council's Housing Development Team for the duration of the contract which is expected to be for a period of approximately 18 months.

Additional information: :

The deadline for submission of tenders is 12.00 noon on 13th May 2016.

The estimated value of this contract is between £80,000 and £120,000.

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authority must consider:

• (a)how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
• (b)how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.

Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being. These priorities are described in the Invitation To Tender and are reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract.

The Council considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

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