Decision

The award of this contract will enable the
Council to continue to meet the decent homes standard and comply
with all associated compliance and health and safety regulations
and for the Council to continue to meet its ongoing Corporate
Priority; “Your Home".
This will be a 3-year call off contract, with a potential to extend
for a further 3 years (3+ 1+1+1). The estimated annual spend for
the Council for this contract is £25500, which is within the
approved budget for this work within the Housing Revenue
Account.
The decision is to award the above contract to by Stannah Lifts
Limited.

Reasons for the decision

Following an open tender process (which is
fully compliant with EU procurement rules), eight tenders were
received.
All tenders were evaluated independently by officers in accordance
with the evaluation criteria set out in the documents provided to
the bidding organisations.
Following that evaluation process the tender submitted by Stannah
Lifts Ltd was the highest scoring tender overall which was based on
60% quality and 40% price.

Alternative options considered

Option 1 - Do nothing. The Council will be
unable to service and maintain these critical assets and would not
be compliant with the requirements of The Lifting Operations and
Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) Not recommended.
Option 2 – Award the contract to an alternative contractor
– This is not considered to be appropriate because, following
the evaluation process, by Stannah Lifts Ltd submitted the most
economically advantageous tender. Not recommended.