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Award of contract for an Integrated repairs and investment IT platform

ANCHOR HANOVER GROUP

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

24 Apr 2024 at 11:57

Award

28 Mar 2024 at 13:17

Summary of the contracting process

The Anchor Hanover Group has recently completed a procurement process by awarding a contract to Plentific for an Integrated repairs and investment IT platform. This 5-year contract, with an optional extension, involves a PCR compliant tender process resulting in awarding 8 regional contracts across the UK for responsive repairs and asset investment works to Anchor residents. The buying organisation, Anchor Hanover Group, based in London, is focused on delivering services in the software programming and consultancy services industry from January 2025.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses offering software programming and consultancy services, especially those geared towards the housing industry, to compete for regional contracts to provide repairs and asset investment works to Anchor residents. The procurement stage has involved a limited procurement method with an award procedure without prior publication. The contract involves an initial term of 60 months, with the option for a further 60-month extension. The selected supplier, Plentific, provides an off-the-shelf platform that aligns with Anchor's needs to deliver a high-quality service to residents and enhance operational capabilities.

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Notice Title

Award of contract for an Integrated repairs and investment IT platform

Notice Description

Anchor are entering into a 5 year contract with an optional additional 5 year extension with Plentific. Anchor are currently in the process of tendering the repairs and asset investments works contracts for delivery from January 2025. A PCR compliant tender process is underway which will result in the award of 8 regional contracts across the UK for the delivery of responsive repairs and asset investment works to all Anchor residents. Anchor have been pursuing a solution to integrate the IT systems for new contracts with existing IT systems which is fit for purpose to enable the new contracts to deliver the required service for residents. Anchor are entering into a 5 year contract with an optional additional 5 year extension with Plentific. A Voluntary Ex Ante Notice was published 28th March 2024 and Anchor have observed the 10 day standstill period.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Anchor are currently in the process of tendering the responsive repairs and asset investments works contracts for delivery from January 2025 in line with the Public Contract Regulations (2015). The tender process is underway which will result in the award of 8 regional contracts across the UK for the delivery of responsive repairs and asset investment works to all Anchor residents. Anchor have been pursuing a solution to integrate the IT systems for the new contracts with existing IT systems which is fit for purpose to enable the new contracts to deliver the required service for residents, This includes the delivery of a portal to report and diagnose repairs as well as provide real time tracking for repairs. The platform is able to support appointments, diagnosis, scheduling and triage of works, along with real time progress tracking for orders. The platform also has to handle rules relating to the commercial model in the repairs and investment contracts, including Price per property, exclusions, and differing resident tenures. This was initially envisaged to be a bespoke solution built to Anchors needs, * 'Plentific' offer a solution that can provide the integration SaaS iPaaS service specifically for the housing industry . * This approach offers access to Plentific Marketplace as a backup to main contractors, enhancing resident service. * The Plentific platform also provides the opportunity to provide significantly improved functionality to transform operational capabilities by replacing functionality in existing systems. It will enable us to optimise the allocation of work to our supply chain partners based upon delivery costs and service performance. Plentific have an off the shelf platform which has capability to rapidly integrate Anchor's core systems with multiple contracts combined with the following functionality: * A customer portal with integrated diagnostic capabilities which can also be used for colleagues. * Manage the end-to-end repairs process * An asset registry * A Marketplace that provides the ability to access additional supply chain capacity when required * Integrated reporting and analytics capabilities * The ability to manage compliance activities * The ability to manage the delivery of planned works projects * The capability to manage multiple different types of inspections and manage the associated workflow of actions. Anchor are entering into an initial 5 year contract with an option to extend for a further 5 years.

Options: The initial term is for 60 months with an optional extension of an additional 60 months.

Procurement Information

Explanation: Anchor considers that Plentific is the only economic operator capable of delivering the services on the basis that competition is absent for technical reasons. Competition is absent due to the combination of Plentific's proven ability to rapidly integrate Anchor's core systems with multiple contracts combined with a fully integrated platform that provides the following functionality: * A customer portal with integrated diagnostic capabilities * Manage the end-to-end repairs process * An asset registry * A Marketplace that provides the ability to access additional supply chain capacity when required * Integrated reporting and analytics capabilities * The ability to manage compliance activities * The ability to manage the delivery of planned works projects * The capability to manage multiple different types of inspections and manage the associated workflow of actions. Whilst elements of the Plentific platform are available to be called-off from the CCS GCloud 13 Framework Agreement, this route to market does not provide the full suite of services required by Anchor in order to provide Anchor residents with the best available solution. Anchor has considered alternative options, and does not consider that there is an equivalent service provision available on the market which would provide an integrated full suite of services In order to deliver for residents the best result from the competitively tendered PCR compliant repairs and maintenance process a platform to integrate the systems and provide appropriate repairs, planned works and compliance functionality is required. In order to deliver the best results for Anchor residents under the competitively tendered repairs and asset investment contracts (that are currently the subject of a regulated procurement procedure), Anchor requires a platform which is appropriately aligned to Anchor's repairs, planned works and compliance functionality, and which integrates with its existing systems. Anchor considers that there are no alternative solutions with a proven ability to integrate with all of Anchor's existing and proposed systems within the required timescales, and which can deliver all of the requisite services. Benchmarking demonstrates that value for money can be achieved through this process which provides the optimum outcome for residents

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-044e41
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013293-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£7,864,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Apr 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Mar 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ANCHOR HANOVER GROUP
Contact Name
Lorraine Sawyer
Contact Email
lorraine.sawyer@anchor.org.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC1E 7HJ
Post Town
Central London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Bloomsbury
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PLENTIFIC

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