Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

• I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

  For the attention of: Kelly Faulds
  Contact: Corporate Governance
  City of Edinburgh Council
  Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street
  Edinburgh
  EH8 8BG
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Tel: +44 1315293415

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk

  Further information can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

• I.2) Type of the contracting authority

  Regional or local authority

• I.3) Main activity

  General public services

• I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

• II.1) Description

  • II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

    Hoists, Lifting & Associated Equipment - Planned Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance Works.

  • II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

    Services

    Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services

    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: City of Edinburgh Council Boundary.

    NUTS code UKM25

  • II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract

  • II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

    Not provided

  • II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    The City of Edinburgh Council wishes to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contracting organisation to undertake the delivery of planned maintenance, manage associated inspection and testing work and undertake reactive maintenance on hoists, lifting and associated equipment within the City of Edinburgh Council’s property list, as part of a term contract agreement.

    The Contractors shall provide all necessary all-inclusive services to carry out the works let under this contract.

    The works will generally comprise of:

    — planned maintenance, testing and inspection on hoists, lifting and associated equipment,

    — reactive maintenance to hoists, lifting and associated equipment with attendance times ranging from 1 hour to 1 working day.

    The ability to provide a fully reactive service, including weekends is a mandatory requirement for this project.

    The contract commences on the 1.4.2013 to the 31.3.2016 with an option to extend for a further 12 months to the 31.3.2017.

    Contractors wishing to apply for this contract must be approved by the various equipment manufacturers and / or members of B.H.T.A (the British Healthcare Trades Association) or equal/approved member association.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    51100000, 50712000, 50710000, 51511100, 51511000

  • II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

  • II.1.8) Lots

    This contract is divided into lots: no

  • II.1.9) Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted: no

• II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

  • II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

    The estimated total value of the works is anticipated at approximately 800 000 GBP over the four years of the contract.

    The works are to the City of Edinburgh Council property list which has a wide spectrum of properties which includes, but not limited to, schools, libraries, care homes, offices, multi storey and medium rise housing etc.

    It should be noted that the volume and value of projects instructed under this contract are indicative of historical work programmes and cannot be guaranteed. No claim for loss of profit, direct or indirect disruption costs or loss/expense will be considered where the volume and value of the works instructed under this contract varies from those stated.

    Estimated value excluding VAT: 800 000 GBP

  • II.2.2) Information about options

    Options: no

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

• II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

  Starting 1.4.2013. Completion 31.3.2016

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

• III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

  • III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

    Not provided

  • III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

    Terms of Finance and Payment will be included in the Invitation to Tender documentation.

  • III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    Joint and several Liability.

  • III.1.4) Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes

    Description of particular conditions: The Council shall retain the right to assess the performance of the appointed organisations on a regular basis and, where appropriate, terminate the contract without payment for loss of profit or abortive costs.

• III.2) Conditions for participation

  • III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.

    (2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.

    (3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.

    (4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.

    (5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.

    (6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

    (7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.

    (8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established

    (9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

    As per tender documents.

  • III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank.

    (2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.

    (3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

    Full requirements are included in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire which is available for download.

  • III.2.3) Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    (1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.

    (2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract.

    (3) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards.

    (4) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided.

    (5) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

    (6) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate.

    (7) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

    Contractors wishing to apply for this contract must be approved by the various equipment manufacturers and / or members of B.H.T.A (The British Healthcare Trades Association) or equal/approved association.

    As per tender documents.

  • III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

    Not provided

• III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

  • III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

    Not provided

  • III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Not provided

Section IV: Procedure

• IV.1) Type of procedure

  • IV.1.1) Type of procedure

    Restricted

  • IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

    Envisaged minimum number 5

    Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Capacity, Technical Expertise, Previous Experience, Financial Standing, Health & Safety, Environmental, Sustainability, Business Continuity.

    Five applicants will be invited to tender providing that the minimum quality threshold is achieved.

  • IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Not provided

• IV.2) Award criteria

  • IV.2.1) Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below

    1. Quality. Weighting 40

    2. Cost. Weighting 60

  • IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no

• IV.3) Administrative information

  • IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

    KF

  • IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    Not provided

  • IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Not provided

  • IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    22.10.2012 - 12:00

  • IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

    12.11.2012

  • IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    English.

  • IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    Not provided

  • IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

    Not provided

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  Not provided

• VI.2) Information about European Union funds

  Not provided

• VI.3) Additional information

  Prospective organisations able to demonstrate relevant experience and proven ability should register their interest at www.edin-tend.co.uk where they may download and complete the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire by 12 Noon on Monday 22.10.2012.

  The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire will be available for immediate download when your note of interest is processed.

  The short-listed applicants invited to tender for this contract will be selected on the basis of a questionnaire issued to all applicants responding to this notice.

  It is envisaged that five organisations will be invited to tender.

  The subsequent process shall seek to identify those organisations offering the services that are considered to be the most economically advantageous to the Council.

  Subject to the contracting authority's obligations under law the contracting authority undertakes to use its best endeavours to hold confidential any information provided by the applicants during this selection process. If the applicant considers that any of the information submitted is sensitive and should not be disclosed to third parties then this should be stated in writing at the time of submission. In the event that a formal request is received for disclosure of information during or after the selection process and the information sought has been identified by the applicant as sensitive, then the contracting authority will consider its obligations under law and consult with the applicant before responding to such a request.

  (SC Ref:235294).

• VI.4) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Not provided

  • VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will issue to all tenderers by electronic means a formal Award Decision Notification. The notification will give reasons for the award decision and the earliest date that the contract will be concluded, which date shall be not less than ten days from the date of issue of the notification. If proceedings are served on the Contracting Authority in relation to a contract that has not been entered into, the procurement process will be automatically suspended. The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 provide for aggrieved parties to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Any proceedings brought under the Regulations (other than proceedings seeking an ineffectiveness order) must be brought within 30 days of the date on which the unsuccessful tenderer knew, or ought to have known, of the alleged infringement of the public procurement rules. Any proceedings seeking an ineffectiveness order must be brought within 30 days of the relevant date under Regulation 47(9).

  • VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

    Not provided

• VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

  18.9.2012