UK-Glasgow: closed-circuit surveillance system

2010/S 48-071158

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

  Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, 12 West George Street, Contact: Robert Marshall, Attn: Irene Cowie, Glasgow G2 1HN, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1413333567 / 1413333264. E-mail: procurement@spt.co.uk [1]. Fax +44 1413333224.

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: www.spt.co.uk [2].

  Address of the buyer profile: http://spt.g2b.info.cgi-gen/profile [3].

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

• I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

  Body governed by public law.

  General public services.

  Other: Transport.

  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:

  UK-Glasgow: consolidated CCTV maintenance contract.

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

  Services.

  Service category: No 1.

  Main place of performance: South Western Scotland.

  NUTS code: UKM3.

• II.1.3)The notice involves:

  A public contract.

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:

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

  SPT wish to hear from suppliers who can provide full and comprehensive CCTV maintenance support across various sites within its infrastructure. The contract will be for a minimum of 3 years with an option for a further 2 years. The contract will include preventative maintenance, all call-outs and emergency repairs, off-site equipment repairs and replacement, also full software and IT support. The contract will require guaranteed response times of within 4 hours for serious faults and 24 hours for all other faults.

  It is envisaged that the successful supplier would have related experience with multi-modal transport infrastructure, across various geographical sites.

  Tenderers will be invited to submit prices for 1 or more lots.

  Lot 1 = Consort House and bus stations;

  Lot 2 = Consort House and subway;

  Lot 3 = Consort House and bus stations and subway.

  A current list of hardware/software by location is attached to the PQQ. More details will be provided at the tender stage.

  Additional sites and equipment may need to be added throughout the duration of the Contract.

  All potential tenderers must express an interest by completing a pre-qualification questionaire which is available from the SPT website: http://spt.g2b.info/cgi-gen/profile [4]. If you have problems finding the PQQ please email procurement@spt.co.uk [5] . All PQQs will be scored and evaluated to enable selection to tender stage. Only information provided in the PQQ will be evaluated. The tender selection process will be based on the most economically advantageous tender. The tender evaluation criteria will be based on a quality/price ratio of 70/30 with the following criteria not necessarily in order of priority or weighting: technical competency, maintenance methodology, experience in similar projects, off-site repair facilities, IT support and quality of tender submission. It is anticipated that the contact will commence on 1.9.2010.

  Closed-circuit surveillance system. Repair and maintenance services of video equipment.

• II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

  32235000, 50343000.

• II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

  No.

• II.1.8)Division into lots:

  Yes.

  Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.

• II.1.9)Variants will be accepted:

  Yes.

• II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

  Lot 1 = Consort House and bus stations;

  Lot 2 = Consort House and subway;

  Lot 3 = Consort House and bus stations and subway.

  SPT preference will be to award lot 3 but lots 1 and 2 can be awarded individually.

  Estimated value excluding VAT: 85 000 GBP.

• II.2.2)Options:

  Yes.

  Description of these options: Lot 1 = Consort House and bus stations;

  Lot 2 = Consort House and subway;

  Lot 3 = Consort House and bus stations and subway.

• II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

  Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract).

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

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

• 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.

  Parties seeking inclusion on the tender list are required to indicate whether they are a company or a group of companies. In either case the ultimate parent company should be identified. No special legal form is required but in the event of an associated group of companies being successful the partnership will require each company in the group to be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract. This assurance will require to be confirmed in writing before any contract can be awarded to such a group. Group bidders must identify the lead contractor.

• III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:

  No.

• 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 requirements are met: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

  (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

  (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

  (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

  (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

  (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

  (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

  (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

• III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

  (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

  Please refer to the PQQ.

• III.2.3)Technical capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Please refer to the PQQ.

• III.2.4)Reserved contracts:

  No.

• III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
• III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

  No.

• III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:

  No.

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: 3. Maximum number: 6

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Based on the information contained in the PQQ.

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

• IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)Award criteria:

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

  Technical competency. Weighting: 15.

  IT support. Weighting: 15.

  Maintenance methodology. Weighting: 10.

  Experience in similar projects. Weighting: 10.

  Off-site repair facilities. Weighting: 10.

  Quality of tender submission. Weighting: 10.

• IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used:

  No.

• IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

  10/CON/REV/05/015.

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

  No.

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

  Payable documents: no.

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

  7.4.2010 - 10:00.

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

  23.4.2010.

• 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:

• IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:

  Place: As I.1.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.

  Chief Procurement Officer.

  Procurement Officer.

  Assistant Procurement Officer.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

  Yes.

  Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 05.03.2013.

• VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:

  No.

• VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  a) Prequalification to tender stage is necessary. PQQ can be downloaded from SPT buyer profile. Four (4) paper copies of all expressions of interest documentation must be returned to SPT;

  b) The awarding authority reserves the right to choose freely from the list of applications for tendering and to reject same based on the information supplied;

  c) SPT reserves the right to disqualify any candidate or company who fails to provide information requested or provides incorrect or untrue information;

  d) Registration for inclusion on the list of tenderers by any party does not guarantee that they will be included on a final list of tenderers;

  e) Tender evaluation qualitative criteria will be measured as per award criteria at IV.2.1.

  Potential Tenderers may be invited to attend site visits to SPT locations prior to tender returns (if required).

  f) Tenderers should note that as a public body Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is bound by the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) 2002. All information submitted to SPT may therefore require to be disclosed and or published by the partnership in compliance with the act. SPT may share information contained in a tender with the office of fair trading, any other relevant government regulators and in any public report produced for members of SPT partnership. Accordingly if tenderers consider that any information contained within the expression of interest or resulting tender should not be disclosed, their return should identify the information and explain why the information should not be disclosed.

  GO reference: GO 10030531/01.

• VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:

• VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: For European tenders SPT will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract as this is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of three working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Should such additional information be required please contact those persons or contact point in section I.1.

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

• VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  5.3.2010.