Tender: UK-Sheffield: funeral and related services
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UK-Sheffield: funeral and related services
2010/S 49-072755
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
- I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Town Hall, PO Box 1283, Contact: Commercial Services, Attn: Paula Atkinson-Philpott, Sheffield S1 1UJ, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1142736365. E-mail: paula.atkinson-philpott@sheffield.gov.uk. Fax +44 1142735713.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.scms.alito.co.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0143.
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:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
Housing and community amenities.
Social protection.
Education.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
- II.1)DESCRIPTION
- II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Contract for the provision of funeral and funeral services.
- II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 25.
Main place of performance: In and around Sheffield City Boundary.
NUTS code: UK.
- II.1.3)The notice involves:
A public contract.
- II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The provision of funeral and funeral services required in and around Sheffield predominantly, this provision is primarily aimed at those deceased with no relatives.
The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 imposes a duty on a Local Authority to make arrangements for burial or cremation of any person who dies in its area, where it is satisfied that no other arrangements have been made or are being made.
- II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
98370000.
- II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
- II.1.8)Division into lots:
No.
- II.1.9)Variants will be accepted:
Yes.
- II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
- II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 GBP.
- II.2.2)Options:
Yes.
Description of these options: Three Year Contract with an option to extend for a further two years.
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
- 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: (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.
- III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) 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.
- III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
- III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
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:
III.2.3)Technical capacity:
III.2.4)Reserved contracts:
III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
- IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
- IV.1.1)Type of procedure:
Open.
- IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
- IV.2.1)Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
- IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used:
No.
- IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
- IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
23.4.2010 - 12:00.
- IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
English.
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
- VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
- VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
(MT Ref:64239).
- VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
9.3.2010.
VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
