Tender: UK-Merthyr Tydfil: research and development services and related consultancy services

UK-Merthyr Tydfil: research and development services and related consultancy services

2010/S 55-081540

CONTRACT NOTICE

Works

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Cwm Taf Local Health Board
  St. Tydfil's Hospital, Upper Thomas Street
  Mr Paul Western Project Manager, Primary Care Manager Tel +44 1443744849
  Expressions of Interest: Mrs. Adele Cahill, Head of Procurement & P2P Tel: +44 1685726581
  CF47 0SJMerthyr Tydfil
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1685726581
  jannine.crees@wales.nhs.uk
  +44 1685385198

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

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

  Body governed by public law

  Health

  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

  Cwm Taf Local Health Board [previously Rhondda Cynon Taf teaching local health board].

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

  Works

  Design and execution

  Main site or location of works Aberdare, South Wales.

  NUTS code UKL1

• 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)

  The Cwm Taf Local Health Board (the "Health Board") seeks, as part of its integrated healthcare strategy for primary care premises, to appoint a suitably qualified developer/contractor to design and build a new healthcare resource centre (the "Centre") at a suitable location to replace the three current GP practises in the Aberdare area whose premises are no longer fit for purpose. In addition to providing GP services to the local population, the Centre will also provide community dental and health services. The appointed contractor will be required to grant the LHB a head lease for a minimum period of 20 years. It is envisaged that the development costs will be funded over the term of the lease by way of rental payments. Further details are set out in the memorandum of information (MOI) which is available on request (see section V1.3 of this notice).

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73000000, 73100000, 73200000, 45000000

• 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

  Excluding VAT 5 000 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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.1.1)
  Deposits and guarantees required

  The contracting authority reserves the right to request parent company and/or other guarantees of financial liability.

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

  As set out in the contract documents.

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

  None specified, save that in the case of a partnership or consortia or other groups of more than one legal entity, liability shall be joint and several. In the case of consortia, one party must act as 'prime contractor'.

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

  Yes

  As set out in the contract documents.

• 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, whose affairs are being administered by the courts, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who 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 courts or for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceeding under national laws or regulations;

  (c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;

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

  (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 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 those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for qualitative selection;

  Any economic operator may be excluded from participation if it fulfills any of the criteria listed in Regulation 23 of the public Contracts Regulations 2006/Article 45 EU Directive 2004/18/EC. The pre-qualification questionnaire ("PQQ), which is available on request, will provide further details.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: The PQQ, which will be available on request, will provide further details.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  The PQQ, which will be available on request, will provide further details.

• 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 4

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out 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 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.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  T232 OJEU

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 16.4.2010 - 17:00

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

  21.4.2010 - 17:00

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

• 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

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  No

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

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  The PQQ must be completed and returned with the request to participate. Instructions for registration of interest and obtaining both the MOI and PQQ are detailed at the end of this advertisement, using electronic tendering via BRAVO systems. Bidders can request a PQQ until 5 days before the deadline for submission. The contracting authority will not accept request's for PQQs after this date.

  Bidders who request a PQQ will also be provided with the MOI which will provide outline information in relation to the procurement of the Centre,

  All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of bidders.

  The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole or in part, or annul the tendering process and not award any contract.

  All documents are to be priced in sterline and all payments made in sterling.

  In relation to Section 11.1.9 above - variants will be accepted to the extent permitted (if at all).

  The Contracting Authority may elect to conduct the tender process (in part) electronically using the internet.

  Buy4Wales Reference Number: 19836.

• 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: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the final contract is entered into. Bidders have 2 working days from the notification of award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from your procurement lead. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court, (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any usch action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and pay award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

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

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

  17.3.2010