Tender: UK-Birmingham: environmental decontamination services

UK-Birmingham: environmental decontamination services

2010/S 144-222441

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: E-mail: West Midlands Police
  Police HQ , Lloyd House
  Mr Pete Whale
  B4 6NQBirmingham
  UNITED KINGDOM
  whale_57400@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk

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

  Public order and safety

  Other West Midlands Police Service

  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

  Decontamination services.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 16

  Main place of performance West Midlands Police geographic area.

  NUTS code UKG

• 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)

  West Midlands Police are seeking a suitably qualified supplier to provide decontamination services for the whole West Midlands geographical area for reception areas, cells, vehicles, crime scenes and associated areas as detailed in the specification. It is essential that a 24/7, 365/6 day per year service can be delivered with a response time that does not exceed 2 hours. The tender process will be conducted via the bluelight e tendering portal at www.bluelight.gov.uk. Prospective tenderers are advised to register in the first instance after which the relevant documents can be downloaded. Questions will only be responded to if they are submitted via the Q and A facility within the bluelight e tendering portal. Documents will be available until 9:00 am on 27.8.2010. No questions will be accepted after 11.8.2010. Completed tender documents must be returned by 12:00 on 27.8.2010.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  90722200

• 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

  No

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

  Estimates are based on historical purchases in the West Midlands Police geographical area. No volume of orders or value will be guaranteed in respect of this contract.

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

• 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

  Tendered prices must be in sterling. Any invoices will be paid in sterling with settlement within 30 days of receipt of a correctly completed invoice after goods or service has been received.

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

• 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: Any supplier may be disqualified who: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: to be specified in the tender document.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: To be specified in the tender document.

  Minimum level (s) of standards possibly required: Full independent financial checks will be carried out prior to the award of the contract.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  To be specified in the tender document.

  Minimum level (s) of standards possibly required.

• 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

  Yes

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Open

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.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

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

  No

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

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 27.8.2010 - 09:00

  Payable documents No

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

  27.8.2010 - 09:00

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

  19.7.2010

• 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

  Duration in days 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

• IV.3.8)
  Conditions for opening tenders

  Date: 27.8.2010 - 12:00

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No

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 contract will be for an initial 3 years with the option to extend thereafter for a further 2 x 12 months. This Procurement is not in accordance with the EU Regulations, as it is a Part B Service.

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

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

  19.7.2010