Tender: UK-Leicester: construction work for sports facilities

UK-Leicester: construction work for sports facilities

2010/S 146-225563

CONTRACT NOTICE

Works

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. Fax De Montfort Univeristy
  Procurement Services, Finance Dept, The Gateway
  Mrs J Mistry, Deputy Procurement Manager
  LE1 9BHLeicester
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1162506338
  +44 1162506069

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.dmu.ac.uk

  Address of the buyer profile https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort

  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

  Education

  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

  495 New leisure centre.

• 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 De Montfort University, Duns Lane, City Campus, Leicester, UK.

  NUTS code UKF21

• 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)

  Provision for the design and construction of a new leisure centre comprising 8 sports hallcourts, 25 metres 6 lane - short course competition swimming pool, wet and dry changing facilities, fitness suite, two aerobics/dance studios, saunas, climbing wall, cafe area, meeting room and associated administration offices and ancillary spaces.

  The gross internal floor area is approximately 3 900 square metres.

  The form of procurement is single stage design and build and tenders will be based on employers requirements including design information developed to RIBA Plan of Work stage D.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  45212200

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

  No

• 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

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 4 500 000 and 5 500 000 GBP

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Starting 4.4.2011. Completion 27.7.2012

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)
  CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
• III.1.1)
  Deposits and guarantees required

  Contract guarantee bond to be provided.

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

  Interim payments monthly in arrears.

• 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 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: Please refer to contractor pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for further details.

  The PQQ is available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort which is the website of the In-Tend e-tendering system that the University is using to manage this procurement.

  The site included instructions on how to register, download documents and correspond with the University about the PQQ stage.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to contractor pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for further details.

  The PQQ is available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort which is the website of the In-Tend e-tendering system that the University is using to manage this procurement.

  The site included instructions on how to register, download documents and correspond with the University about the PQQ stage.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Please refer to contractor pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for further details.

  The PQQ is available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort which is the website of the In-Tend e-tendering system that the University is using to manage this procurement.

  The site included instructions on how to register, download documents and correspond with the University about the PQQ stage.

• 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

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

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 maximum number 6

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please refer to contractor pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for further details.

  The PQQ is available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort which is the website of the In-Tend e-tendering system that the University is using to manage this procurement.

  The site included instructions on how to register, download documents and correspond with the University about the PQQ stage.

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

  495

• 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 25.8.2010

  Payable documents No

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

  3.9.2010

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

  Place

  Place online in the e-tendering system.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening ceremony.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  Authorised staff with access to the online opening ceremony.

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

• 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 University will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract award 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 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from contacts at the address in point I.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.

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

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

  27.7.2010