Tender: UK-Swindon: construction work

UK-Swindon: construction work

2010/S 146-225564

CONTRACT NOTICE

Works

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: RCUK SSC Ltd
  Polaris House, North Star Avenue
  John Foy
  SN2 1ETSwindon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1793867423
  john.foy@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk

  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

  Other Scientific Research

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities Yes

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  Didcot, Oxon. Construction of a multi storey extension to an existing tradional building to accommodate an enhanced laser research installation at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

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

  Works

  Realisation, by whatever means of work, corresponding to the requirements specified by the contracting authorities

  Main site or location of works Didcot, Oxon.

  NUTS code UKJ14

• 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 Science and Technology Facilities Council's Central Laser Facility, at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, is to be increased in size to accommodate a new, enhanced laser research installation. This project comprises the construction of a multi-storey extension to the existing R1 building, and the reconfiguration of certain areas within the existing building, to suit the new laser equipment. The works are to be undertaken during vacant possession of the existing building although activities in and around adjacent buildings will be ongoing throughout the works. The extended building will use existing site wide services infrastructure, although certain existing services will need to be diverted as part of the works to facilitate the extension of the building. Additionally the client may wish to engage with the successful bidder in value engineering the project to achieve a successful outcome.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  45000000, 45210000, 45214600

• 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

  As stated in 11.1.5 above and in the prequalification questionnaire that will be e-mailed within 6 days to all repondents to this Notice.

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 3 500 000 and 4 000 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

  Duration in months: 12 (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

  See prequalification questionnaire issued to all respondents to this notice.

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

  Tenders are to be priced in GBP Sterling. The payment schedule will be notified 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

  Any consortium to have a designated lead contractor with 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: See prequalification questionnaire issued to all respondents to this notice.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See prequalification questionnaire issued to all respondents to this notice.

  RCUK SSC Ltd may seek independent financial and market advice to validate information declared, or to assist in the evaluation. The potential bidder will not be invited to participate further should this advice, in the opinion of RCUK SSC Ltd, adversely affect the potential success of the project.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  See prequalification questionnaire issued to all respondents to this notice.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required

  See prequalification questionnaire issued to all respondents to this notice.

• 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 5 maximum number 5

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Satisfactory responses to criteria set out in a pre-qualification questionnaire issued to all respondents to this Notice within 6 days of receipt of their expression of interest e-mail.

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

  Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated No

• 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

  PR100018

• 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 23.8.2010 - 12:00

  Payable documents No

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

  3.9.2010 - 12:00

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

  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

  Prequalification documents are available by sending an e-mail to john.foy@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk. They will be issued within 6 days of receipt of an e-mail expression of interest.

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.4.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  E-mail: The Procurement Policy Manager
  SSCLTD.procurementpolicy@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk

  Body responsible for mediation procedures

  UNITED KINGDOM

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will notify suppliers knocked out at PQQ stage and not invited to tender why they were unsuccessful.

  The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day stand still period at the point information on the Award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. The 10 day period will be extended to 15 days from the 'relevant sending date' when the 'Alcatel' letter is not sent electronically.

  This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address in Section I.1.

  The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 also clarify that a letter received from an unsuccessful bidder is not in itself enough to extend the legal standstill period and prevent the authority signing the contract. To do so, a bidder must actually go to court, issue proceedings, and serve them.

  If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) as amended by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009, provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at a risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England Wales and Northern Ireland).

  The new limitation period will apply specifically where a bidder brings an 'ineffectiveness' claim. There is a six month long stop period that will be shortened to 30 days where the authority has published an award notice, or where they have notified the losing bidders of their exclusion, and given proper reasons.

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

  UNITED KINGDOM

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

  28.7.2010