Tender: UK-Uxbridge: seats

UK-Uxbridge: seats

2010/S 146-225858

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Brunel University
  Brunel University Wilfred Brown Building, Room 301c Cleveland Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex
  Brunel University
  Peter Welsby
  UB8 3PHUxbridge
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1895267786
  peter.welsby@brunel.ac.uk
  +44 1895269752

  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

  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

  Eastern Gateway Curved Retractable Auditorium Seating.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  NUTS code UKI23

• 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)

  Brunel University (the "University") are to build an iconic Eastern Gateway Building, which will incorporate an auditorium with seating for an audience of 400-600 people for university functions, lectures and external/public performances.

  The University’s requirement is to appoint a suitable supplier as the Principal Contractor to design, supply, install and provide aftercare, including a call out service for breakdowns for the curved retractable seating system to the auditorium; some elements of which will be non-retractable to suit the configuration of the building.

  The auditorium will be finished ready to receive the seating system within the timescale shown herein, and will be handed over complete to the selected supplier.

  The curvature of the retractable seating, retractable seating platforms, and curtains must be continuous, and not facetted, and must follow the curvature of the back wall to allow for optimum use of the space when the seating is retracted.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  39111000, 39111200, 50850000, 39113000, 45351000

• 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

  Range between 280 000 and 480 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

  Starting 2.4.2012. Completion 25.7.2013

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

  Further information will be provided in tender documents.

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

  Further information will be provided in the tender documents.

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

  The University reserve the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form, or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes 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: Further information will be provided in the pre- qualification questionnaire (PQQ). Details of how to obtain a PQQ are set out in section V1.3 (Additional Information).

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Further information will be provided in the PQQ.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Further information will be provided in the PQQ.

• 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

  Accelerated restricted

  Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: To meet the fundamental aim of boosting the economy through rapid execution of the contract.

• IV.1.2)
  Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

  Envisaged number of operators 5

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

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

  6.8.2010 - 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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  The University requests that parties wishing to express an interest submit a request for a PQQ to the contact in section I.1 by 6 August 2010. The PQQ must be completed and submitted in accordance with the instructions set out in the PQQ by 6 August 2010 at 17:00.

  Tenders and all supporting documentation must be priced in sterling. Any contract entered into as a result of this procurement will be governed by English law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The University is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this opportunity.

  The University reserve the right to terminate the procurement process (or part of it), to change the basis of the procedures for the procurement process at any time, or to procure the contract by alternative means if it appears that the contract can be more advantageously procured by alternative means.

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

  Any appeals in this process should be addressed to the contact in I.1.

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Tenderers have the right to challenge provided for within regulation 47 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.

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