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Tender: UK-Sittingbourne: air-conditioning installation work

UK-Sittingbourne: air-conditioning installation work

2010/S 146-226183

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

    Air conditioning.

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

    Services

    Service category: No 1

    Main place of performance South East of England.

    NUTS code UKJ

  • 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)

    AmicusHorizon are looking for one supplier to maintain all of its air conditioning units in its office environment, for a 5 year period. AmicusHorizon are also looking at replacing a number of the air conditioning units over a 3 year period.

    Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders web site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=78520.

  • II.1.6)
    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    45331220, 45331200, 45331000, 45331221, 42512000, 42512200, 39717200

  • 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

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

    The maintenance side of the tender is valued at 30 000 GBP inc VAT per annum.

    The replacement side of the tender is valued at 500 000 GBP inc VAT.

  • 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

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

    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: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;

    (2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process;

    (3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;

    (4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession;

    (5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register;

    (6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process;

    (7) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

  • III.2.2)
    Economic and financial capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice;

    (2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

  • III.2.3)
    Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

    (1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years;

    (2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;

    (3) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001;

    (4) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards;

    (5) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;

    (6) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

  • III.2.4)
    Reserved contracts

    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

  • 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

    AH 5712

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

    IV.3.3)
    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

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

    8.9.2010 - 15:00

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

    28.9.2010

  • 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

    IV.3.8)
    Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

    VI.1)
    THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

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

  • VI.3)
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    (MT Ref:78520)

  • 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:

    28.7.2010