Tender: UK-London: health and safety consultancy services

UK-London: health and safety consultancy services

2010/S 146-226188

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Tel. E-mail: Fax House of Commons
  Palace of Westminster
  SW1A 0AALondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2072192626
  transactions@parliament.uk
  +44 2072190626

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.parliament.uk

  Address of the buyer profile http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/

  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 Parliament

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  UK-London: provision of CDM-C and H&S services.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 12

  Main place of performance Inner London.

  NUTS code UKI1

• 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)

  A term contract for CDM-C services to cover the whole Parliamentary Estate, which will be split in to three separate sectors. The services are required for a range of refurbishment, conservation, construction, M&E, security, fire safety engineering and ICT projects across the estate.

  Services may also be required for Health and Safety Advice such as, but not limited to: Site audits; Workplace compliance audits; Specialist risk assessments and advice; Training; Assistance with Parliamentary questions, media enquiries and the like; Assisting with post-accident investigations; Records management; Best practice and compliance with forthcoming and existing legislation; Large scale public events.

  Health and safety consultancy services. Health and safety services.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  71317210, 71317200

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

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  Yes

  tenders should be submitted for one or more lots

II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted

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

  The Parliamentary estate will be divided into three areas ("lots", and each area will be awarded, at the sole discretion of the authority, to a different company.

  Overall historic spend, across the whole estate is approximately 70 000 GBP per annum.

  Excluding VAT 280 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  Yes

  description of these options: The contracts will be awarded for an initial period of 2 years, with two options to extend of 12 months each.

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

  Duration in months: 24 (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

• 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: Applicants are required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire. This may be obtained from the following website http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/ as described at VI.3 and must be completed and returned by the deadline given at IV.3.4 below. The pre-qualification questionnaire shall include, but not be limited to, the matters detailed under clauses III.2.2 and III.2.3 below.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Completion of the pre-qualification questionnaire, supplemented by taking of credit checks (provided by a third party).

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required Turnover of at least 3 times the annual value of the requirement will be required.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Completion of pre-qualification questionnaire.

• 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

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

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

  Accelerated restricted

  Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: Current economic climate.

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

  Envisaged minimum number 6 maximum number 12

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

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)
  File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

  STC1032; STC1033; STC1034

• 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 6.9.2010 - 12:00

  Payable documents No

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

  6.9.2010 - 12:00

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

  18.10.2010

• 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

  The pre-qualification questionnaire will be accessible at the following website http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. To be able to access these documents you will need to select the above quoted tender in the "current tenders" list, click on the "view tender details" and express interest by clicking on the button provided. Afterwards, you will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have already registered with In-Tend previously, please follow the link shown, this will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and have forgotten your username and password, please click on the forgotten password link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, then please contact the In-Tend helpdesk via email: support@in-tend.com or call +44 1332869400 for further assistance. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invitation to tender prior to the closing date as in IV.3.4. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application like WinZip or WinRar.

  The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). For the avoidance of doubt, the contracting authority confirms that no weight will be attached to whether or not an economic operator is an SME in selecting economic operators to participate or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender.

  GO reference: GO 10072710/01.

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:

  27.7.2010