Tender: UK-Oxford: security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

UK-Oxford: security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

2010/S 158-244505

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Oxfordshire County Council
  County Hall, New Road
  Principal Procurement Manager
  Nick Hyde
  OX1 1NDOxford
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1865323892
  nick.hyde@oxfordshire.gov.uk

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.oxfordshire.gov.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

  Regional or local authority

  General public services

  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

  Provision of cash collection services.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 2

  Main place of performance Geographical Boundaries of Oxfordshire.

  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)

  Oxfordshire County Council and it's City and District Council partners require a secure cash collection company to collect on-street pay & display cash boxes Monday-Friday from a central contact point within Oxford City Centre and also libraries in around the County of Oxfordshire. The eventual contract will also be open to other council services, such as day centres etc, to join should the terms prove beneficial, although no usage data for these services is contained in documents.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  35000000

• 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

  1 year contract (with options to extend for up to a further 2 years) for cash collection services to Oxfordshire County Cuncil and it's City and District Council partners. Services include the collections of cash from car parks, traffic enforcement, libraries and other public buildings but are not limited to these.

  Excluding VAT 240 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  Yes

  description of these options: Options to extend for up to 2 further years.

  provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 9 (from the award of the contract)

  Number of possible renewals Range: between 1 and 24

• 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

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

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Financial stability will be checked as part of the tendering process.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Information available in the tender documents available for download at South East Business Portal link.

  https://www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk/sece/cms.nsf/vLiveDocs/SD...

• 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

  Open

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

• 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

  CPU565

• 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 30.9.2010 - 16:00

  Payable documents No

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

  1.10.2010 - 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

  Duration in month(s): 6 (from the date stated for receipt of 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

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

  UNITED KINGDOM

  Body responsible for mediation procedures

  UNITED KINGDOM

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Oxfordshire County Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days if non-electronic methods are used) at the point that information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).

• 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:

  13.8.2010