Tender: UK-London: building construction work

UK-London: building construction work

2010/S 168-257371

CONTRACT NOTICE

Works

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. London Borough of Ealing
  Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing
  Strategic Procurement
  W5 2HLLondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2088257333

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.ealing.gov.uk

  Address of the buyer profile http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0763

  Further information can be obtained at:Attn: Tel. E-mail: Internet: London Borough of Ealing
  Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing
  Giuseppe Coia / Kevin Moore
  W5 2HLLondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2088256970
  repairstender@ealing.gov.uk
  www.ealing.gov.uk

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Attn: Tel. E-mail: London Borough of Ealing
  Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing
  Giuseppe Coia / Kevin Moore
  W5 2HLLondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2088256970
  repairstender@ealing.gov.uk

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Attn: Tel. London Borough of Ealing
  Perceval House (Staff reception on Longfield Avenue), 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing
  Strategic Procurement
  W5 2HLLondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 2088256970

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  Regional or local authority

  Housing and community amenities

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  Housing responsive repairs and maintenance contracts.

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

  Works

  Execution

  Main site or location of works London Borough of Ealing.

  NUTS code UK

• 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)

  Responsive maintenance and repair of houses, blocks of dwellings, communal block and estate areas, sheltered housing, hostels, community centres, and a small number of commercial properties owned and managed by the London Borough of Ealing. Some planned maintenance works will be included. Works to void (empty) and occupied properties are included as is out of hours emergency work. Out of hours emergency work means repairs that are necessary to remove immediate danger to people to avoid flooding, major damage to the property, or to make the property secure.

  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=78642.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  45210000, 45453100, 45261900, 45262500, 45311000, 45330000, 45332000, 45420000, 45430000, 45440000, 50700000, 50800000

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

  Yes

• 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

  Approximately 18 000 dwellings. Divided into 2 lots by geographical area. Each lot 8 000-10 000 dwellings. Annual value of each contract approximately 3 500 000-4 500 000 GBP. Note that some of the stock is within areas identified for regeneration and development. This is likely to lead to some loss of assets during the course of the contract.

  Duration of the contract will be 60 months.

  Tenders should be submitted for one or both lots. Contractors will not be awarded more than one lot.

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 35 000 000 and 45 000 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

  Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

LOT NO: 1

TITLE Housing responsive repairs and maintenance - west

• 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

  Responsive maintenance and repair of houses, blocks of dwellings, communal block and estate areas, sheltered housing, hostels, community centres, and a small number of commercial properties owned and managed by the London Borough of Ealing. Some planned maintenance works will be included. Works to void (empty) and occupied properties are included as is out of hours emergency work. Out of hours emergency work means repairs that are necessary to remove immediate danger to people to avoid flooding, major damage to the property, or to make the property secure.

• 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

  45210000, 45453100, 45261900, 45262500, 45311000, 45330000, 45332000, 45420000, 45430000, 45440000, 50700000, 50800000

• 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

  8 000 - 10 000 dwellings. Annual value of each contract

  Approximately 3 500 000-4 500 000 GBP.

  Note that some of the stock is within areas identified for regeneration and development. This is likely to lead to some loss of assets during the course of the contract.

  Tenders should be submitted for one or both lots. Contractors will not be awarded more than 1 lot.

  However, in certain circumstances (for example, default by or insolvency of the contractor for the other lot), the contractor may be required to assume on a temporary or permanent basis some or all of the work under that other lot.

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 17 500 000 and 22 500 000 GBP

• 4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

  Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

LOT NO: 2

TITLE Housing responsive repairs and maintenance contract - east

• 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

  Responsive maintenance and repair of houses, blocks of dwellings, communal block and estate areas, sheltered housing, hostels, community centres, and a small number of commercial properties owned and managed by the London Borough of Ealing. Some planned maintenance works will be included. Works to void (empty) and occupied properties are included as is out of hours emergency work. Out of hours emergency work means repairs that are necessary to remove immediate danger to people to avoid flooding, major damage to the property, or to make the property secure.

• 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

  45210000, 45453100, 45261900, 45262500, 45330000, 45332000, 45420000, 45430000, 45440000, 50700000, 50800000, 45311000

• 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

  8 000 - 10 000 dwellings.

  Annual value of each contract approximately 3 500 000-4 500 000 GBP.

  Note that some of the stock is within areas identified for regeneration and development. This is likely to lead to some loss of assets during the course of the contract.

  Tenders should be submitted for one or both lots. Contractors will not be awarded more than 1 lot.

  However, in certain circumstances (for example, default by or insolvency of the contractor for the other lot), the contractor may be required to assume on a temporary or permanent basis some or all of the work under that other lot.

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 17 500 000 and 22 500 000 GBP

• 4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

  Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

  A parent company guarantee and / or bond will be 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: (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 have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation;

  (8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established;

  (9) 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 evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

  (2) 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;

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

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required All candidates will be required to provide evidence that their stated annual turnover exceeds 8 000 000 GPB. Where the stated annual turnover is less than the 8 000 000 GPB deemed necessary to support this contract, the candidate will not be invited to tender. If bidding as part of a consortium we may review the capacities of other entities or members in the group. Where a consortium cannot demonstrate a current annual turnover of 8 000 000 GPB or above the consortium will not be invited to tender.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (1) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

  In order to assess whether a candidate meets the minimum standards of technical and/or professional ability we consider necessary to ensure that all elements of the contract are fully delivered, candidates will be asked to nominate a number of referees who are local authorities, public bodies or companies and with whom the bidder been engaged in a similar contract. References will be taken up as part of the selection process. We reserve the right to consult further with candidates’ stated referees as part of the process of awarding the contract.

  Applicants will be required to be members of professional trade bodies, and to demonstrate that staff, tradesmen and subcontractors are qualified and competent, and receive regular and appropriate training and development.

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

  Accelerated restricted

  Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: To procure the works with a view to the new contracts commencing on the expiry of the current contracts, a previous procurement approach, using a standard restricted procedure, having been aborted following a strategic change of policy by the contracting authority in May 2010.

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

  Envisaged minimum number 5 maximum number 10

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Selection criteria as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.

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

  791

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

  16.9.2010 - 16:00

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

  15.10.2010

• 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

  Yes

  estimated timing for further notices to be published: 42 months from award of contract

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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  V.3.8 In the event of any change to the timetable, Tenders will be opened within 5 days of the amended closing date for return of tenders. Tenders will be kept in a secure location until opened. For the exact time and date please contact the person named in I.1

  (MT Ref:78642)

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:

  26.8.2010