Tender: UK-Aberdeen: cleaning services

UK-Aberdeen: cleaning services

2010/S 168-257766

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. Fax Aberdeenshire Council
  Woodhill House, Westburn Road
  Corporate Services
  Director of Corporate Services
  AB16 5GBAberdeen
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1224665650
  +44 1224665656

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk

  Address of the buyer profile http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx...

  Further information can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. Fax Internet: Aberdeenshire Council
  Woodhill House, Westburn Road
  Transportation and Infrastructure
  Martin Hall
  AB16 5GBAberdeen
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1224664587
  +44 1224662005
  http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Internet: Aberdeenshire Council
  Woodhill House, Westburn Road
  Central Procurement Unit
  Tom Johnson
  AB16 5GBAberdeen
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1224664825
  tjohnson@aberdeencity.gov.uk
  +44 1224665656
  http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Contact: Attn: Tel. Fax Internet: Aberdeenshire Council
  Woodhill House, Westburn Road
  Corporate Services
  Director of Corporate Services
  AB16 5GBAberdeen
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1224665650
  +44 1224665656
  http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk

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

  Regional or local authority

  General public services

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  Bus shelter cleaning contract.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 14

  Main place of performance Aberdeenshire.

  NUTS code UKM50

• 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)

  The purpose of this document is to specify the requirements for the cleaning of the Council’s bus shelters.

  The Council have approximately 710 bus shelters in our 6 areas and as part of our commitment to the Quality Partnership for Public Transport, these are required to be cleaned at least every four weeks. The 710 bus shelters are divided into six areas for management purposes; Banff and Buchan, Buchan, Formartine, Garioch, Marr and Kincardine and Mearns.

  Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland web site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=1....

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  90910000, 90600000, 90000000, 90911300, 44212321

• 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

  As per tender documents.

• II.2.2)
  Options

  Yes

  description of these options: Option to extend for 12 months and a further period of 12 months thereafter ath Council's sole discretion.

  provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

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

  As per tender documents.

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

  As per tender documents.

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

  Jointly and severally liable.

• III.1.4)
  Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

  Yes

  As per tender documents.

• 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: As per tender documents.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per tender documents.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  As per tender documents.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required

  As per tender documents.

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

  Yes

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

• 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

  596 AST/502

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

  13.10.2010 - 10:30

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

  Date: 13.10.2010 - 12:00

  Place

  Aberdeenshire Council Headquarters.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  Council Elected Members and appropriate Council Officers only.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  Yes

  estimated timing for further notices to be published: 36 - 60 months

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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  (SC Ref:191023)

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts Scotland Regulations 2006 (SSI/2006/1) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.5)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  27.8.2010