Tender: UK-Loughborough: window-cleaning services

UK-Loughborough: window-cleaning services

2010/S 168-257799

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Loughborough University
  Purchasing Office
  Steve Warren
  LE11 3TULoughborough
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1509223625
  S.R.Warren@lboro.ac.uk
  +44 1509223916

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority https://www.in-tendhost.com/loughborouni/

  Address of the buyer profile https://www.in-tendhost.com/loughborouni/

  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

  Education

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities No

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  LU00317 - provision of window cleaning services.

• 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 Loughborough University.

  NUTS code UKF22

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  The establishment of a framework agreement

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Framework agreement with several operators

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3

• II.1.5)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  Loughborough University is seeking to establish a contract for the provision of external and internal window cleaning services for all academic, residential and other buildings as detailed in the tender documents.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  90911300, 90910000

• 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

  As detailed in the invitation to tender.

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

  Duration in months: 36 (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 will be required in the event of a consortia bid.

• 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

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required Pass/fail - refer to the ITT document.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Refer to the ITT document.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required

  Refer to the ITT document.

• 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 below

  2. Technical & operational ability. Weighting 35

  3. Price. Weighting 35

  4. Reporting and contract functionality. Weighting 20

  5. Sustainability & environmental issues. Weighting 10

• 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

  LU00317

• 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 13.10.2010 - 12:00

  Payable documents No

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

  13.10.2010 - 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

  Place

  Loughborough University.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  Procurement Coordinator plus nominee.

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

  Suppliers interested in applying for documents must do so by applying on line at the address stated in I.1 and repeated again below:

  https://www.in-tendhost.com/loughborouni/

• 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: This authority will incorporate a minimum 15 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the address in Section I.1.

  If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.

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