Tender: UK-Birkenhead: cleaning services

UK-Birkenhead: cleaning services

2010/S 169-259630

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Tel. E-mail: Fax Wirral Partnership Homes
  6 Europa Boulevard
  CH41 4PEBirkenhead
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1516063000
  rayjinkinson@wphomes.org.uk
  +44 1516063006

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.wphomes.org.uk

  Address of the buyer profile http://wphomes.g2b.info/

  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

  Housing and community amenities

  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

  UK-Birkenhead: void properties and fly tipping, clearance and removal works.

• 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 Wirral.

  NUTS code UKD54

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  The establishment of a framework agreement

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Framework agreement with several operators

  Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged 3

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in month(s): 48

  Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

  estimated cost excluding VAT 3 000 000 GBP

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

  WPH wishes to procure suitably qualified and experienced contractors to carry out Clearance and Removal works to void properties, together with Clearance and removal of fly tipping from WPH owned properties and land located in Wirral, England. Approximately 1 000 works orders are issued per annum. Cleaning services. Exterior cleaning work for buildings. Accommodation cleaning services. Building-cleaning services.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  90910000, 90911100, 90911200, 45452000

• 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

  Excluding VAT 3 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Duration in months: 48 (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

  The deposit, guarantees or bonds that may be required by the Authority will be set out in the contract documents.

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

  The terms concerning financing and payment will be set out in the contract documents.

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

  Groupings of economic operators may either (at the option of the contracting authority) be required to form a legal entity or to undertake joint and several liability.

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

  Yes

  Details of any conditions that are required will be set out in the contract documents. These may include conditions relating to environmental and social requirements.

• 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 will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire consistent with the provisions of Directive 92/50/EEC. The questionnaire is available from the correspondence address in I.1 above and must be returned to that address by the date stipulated. The contracting authority need not consider any request to participate unless it is accompanied by a completed PQQ.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Applicants will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire consistent with the provisions of Directive 92/50/EEC. The questionnaire is available from the correspondence address in I.1 above and must be returned to that address by the date stipulated. The contracting authority need not consider any request to participate unless it is accompanied by a completed PQQ.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Applicants will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire consistent with the provisions of Directive 92/50/EEC. The questionnaire is available from the correspondence address in I.1 above and must be returned to that address by the date stipulated. The contracting authority need not consider any request to participate unless it is accompanied by a completed PQQ.

• 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

  Restricted

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

  Envisaged number of operators 5

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: These are set out in the PQQ.

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

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Payable documents No

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

  5.10.2010 - 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

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: August 2014.

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

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  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 10082712/01.

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

  See VI.4.2 below

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Wirral Partnership Homes will incorporate a minimum 10 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 Wirral Partnership Homes before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the 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 the contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been named or who 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). Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order Wirral Partnership Homes 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