Tender: UK-Motherwell: landfill management services

UK-Motherwell: landfill management services

2010/S 169-259635

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. North Lanarkshire Council
  Civic Centre, Windmillhill street
  Executive Director of Corporate Services
  ML1 1ABMotherwell
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1698302222

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority http://www.northlanarkshire.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: North Lanarkshire Council
  Bellshill Complex, Old Edinburgh road
  Waste Management Services, Environmental Services
  Kerry Tierney
  ML4 3JFBellshill
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1698504080
  +44 1698844063
  http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. Fax Internet: North Lanarkshire Council
  Bellshill Complex, Old Edinburgh road
  Waste Management Services, Environmental Services
  Kerry Tierney
  ML4 3JFBellshill
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1698504080
  +44 1698844063
  http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Contact: Attn: Tel. Fax Internet: North Lanarkshire Council
  Bellshill Complex, Old Edinburgh road
  Waste Management Services, Environmental Services
  Harry Morgan
  ML4 3JFBellshill
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1698504080
  +44 1698844063
  http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

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

  Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

  General public services

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  Landfill consultancy services.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 11

  Main place of performance North Lanarkshire.

  NUTS code UKM36

• 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 services to be provided will incorporate the main aspects of landfill including PCC Permit and operational advice and implantation, landfill design works (cells capping), construction quality assurance, plan and validation report preparation and advice, supervision (contract and CQA), landfill operations (advice/systems), liaison with statuary bodies, environmental management systems, site appraisal and development, landfill site management (including gas and leachate management), closure plan advice/implementation, land/profile modelling, capping, restoration design, drainage and other infrastructure design, procurement strategy and environmental monitoring.

  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)

  90531000, 72224000

• 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

  Excluding VAT 400 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

• 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

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

  Details of the required legal form will be provided in the Invitation to Tender documents.

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

  Details of the required legal form will be provided in the Invitation to Tender documents.

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

  Yes

  In accordance with Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and regulation 23 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and and as set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

• 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 a reference from their bank;

  (2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

  (3) 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;

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

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years;

  (2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;

  (3) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001;

  (4) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards;

  (5) Certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards;

  (6) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests.

  (7) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided;

  (8) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures;

  (9) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;

  (10) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;

  (11) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate;

  (12) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;

  (13) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

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

  Restricted

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

  Envisaged number of operators 8

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

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

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 28.9.2010

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

  4.10.2010 - 12:00

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

  21.10.2010

• 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

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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  North Lanarkshire Council will incorporate a minimum of fifteen (15) calendar days standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Council before the contract is entered into. Candidates have two (2) working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of three (3) working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the address in part 1.1 of this Contract Notice.

  (SC Ref:191507).

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:

  30.8.2010