Tender: UK-Dudley: health and safety services

UK-Dudley: health and safety services

2010/S 173-264704

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
  Directorate of Law & Property, Corporate Property, 3 St. James's Road, West Midlands
  Mr. P. Bickerdike
  DY1 1HZDudley
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1384814040
  paul.bickerdike@dudley.gov.uk
  +44 1384814507

  Internet address(es)

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

  Address of the buyer profile Tenders are available at https://intendhost.co.uk/blackcountry

  Further information can be obtained at: Internet: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountry

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Internet: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountry

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Internet: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountry

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

  Regional or local authority

  General public services

  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

  UK-Dudley, West Midlands: water hygiene risk assessments, monitoring and inspection.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 27

  Main place of performance Within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley only.

  NUTS code refers to:

  Dudley and Sandwell.

  NUTS code UKG34

• 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 survey and production of water hygiene risk assessments, monitoring and inspection in Council owned non-domestic properties.

  CPV codes relate to:

  Health and safety services.

  Hygiene services.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  71317200, 85142300

• 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

  Range between 300 000 and 500 000 GBP

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Duration in months: 24 (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

  A guarantee and/or performance bond together with collateral warranties may be required.

  If so details will be given in the Tender Documents. The Contract will be the Joint Contracts Tribunal Prime Cost Contract 1998 incorporating amendments 1-5 (2003).

  The retention percentage will be 5 %.

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

III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)
Technical capacity

• 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

  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

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 13.10.2010 - 23:59

  Payable documents No

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

  14.10.2010 - 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

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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  All Tenders to be drawn up in English and are subject to English Law.

  All information from the address as in I.1.

  Awarded contracts may be extended for a further period subject to satisfactory performance and price. The successful Contractor(s) are required to take account of sustainable development e.g. environmental, social and economic impacts of delivery and to actively participate in the protection of the environment.

  Accordingly contract performance and conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.

  The total estimated spend cannot be guaranteed and will depend greatly on the bids received.

  Dudley MBC will be utilising its e-procurement portal In-Tend for this procurement exercise. Tenders should be received by no later than Thursday 14.10.2010 at 12:00 noon and will be available for download until 23:59 hours on Wednesday 13.10.2010. URL: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountry.

  To access documents applicants are required to register with the website.

  It is advisable to follow the steps below to access documents - Find the project under the Current Tenders tab and use the Express Interest button in red. Applicants who have previously registered with the website will be invited to input their login details. New users will be invited to go through the registration wizard - New users, upon registration will receive an automatic notification of their unique login details - Once an Expression of Interest has been accepted by the system, users MUST log back into the system to access documents - Documents will now appear under the My Tenders tab. Please select the View Tender Details button and subsequently the View Documents button which will appear in red. Further assistance with the system may be obtained by contacting the system administrator on +44 1384812714 or contracts@dudley.gov.uk.

  The Council expressly reserves the right:

  i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;

  ii) to make whatever changes it sees fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;

  iii) to award contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the requirement covered by this notice; and

  iv) to award contracts(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Council be liable for any costs incurred by tenderers.

  GO reference: GO 10090220/01.

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

  Internet: Dudley MBC
  Directorate of Law & Property, Corporate Property, 3 St. James's Road
  DY1 1HZDudley
  UNITED KINGDOM
  www.dudley.gov.uk

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:

  2.9.2010