SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Manchester City Council
Corporate Procurement Service, Room 407, Town Hall
Attn: Mr Mike Worsley
M60 2JR Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
mike.worsley@manchester.gov.ukInternet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
www.manchester.gov.ukFurther information can be obtained at: Manchester City Council
The Council is using the e-business portal known as The Chest. Once
registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents
can be found on this website
https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openFormSpecifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Manchester City Council
The Council is using the e-business portal known as The Chest. Once
registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents
can be found on this website
https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openFormTenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Manchester City
Council
The Council is using the e-business portal known as The Chest. Once
registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents
can be found on this website
https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openFormI.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
TC654/CB The Provision of Cleaning Services at The Barlow RC High School.
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 Greater Manchester.
NUTS code UKD
II.1.3) The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Provision of Cleaning Services at The Barlow RC High School.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90919300, 90911200, 90910000, 90000000
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
II.1.
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
The Provision of Cleaning Services at The Barlow RC High School.
II.2.2) Options
No
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.1.4) 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
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being
administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with
creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any
analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws
and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an
arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence
concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the
country in which he is established or with those of the country of the
contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action
98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in
Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of
Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial
interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined
in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met:
As stated in the Pre Qualifying Questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: As stated in the Pre Qualifying Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required As stated in the Pre
Qualifying Questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met:
As stated in the Pre Qualifying Questionnaire.
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
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Accelerated restricted
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate
Envisaged number of operators 1
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
TC654/CB
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 1.7.2011 - 19:00
Payable documents No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
1.7.2011 - 19:00
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up
English.
IV.3.
Conditions for opening tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
Yes
estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2, 3 or 4 years
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
No
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Contract will be for 2 years with an option to extend for upto an
addtional 2 years.
The Council reserves the right not to award a contract as a result of the
procurement process initiated by this notice and will not be liable for
any costs incurred by candidates.
Interested parties must submit a Pre Qualifying Questionnaire by way of
expression of interest. The Council is using the e-business portal known
as THE CHEST (
www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk). Applicants will need to register
their details at the following link
https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openForm.
Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which
will allow them to gain access to the tender documentation. Applicants
will need to electronically submit their completed tenders and
accompanying documentation via the on-line portal by 19:00 pm on the
01.07.11, as referred to in IV.3.4. Any clarification queries must also be
submitted via THE CHEST website.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Council 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
the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants
have two 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.If an appeal
regarding the award of a contract has not been successful 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.
(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 the
authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has
been entered into the court may only award damages.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
20.6.2011