SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Cardiff University Purchasing Section
Purchasing Section, McKenzie House, 30-36 Newport Road
Attn: Julie Paynter
CF24 0DE Cardiff
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 2920879648
E-mail:
buyline@cardiff.ac.ukFax +44 2920874789
Further information 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
Site 7 cleaning.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category: No 14
NUTS code UKL
II.1.3) The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Provision of cleaning services - site 7, Cardiff University (Bute, Redwood
and Glamorgan buildings).
Suppliers are required to register on the following website, express an
interest in the tender and download the tender documents:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/Please refrain from requesting tender documents from the contracting
authority, as they are available from the above web portal.
The initial contract period will be 1 year from 1.11.2011, with an option
to extend for a further 4 x 12 month periods, subject to satisfactory
performance and pricing reviews.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90910000
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.
Division into lots
No
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope
Provision of cleaning services - site 7, Cardiff University (Bute, Redwood
and Glamorgan buildings).
Suppliers are required to register on the following website, express an
interest in the tender and download the tender documents:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/Please refrain from requesting tender documents from the contracting
authority, as they are available from the above web portal.
The initial contract period will be 1 year from 1.11.2011, with an option
to extend for a further 4 x 12 month periods, subject to satisfactory
performance and pricing reviews.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Starting 1.11.2011. Completion 31.10.2016
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
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.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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being
administered by the courts, who has entered into an arrangement with
creditors or who 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 for compulsory winding-up or administration by the courts or for an
arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar
proceeding under national laws or regulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct
by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can justify;
(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 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 those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for
qualitative selection;
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: (b) balance sheets or extracts of balance sheets;
(c) statement of turnover for a maximum of the last 3 years.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met:
(a) a list of works carried out over the last 5 years with certificates of
satisfaction;
(b) a list of principal deliveries effected or services provided in the
last 3 years and evidence of delivery;
(c) an indication of technicians or technical bodies involved;
(d) a description of technical facilities and measures used to ensure
quality;
(e) educational and professional qualifications of the supplier and staff
responsible for performing the contract;
(f) where appropriate, an indication of the environmental management
measures that would be applied when performing the contract;
(g) a statement of average annual manpower and number of staff in the last
3 years;
(h) a statement of tools, plant and equipment available to the supplier;
(i) details of any intended sub-contracting arrangements;
(j) where appropriate, samples, descriptions and photographs of products
and quality assurance certificates.
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
Open
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
CU012/Site 7/JP0711
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 31.8.2011 - 12:00
Payable documents No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
31.8.2011 - 12:00
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 days 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
Yes
estimated timing for further notices to be published: July 2016.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
No
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Buy4Wales reference number: 26542.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Cardiff University
will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award
of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will
provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period,
which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for
unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract
is entered into.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
18.7.2011