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SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Consort House, 12 West George Street
Contact: Procurement
Attn: Margaret Crossan
G2 1HN Glasgow
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1413333192
E-mail: procurement@spt.co.uk
Fax +44 1413333224
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority www.spt.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile http://spt.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
Other Transport
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
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category: No 14
NUTS code UKM34
II.1.3) The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Cleaning services. Strahclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) wishes to
hear from suitably experienced and qualified contractors who are in a
position to undertake a contract for the various cleaning works throughout
its subway rolling stock. This will include both external and internal
cleaning of all 41 cars. Both day and night working will be required as
part of this contract. The successful tenderer will be responsible for
supply of all cleaning equipment and material associated with the cleaning
of the cars. Potential tenderers can download tender documentation from
spt wed site. It can be found under "procurement" then buyer profile/other
information. The SPT website is located at www.spt.co.uk or direct to
buyer profile http://spt.g2b.info if you have problems finding documents
please e-mail procurement@spt.co.uk. A site vist prior to tendering is
mandatory to this contract all information relating to site visit can be
found in the ciovering letter and section 1.26 of the tender
documentation.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90910000
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
Yes
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope
Internal cleaning of the trains will be required on both night shift and
day shift patterns.
Night shift requirements:
— The cars with white flooring need to be stripped and sealed if/when
required depending on the condition of the surface,
— Pick up litter in cars,
— Sweep and damp mop floors with specific attention being paid to white
vinyl flooring,
— Remove Graffiti from all interior parts including upholstery, windows,
floors, walls, ceilings, posters and information signs,
— Remove chewing gum from all interior parts including upholstery,
windows, floors, walls, ceilings, posters and information signs,
— Clean and polish interior windows and interior glass work,
— Clean grab rails and chrome poles,
— Clean external windows (access from platform only) and door indicators,
— Vacuum and hard brush upholstery,
— Clean walls, ceiling and coated surfaces,
— Clean side plates, footplates and steel edgings,
— Clean light diffusers.
Day shift requirements cleans to include:
— Pick up litter in cars,
— Sweep and damp mop floors with specific attention being paid to white
vinyl flooring,
— Remove Graffiti from all interior parts including upholstery, windows,
floors, walls, ceilings, posters and information signs,
— Remove chewing gum from all interior parts including upholstery,
windows, floors, walls, ceilings, posters and information signs,
— Clean and polish interior windows and interior glass work,
— Clean grab rails and chrome poles,
— Clean external windows and door indicators,
— Vacuum and hard brush upholstery,
— Clean walls, ceiling and coated surfaces,
— Clean side plates, footplates and steel edgings,
— Clean light diffusers.
These list is not exhaustive and further measures may be required to
ensure the car is clean to SPT standards.
A comprehensive list of requirements is contained within section 2 of the
tender documentation.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (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
Will be subject to a performance bond which will be detailed in the issued
tender documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
Payment schedule will be outlined in the tender documentation or will be
agreed prior to the contract start date. Payments will be made to the
appointed contractor in pounds sterling (GBP).
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 parties seeking inclusion on the tender list
are required to indicate whether they are a company or a group of
companies. In either case the ultimate parent company should be
identified. no special legal form is required but in the event of an
associated group of companies being successful the partnership will
require each company in the group to be jointly and severally liable for
the satisfactory performance of the contract. This assurance will require
to be confirmed in writing before any contract can be awarded to such a
group. Group bidders must identify the lead contractor.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject
Yes
1) The contract will be awarded on the most economically advantageous
tender;
2) The law of Scotland will govern any contract arising from this contract
notice;
3) All tenders must be priced in pounds sterling (GBP) and payment will be
made to the appointed contractor in GBP;
4) Tenderers should note that as a public body Strathclyde Partnership for
Transport is bound by the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
(Scotland) 2002 all information submitted to SPT may therefore require to
be disclosed and or published by the partnership in compliance with the
act. SPT may share information contained in a tender with the office of
fair trading, any other relevant government regulators and in any public
report produced for members of SPT Partnership. Accordingly if tenderers
consider that any information contained within tender should not be
disclosed, their return should identify the information and explain why
the information should not be disclosed. The contract will be awarded on
the most economically advantageous tender with price (40 %) being the
tendered prices (rates) and quality (60 %). The qualitative elements of
the evaluations as detailed in section 1.24 of the tenderer documentation.
It is envisaged that the duration of the contract will be 3 years with an
option to extend for a further 1 year at the sole discretion of SPT.
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, 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 for compulsory winding up or 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 judgement which has he 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 ay means
which the contracting 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
organisation 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.
All tenderers are required to provide a statement on the above with their
tender submission.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence
of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the
balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under
the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where
appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum
of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which
the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as
far as the information on these turnovers is available.
All tenderers are required to provide a statement on the above with their
tender submission.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met:
Please refer to tender documentation.
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
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
11/CON/REV/13/121
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 27.9.2011
Payable documents No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
27.9.2011 - 10:00
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up
English.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
GO reference: GO-2011812-PRO-2559017.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
12.8.2011
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services