Title
United Kingdom-Birmingham: Window-cleaning services
Publication Date
12 October 2013
OJS Ref
199/2013
Place
BIRMINGHAM
Country
UK - United Kingdom
Authority Name
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Authority Type
Body governed by public law
Deadline
14 November 2013 @ 12 00
Original Language
EN - English
Contract
Service contract
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Document
Contract notice
Regulation
European Communities
CPV Codes
90911300 - Window-cleaning services
NUTS Codes
UKG31 - Birmingham
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Full Details
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
University of Birmingham
Procurement Division, B Block, Aston Webb, Edgbaston
Contact point(s):
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham For the attention of: Karen Manyika
B15 2TT Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1214145956
E-mail:
k.manyika@bham.ac.uk Fax: +44 1214143459
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx Address of the buyer profile:
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/ Electronic access to information:
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/ Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate:
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/ Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact
point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained
from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned
contact point(s)
I.2) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3) Main activity
Education
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
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:
Window Cleaning Services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category No 14: Building-cleaning services and property management
services
NUTS code UKG31
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a
dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The University of Birmingham has a requirement to establish a contract for
the periodic cleaning of both internal and external glass surfaces of
buildings having between one and fourteen storeys across the campus
through processes to be prescribed by the tenderer. The University is,
therefore, inviting expressions of interest from appropriately qualified
and experienced contractors to provide these services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90911300
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.2) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3) Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: 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.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Payment of Invoices will be 30 days from Date of Invoice.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded:
Limited Company, joint and several liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: 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 the requirements
are met: Tenderers will be required to complete a Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
are met: As requested in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
are met:
As requested in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
The University has a policy that requires that where contractors or
suppliers operate on its site the contractors/suppliers should be
compliant with CHAS (Contractors Health and Safety Scheme
www.chas.gov.uk)
Safety Standards in Procurement (SSIP) or an equivalent scheme approved by
the University.
Membership of relevant trade bodies is required.
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons 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
Restricted
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 5
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions
to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no
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) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
FRAM038/13
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing
documents: 14.11.2013 - 12:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
14.11.2013 - 12:00
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up
English.
IV.3.
Conditions for opening of tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2017
VI.2) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European
Union funds: no
VI.3) Additional information
The Expression of Interest will be required in the form of a completed
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. This document is available upon
registration at:
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/ VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
10.10.2013