Title
United Kingdom-Harlow: Accommodation, building and window cleaning
Publication Date
02 November 2013
OJS Ref
213/2013
Place
HARLOW
Country
UK - United Kingdom
Authority Name
HARLOW DISTRICT COUNCIL
Authority Type
Local authorities
Deadline
29 November 2013 @ 17 00
Original Language
EN - English
Contract
Service contract
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Document
Contract notice
Regulation
European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
CPV Codes
90911000 - Accommodation, building and window cleaning services
NUTS Codes
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
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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)
Harlow District Council
Civic Centre, Water Gardens, Essex
Contact point(s): Corporate Procurement
For the attention of: Tina McDermott
CM20 1WG Harlow
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1279446175
E-mail:
tina.mcdermott@harlow.gov.uk Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.harlow.gov.uk/ Address of the buyer profile:
http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0086 Electronic access to information:
www.mytenders.org Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate:
www.mytenders.org 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
Regional or local authority
I.3) Main activity
General public services
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:
Building and 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
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Harlow, Essex.
NUTS code UK
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
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 900 000 GBP
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Harlow Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified
and experienced service providers able to deliver window and building
cleaning services at the Harlow Civic Centre and Bus Station. Building
cleaning services will be required at the Latton Bush Centre and Bush
House. The Council may call-off additional services for building and
window cleaning at other sites across the town. The Council is seeking to
enter into a single supplier Framework Agreement with the most
economically advantageous service provider for the delivery of the
services. The Framework will last for a term of four years; although work
may be awarded under the Framework Agreement that may extend into a fifth
year. The Council is unable to guarantee to total amount or value of
services to be awarded under the Framework.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the myTenders Web Site at:
http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=109851 The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this
notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at:
http://www.myTenders.org/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and
to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to
avoid any last minute problems.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90911000
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
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.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 900 000 GBP
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.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
A performance bond or parent company guarantee may be required.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Details shall be set out in the invitation to tender documents.
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
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: As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
are met: As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
are met:
As detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
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.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:
13/049
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
29.11.2013 - 17:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates
3.12.2013
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
Harlow Council is the first Council in Essex and the first organisation in
the town to be accredited as a Living Wage Employer and therefore
encourages organisations employed by the Council to pay a Living Wage.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the myTenders Web Site at
http://www.myTenders.org Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and
to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to
avoid any last minute problems. The Council will also require responses in
hard copy format in accordance with the instructions supplied with the
PQQ. Suppliers must ensure that they follow the instructions for the
submission of an application to be considered to be invited to tender.
(MT Ref:109851)
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained
Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
SW1A 2AS London
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
30.10.2013