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Entry Date: 04/08/2011
Reference: Not provided
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (11/S 148-246709/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Restricted procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU - with participation by GPA countries
Award criteria: Most economic bid
Type of bid required: Global bid
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Willow Park Housing Trust, Property Services Dept., Greenwood Road
Office, Greenwood Road, Wythenshawe, Attn: R. Mannion, M22 9HD,
Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1619469150.
Email:robert.mannion@willow-park.co.uk. Fax. +44 1619982835.
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
www.willow-park.co.ukFurther 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
Housing and community amenities
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 Cleaning Services at Willow Park Housing Trust Offices.
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 Various offices around Willow Park Housing Trust Area.
NUTS code UKD31
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Provision of
high quality cleaning services in the offices of Willow Park housing
Trust by providing a range of daily and weekly cleaning requirements
as well as further optional and occcasional services according to
individual requirements.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 90919200.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes
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: Provision of office cleaning services
at Willow Park Housing Trust Head Office; Portway Housing Office;
Property Service Centre; Active Life Style Community Centre; Birch
Tree Court Community Room; Frank Price Court and Kenneth Collis Court
Sheltered Accommodation.
Excluding VAT
Range between 250 000,00 and 350 000,00 GBP
II.2.2) Options: No
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.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Refer to Tender
Documentation.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Refer to Tender Documentation.
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: Bidders will be required to submit a completed PQQ (Pre
Qualification Qustionnaire)which can be obtained from the address in
Section 1.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As set out in the
PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required As set out in the PQQ.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
As set out in the PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
As set out in the PQQ.
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: Restricted
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number 5 maximum number 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As
set out in PQQ.
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:
IS/BC/2011
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 12.9.2011
Payable documents No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
19.9.2011 - 12:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 10.10.2011
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
No
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
No
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Contractors should be aware that TUPE may apply on this Contract.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: See V1.4.2 Below,
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum
10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the
award of the contract is communicated to the tenderers. The period
allows the unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the
Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants
have two working days from the notification of the award decision to
request additional debriefing and the information has to be provided a
minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such
information should be requested from the address in Section 1.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been
successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI2006
No. 5) provide the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at
risk from 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 contracting auithorirty 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:
1.8.2011