Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
University of Birmingham
Finance Office, Procurement Division, Edgbaston
Contact point(s):
https://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.ukFax: +44 1214143459
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.bham.ac.ukAddress of the buyer profile:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/Further information can be obtained from: Internet address:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained
from: Internet address:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Internet address:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/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:
Contract cleaning.
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:
University of Birmingham.
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 wishes to enter into a Framework Agreement to
provide cleaning services for:
— Annual deep cleaning of kitchens in students residences during summer
vacation,
— Any cleaning duties that cannot be undertaken by the in-house cleaning
team throughout the year,
— Responding to emergency call out 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52
weeks per year.
Accordingly the University is seeking competitive tenders from suitably
qualified contractors in response to this invitation to tender.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90900000, 90910000, 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.2.2) Information about options
Options: no
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Starting 8.12.2011. Completion 17.1.2012
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.2.3) 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:
1. The University has a policy that requires that where contractors or
suppliers operate on its site the contractors or suppliers should be
compliant with CHAS (Contractors Health and Safety Scheme
www.chas.gov.uk)
or an equivalent scheme approved by the University;
2. Membership of the British Institute of Cleaning Science, the Cleaning
and Support Services Association or equivalent.
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.1.3) 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:
FRAM226/11
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Notice on a buyer profile
Notice number in the OJEU: 2009/S 195-280527 of 9.10.2009
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: 17.1.2012
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
17.1.2012
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up
English.
IV.3.
Conditions for opening tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
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:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirminghamVI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
5.12.2011
Contract notice – utilities
Services
Directive 2004/17/EC