Title
United Kingdom-Belfast: Building-cleaning services
Publication Date
20 August 2013
OJS Ref
160/2013
Place
BELFAST
Country
UK - United Kingdom
Authority Name
BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
Authority Type
Local authorities
Deadline
16 September 2013 @ 12 00
Original Language
EN - English
Contract
Service contract
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Document
Contract notice
Regulation
European Communities
CPV Codes
90911200 - Building-cleaning services
90911300 - Window-cleaning services
NUTS Codes
UKN01 - Belfast
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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)
Belfast City Council
Cecil Ward Building, 4–10 Linenhall Street
For the attention of: Brenda McIntosh
BT2 8BP Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
mcintoshb@belfastcity.gov.uk 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:
Pre-qualification questionnaire for the provision of cleaning services at
Belfast Waterfront
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:
Belfast Waterfront, Lanyon Place, Belfast
NUTS code UKN01
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
pre-qualification questionnaire for the provision of cleaning services at
Belfast Waterfront.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90911200, 90911300
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
the contract shall be for a period of two years from date of award,
subject to satisfactory performance of the contractor.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
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.2) Conditions for participation
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
are met: conditions for participation are contained in the documents which
may be accessed by logging onto
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tenders Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: tenderers must be in a
sound financial position to service a contract of this size and have a
turnover of a minimum of 1,160,000 GBP per annum. This will entail
financial checks being completed by the Council.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
are met:
conditions for participation are contained in the documents which may be
accessed by logging onto
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tenders Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
conditions for participation are contained in the documents which may be
accessed by logging onto
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tenders 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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted
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:
ST1280
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
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
16.9.2013 - 12:00
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up
English.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
suppliers instructions how to express interest in this tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required
once):
https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to
register - accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue', enter
your correct business and user details, note the username you chose and
click ‘Save' when complete, you will shortly receive an email with your
unique password (please keep this secure),
2. Express an Interest in the tender, login to the portal with the
username/password, click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link
(these are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open
to any registered supplier), click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the
content, click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page, this
will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page (this is a secure
area reserved for your projects only), you can now access any attachments
by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box,
3. Responding to the tender, Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details',
you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please
give a reason if declining), you can now use the ‘Messages' function to
communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification, note the deadline
for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/
ITT, there may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform
(there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply
using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require
any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the
eTendering help desk.
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: this authority
will incorporate a standstill period at the point when information on the
award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will
provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period,
which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for
unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract
is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved
parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the
rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern
Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
15.8.2013