SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Corporate Procurement, Business Services, Swann House, Boothen Road
Attn: Rob Bowler
ST4 4SY Stoke-on-Trent
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1782232952
E-mail:
rob.bowler@stoke.gov.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: This is an electronic
tendering exercise. All documents are accessed and returned via our
e-tendering portal at wmcoe.bravosolution.co.uk
Contact: Rob Bowler
wmcoe.bravosolution.co.uk
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1782232952
Internet: wmcoe.bravosolution.co.uk
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Cleaning services for five high schools.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category: No 14
NUTS code UKG23
II.1.3) The notice involves
The establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Cleaning services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90910000
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
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
Excluding VAT 1 000 000 GBP
II.2.2) Options
Yes
description of these options: 2 years with option for 1 year extension.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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: (a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being
administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with
creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any
analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws
and regulations
(b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an
arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations
(c) Has been convicted by a judgement which has he force of res judicata
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence
concerning his professional conduct
(d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by ay means
which the contracting authorities can demonstrate
(e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the
country in which he is established or with those of the country of the
contracting authority
(f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or with those of the country of the contracting authority
(g) Is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under this section or has not supplied such information
(h) Has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organisation as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA
(i) Has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in
Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively
(j) Has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of
Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial
interests of the European Communities
(k) Has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined
in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention
of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence
of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the
balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under
the law of the country in which the economic operator is established
(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where
appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum
of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which
the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as
far as the information on these turnovers is available
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are
met:
(a) A list of the works carried out over the past 5 years, accompanied by
certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These
certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and
shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the
trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority
shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct
(b) A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services
provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether
public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided
shall be given:
— where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of
certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority,
— where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's
certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic
operator.
(c) An indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether
or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking,
especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of
public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order
to carry out the work
(d) A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the
supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's
study and research facilities
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service
provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff
and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for
providing the services or managing the work
(g) For public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in
appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures
that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the
contract
(i) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open
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
CYPS2011/038
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
27.7.2011 - 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 month(s): 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This is an electronic tendering exercise and documents are available from
wmcoe.bravosolution.co.uk. All completed documents must be returned
through the e-tendering portal at wmcoe.bravosolution.co.uk.
The ITT code on the e-tendering portal for this project is 29156.
You need to register to obtain the documents but this is free of charge.
GO Reference: GO-2011617-PRO-2435293.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Corporate Procurement, Business Services, Swann House, Boothen Road
ST4 4SY Stoke-on-Trent
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1782232952
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Corporate Procurement, Business Services, Swann House
ST4 4SY Stoke-on-Trent
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1782232952
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Corporate Procurement, Business Services, Swann House, Boothen Road
ST4 4SY Stoke-on-Trent
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1782232952
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
17.6.2011
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services