Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Manchester City Council
Corporate Procurement Service, Room 106, Town Hall
Contact point(s): Mrs Louise Savage via Electronic Portal The Chest
For the attention of: see VI.3) Additional information for information
M60 2JR Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Further information can be obtained from: TC150 - Deep cleansing and
chewing gum removal on the city centre streets in Manchester
The Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST. Once
registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents
can be found on this website
https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openFormI.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: yes
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
TC150 - Deep cleansing and chewing gum removal on the city centre streets
in Manchester/LS.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Greater Manchester.
NUTS code UKD3
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 2
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 400 000 GBP
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This contract is for the deep cleansing and chewing gum removal on the
city centre streets in Manchester and is to be carried out using a steam
cleansing and pressure water system (other non chemical alternatives may
be considered).
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90910000, 90611000
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
This contract is for the deep cleansing and chewing gum removal on the
city centre streets in Manchester and is to be carried out using a steam
cleansing and pressure water system (other non chemical alternatives may
be considered).
II.2.2) Information about options
Options: no
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
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: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(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 compulsory winding up the 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 judgment which has the 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 any means
which the contract 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
organization, 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 26.5.1972 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 10.6.1991 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the 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 of these turnovers is available.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
are met:
(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
Accelerated restricted
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: The procurement
will meet the fundamental aim of boosting the economy through rapid
execution of the contract.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate
Envisaged number of operators: 6
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:
TC150/LS
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
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: 13.1.2012 - 19:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
13.1.2012 - 19:00
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates
30.1.2012
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
The Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST
(
www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk) to conduct the procurement exercise. To gain
access to the invitation to tender documents tenderers will need to
register their details at the following link
https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openForm.
Once registered, tenderers will be emailed a log-in and password which
will allow them to gain access to the invitation to tender documents.
Tenderers will need to electronically submit their completed tenders and
accompanying documentation via the CHEST on-line portal by 19:00 pm on the
1.9.2010, as referred to in IV.3.4. Any clarification queries will also
need to be submitted via THE CHEST website.
The Council welcomes applications from small or medium enterprises.
AGMA – in additional information.
Please note that although quantities and descriptions in the framework are
those used and required by Manchester City Council this framework is open
to and may be used by other Association of Greater Manchester Authorities
(AGMA), and Manchester Partners - this includes the following Councils,
Bolton, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Trafford, Rochdale, Bury, Salford,
Wigan, Blackburn Darwen BC, Blackpool, Cheshire East, Warrington,
Manchester Central Convention Complex, Commission for New Economy, Greater
Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE),Greater Manchester
Transport Unit, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Integrated
Transport Authority.
The framework period is anticipated to be from 1.4.2012 until 31.3.2014
with the option to extend upto a further 2 years.
The Council reserves the right not to award a contract as a result of the
procurement process initiated by this notice and will not be liable for
any costs incurred by candidates.
Interested parties must submit a pre-qualification questionnaire by way of
expression of interest. The Council is using the e-business portal known
as THE CHEST (
www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk). Applicants will need to register
their details at the following link
https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openForm.
Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which
will allow applicants to gain access to the pre-qualification
questionnaire. Applicants will need to electronically submit the completed
pre-qualification questionnaire and accompanying documentation via the
on-line portal by 19:00 pm on the 13.1.2012, as referred to in IV.3.4. Any
clarification queries must also be submitted via THE CHEST website.
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Council will
incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point
information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from
the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants
have two working days from notification of the award decision to request
additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of
3 working days before expiry of the standstill period.If an appeal
regarding the award of a contract has not been successful resolved 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). 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 authority 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:
28.12.2011