CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): South Oxfordshire District
Council, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Attn: John Backley,
UK-Wallingford OX10 8QX. Tel. 014 91 82 34 19. E-mail:
John.Backley@southoxon.gov.uk. Fax 014 91 82 38 04.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.southoxon.gov.uk.
Further 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:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
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:
Public Conveniences Cleaning Contract.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 01.
Main place of performance: South Oxfordshire District Council Area.
NUTS code: UKJ14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Cleansing and
essential maintenance of public conveniences within the Distrct of South
Oxfordshire.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 90911200, 90910000,
50760000.
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: Estimated Value below is for 1 year
contract including the 2 year option to extend at the discretion fo the
Council.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 210 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Option at the discretion of the South
Oxfordshire District Council to extend the contract for up to a further 2
year period.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
5.6.2009. Completion: 4.6.2010.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Upon written acceptance of a
Tender by the Council the Contractor shall obtain the guarantee of a bank
or insurance company as specified in the tender documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payments will be
made.monthly on receipt of contractor's invoice as detailed in the tender
documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint and severally liable.
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: As set out
in the tender documents and Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As set out in the tender
documents and Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: As set out in the tender documents and
the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
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 number of operators 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Minimum
set out in Regulation 16(9) of the Public Contracts regulations 2006 and
Article 44 (3) of Directive 2004/18/EC.
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.3.2) 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: 15.12.2008.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
22.12.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 20.1.2009.
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: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 36 months from
commencement of contract.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: All dates and times specified in this
notice and tender documents are only indicative and the Council reserves
the right to change these The Council expressly reserves the right not to
award any contract as a result of this procurement process commenced by
the publication of this notice and in no circumstances will the Council be
liable for any costs incurred by bidders Bidders must validate their
tenders for 90 days from 02/03/2009.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: South Oxfordshire District Council Head of Environmental
Services, Council Offices Benson Lane Crowmarsh Gifford, UK-Wallingford
OX10 8QS. E-mail:
clare.kingston@southoxon.gov.uk. Tel. 014 91 82 34 16.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 14.11.2008.
