CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Barnsley Metropolitan Borough
Council, Springfield House, Springfield Street, Contact: Assistant
Executive Director Property and Procurement, Attn: T E Woolmer,
UK-Barnsley S70 6HH. Tel. +44 1226773763. E-mail:
timwoolmer@barnsley.gov.uk. Fax +44 1226774399.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.barnsley.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile:
http://scms.alito.co.uk.
Further information can be obtained at:
http://scms.alito.co.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
http://scms.alito.co.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:
http://scms.alito.co.uk.
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:
Building Cleaning for Berneslai Homes 2009 - 2014.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 14.
Main place of performance: Within the curtilage of Barnsley Metropolitan
Borough Council.
NUTS code: UKE31.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The contract
will involve the provision of cleaning for Berneslai Homes (the Councils
Housing Arms Length Management Organisation). This will cover the cleaning
of the communal areas of sheltered housing schemes, flats, office at
Cudworth Housing, Carlton Depot, Impact Team bases and the 10th floor of
the new Gateway Plaza offices (to be completed July 2009).
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 90911200.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
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: The building cleaning contract will be
for an initial period of 3 years (1.12.2009 to 30.11.2012). At the
discretion of the client and subject to other requirements the contract
may be extended by a further 2 years (1.12.2012 to 30.11.2014).
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: The building cleaning contract will be for
an initial period of 3 years (1.12.2009 to 30.11.2012). At the discretion
of the client and subject to other requirements the contract may be
extended by a further 2 years (1.12.2012 to 30.11.2014).
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 36 (from
the award of the contract)
Number of possible renewals: 1.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.12.2009.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: See tender documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender
documentation.
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.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
See Regulation 23 of the UK Regulations 2006.
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: The
information used to assess these criteria will be that contained in the
answers to a questionnaire which will be sent to respondents to this
notice.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: The information used to
assess these criteria will be that contained in the answers to a
questionnaire which will be sent to respondents to this notice.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: The information used to assess these
criteria will be that contained in the answers to a questionnaire which
will be sent to respondents to this notice.
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 minimum number: 5. Maximum number: 7.
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) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
HSG 4082.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
25.2.2009 - 12:00.
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.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Expressions of interest are to be
registered via the bulletin board on the SCMS System using
http://scms.alito.co.uk and by following the instructions given when
accessing and registering on the site.
The closing date for Expressions of interest is 12 noon on 25.2.2009.
Access to and return of the PQQ document will be via the SCMS system using
http://scms.alito.co.uk. The PQQ will be available on the scms system from
the 3.2.2009. The deadline for the return of completed questionnaires onto
the SCMS system will be 12:00 noon on the 11.3.2009.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day
standstill period at the point the 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 2 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. Such additional information should be
requested from the address in section 1.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
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 Sheriffs 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: 26.1.2009.
