SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Dorset County Council
Dorset Procurement, Level 5 East Wing, County Hall, Colliton Park
Attn: Roger Allen
DT1 1XJ Dorchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1305221279
E-mail:
r.allen@dorsetcc.gov.ukFax +44 1305228567
Internet address(es)
Address of the buyer profile
www.dorsetforyou.comFurther 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 Yes
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
T 18808 Window Cleaning Contract.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Services
Service category: No 14
II.1.3) The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Window-cleaning services. Provision of window cleaning services to
establishments including schools, libraries, offices, day centres etc -
District Councils in Dorset may also choose to use this contract.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
90911300
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
II.1.
Division into lots
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted
No
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope
Provision of window cleaning services to establishments including schools,
libraries, offices, day centres etc - District Councils in Dorset may also
choose to use this contract.
Excluding VAT 180 000 GBP
II.2.2) Options
Yes
description of these options: Primary period will be for 36 months with an
option to extend for a further 12 months.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: (from the award of the contract)
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required
As per requirement in tender documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
As per requirement in tender documentation.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded
As per requirement in tender documentation.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject
No
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;
(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 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 three 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:
(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;
(k) With regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions
and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the
contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official
quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting
the conformity of products clearly identified by references to
specifications or standards.
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 1 maximum number 3
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated
below
Cost. Weighting 60
Quality. Weighting 25
Client references. Weighting 15
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
T18808
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Payable documents No
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
7.2.2011 - 17:20
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates
21.2.2011
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
No
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
No
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for
economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs).However,
any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out
for the procurement,and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the
most economically advantageous tender. GO Reference:
GO-201115-PRO-2103906.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
5.1.2011