SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Grampian Fire and Rescue
Service, Headquarters, 19 North Anderson Drive, Attn: Joan McCluskey,
UK-Aberdeen AB15 6TP. Tel. +44 1224696666. E-mail:
joan.mccluskey@grampianfrs.org.uk. Fax +44 1224692224.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.grampianfrs.org.uk.
Address of the buyer profile:
http://www.fire-tenders.org.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0003.
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:
Body governed by public law.
Public order and safety.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of Cleaning Services for Retained (Part Time) Fire Stations.
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: Various locations throughout the Grampian area
of North East Scotland.
NUTS code: UKM5.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Provision of
Cleaning Services on a weekly basis to 33 retained (part time) fire
stations throughout the North East of Scotland.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the FireTenders Web Site at
http://www.fire-tenders.net/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=5543.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic
responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility.
Further details of this facility are available at
http://www.fire-tenders.net/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=5543.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 90910000, 90911000.
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: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Provision of cleaning services for an
initial period of 4 years, with the Service's sole option to extend up to
a total maximum contract period of 7 years.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 700 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Initial period of 4 years, with option to
extend to a maximum of 7 years.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 48 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
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: (1)
Bankruptcy, insolvency, etc
(2) Criminal offence related to business
(3) Professional or Trade Register
(4) Serious misrepresentation
(5) Social security obligations
(6) Tax obligations.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) Statement of
Turnover
(2) Statements of Accounts.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate:
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:
CP/TIP/RC032009.
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: 4.5.2009.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
11.5.2009 - 10:30.
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): 4 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (SF Ref:5543).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Grampian Fire and Rescue
Service, 19 North Anderson Drive, UK-Aberdeen AB15 6DW. E-mail:
contract@grampianfrs.org.uk. Tel. +44 1224788788. URL:
www.grampianfrs.org.uk.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 23.3.2009.