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PROJECT TITLE: UK-Carlisle: design, build, finance and operation of a new road

Project number: 2004/S 29-025943

 

 

 

 

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

This contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes.

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.

1)

Official name and address of the contracting authority: Cumbria County Council, Att: Geoff Holden, The Courts, UK-Carlisle CA3 8NA. Tel.: 01228 601020. Fax: 01228 601021. E-mail: geoff.holden@cumbriacc.gov.uk. URL: www.cumbria.gov.uk.

 

2)

Address from which further information can be obtained: Cumbria County Council, Att: Geoff Holden, Lower Gaol Yard, The Courts, UK-Carlisle CA3 8NA. Tel.: 01228 601020. Fax: 01228 601021. E-mail: geoff.holden@cumbriacc.gov.uk.

 

3)

Address from which documentation may be obtained: Cumbria County Council, Att: Geoff Holden, Lower Gaol Yard, The Courts, UK-Carlisle CA3 8NA. Tel.: 01228 601020. Fax: 01228 601021. E-mail: geoff.holden@cumbriacc.gov.uk.

 

4)

Address to which tenders/requests to participate must be sent: Cumbria County Council, Member Services,The Courts, English Street, UK-Carlisle CA3 8LZ.

 

5)

Type of contracting authority: Regional/local level.

 

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.

1)

Description

 

1.1)

Type of works contract:

 

1.2)

Type of supplies contract:

 

1.3)

Type of service contract Service category: 12.

 

1.4)

Framework agreement: No.

 

1.5)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: UK-Carlisle: Carlisle Northern Development Route (CNDR) PFI project.

 

1.6)

Description/object of the contract: Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads.

Road-maintenance works.

Highway operation services.

Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment.

Within the context of the UK government's Private Finance Initiative(PFI), the County Council wishes to award a contract for the design, build, finance and operation of a new road (approximately 8 kilometres in length) and the operation (management and maintenance) of a wider network of county principal roads and detrunked roads in north and west Cumbria, currently estimated to be approximately 150 kilometres in length in addition to the length of new road (approximately 160 km in total).

 

1.7)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance: The geographical region known as the county of Cumbria, UK.

NUTS code: UK120.

 

1.8)

Nomenclature

 

1.8.1)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV): 45233000, 45233141, 63222000, 50230000.

 

1.8.2)

Other relevant nomenclature (CPA/NACE/CPC):

 

1.9)

Division into lots: No.

 

1.10)

Will variants be accepted: Yes.

 

2)

Quantity or scope of the contract

 

2.1)

Total quantity or scope: The County Council is looking for a single provider for all works and services.

 

2.2)

Options. Description and time when they may be exercised: The County Council reserves the right to consider variants. However, a reference bid meeting the requirements detailed in the contract documents must be submitted (as supplied at ITN stage and following pre-qualification).

 

3)

Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: 360 months from the award of the contract.

 

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.

1)

Conditions relating to the contract

 

1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required: A performance bond or a parent guarantee may be required. Details will be given in the contract documents.

 

1.2)

Main terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions: Details will be given in the contract documents.

 

1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is awarded: Joint and several liability, unless a single legal entity is formed. The PFI operator may be a single company or a consortium operating through a lead organisation or special purpose vehicle company.

 

2)

Conditions for participation

 

2.1)

Information concerning the personal situation of the contractor, supplier or service provider and information and formalities necessary for the evaluation of the minimum economic, financial and technical capacity required: The County Council intends to operate a pre-qualification stage on part of the tender process to assist it in selecting applicants to receive an invitation to negotiate (ITN). An information memorandum, pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and invitation to submit outline proposals (ISOP) will be sent to each applicant submitting an expression of interest.

 

2.1.1)

Legal position – means of proof required: Details are to be provided in the pre-qualification questionnaire and information memorandum.

 

2.1.2)

Economic and financial capacity – means of proof required: Details are to be provided in the pre-qualification questionnaire and information memorandum.

 

2.1.3)

Technical capacity – means of proof required: Details are to be provided in the pre-qualification questionnaire and information memorandum.

 

3)

Conditions specific to services contracts

 

3.1)

Provision of the service is reserved to a specific profession: No.

 

3.2)

Legal entities required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for execution of the contract: Yes.

 

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.

1)

Type of procedure: Negotiated.

 

1.1)

Candidates already selected: No.

 

1.2)

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure:

 

1.3)

Previous publication concerning the same contract

 

1.3.1)

Prior information notice concerning the same contract:

 

1.3.2)

Other previous publications:

 

1.4)

Envisaged number of suppliers which will be invited to tender: Minimum: 3 - Maximum: 5.

 

2)

Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of:

Criteria as stated in contract documents.

 

3)

Administrative information

 

3.1)

Reference number attributed to the file by the contracting authority: TS85/1.

 

3.2)

Conditions for obtaining contract document and additional documents: Obtainable until: 19.3.2004.

 

3.3)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 26.3.2004.

 

3.4)

Dispatch of invitations to tender to selected candidates: Estimated date: 7.6.2004.

 

3.5)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up: English.

 

3.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender:

 

3.7)

Conditions for opening tenders

 

3.7.1)

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders:

 

3.7.2)

Date, time and place:

 

SECTION VI: OTHER INFORMATION

VI.

1)

Non-mandatory notice:

 

2)

Indication whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the estimated timing for further notices to be published:

 

3)

The contract relates to a project/programme financed by EU funds: No.

 

4)

Additional information: The project is considered suitable for this application of the PFI and has been approved for procurement under the PFI by the UK government's Department for Transport. Applicants who respond to this notice will ultimately be required to make firm proposals for funding the project in accordance with this application and will be expected to bear a significant proportion of risk in the project.

The Council has included obligations within the specification and contract conditions relating to workforce matters (see the Code of Practice - Workforce Matters in Local Authority Service Contracts (2003) at www.odpm.gov.uk). These obligations require a contractor to protect terms and conditions (including pensions) of transferring staff and to employ new-joiners working alongside transferred staff to be employed on terms and conditions which are overall no less favourable than those of transferred employees and to give them reasonable pension arrangements. Service providers will be required to take account of these obligations in preparing their tender and negotiating the contract. Full details may be provided on request to the authority.

The duration of the contract specified in section II.3 is approximate.

The Council does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

All applicants will be expected to bear their own costs of bidding for this project

GO reference: GO 04020619/01.

 

5)

Date of dispatch of this notice: 6.2.2004.