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Operis OJEU Newsletter Service This service is free and is available to anyone who registers on our OJEU subscription page or calls us to register. The information in this newsletter is drawn from the Official Journal of the European Union. IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination or copying of the information contained in the message is prohibited. While Operis Group plc has used its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information contained in this message is accurate, up to date and complete, it accepts no liability to the addressee or to any other person for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions contained in the message. While Operis has taken reasonable steps to ensure that this message (and any attachments or hyperlinks contained within it) are virus free it is the responsibility of the addressee to ensure they are virus free and Operis accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage caused by receipt or use thereof. PROJECT
TITLE: UK-Truro: technical analysis or consultancy services Project number: 2009/S 182-262272 Type: CONTRACT NOTICE - Services SECTION I: CONTRACTING
AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND
CONTACT POINT(S): Internet address(es): General address of the
contracting authority: www.cornwall.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. Housing and community
amenities. 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: Housing PFI Technical
Adviser. II.1.2) Type of contract and
location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. Service category: No 12.
Main place of
performance: NUTS code: UKK3 . II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a
framework agreement. II.1.4) Information on framework
agreement: Framework agreement with
a single operator. Duration of the
framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4. Estimated total value of
purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement: Estimated value
excluding VAT: Range: between 250 000
and 500 000 GBP. II.1.5) Short description of the
contract or purchase(s): The contract is for the
provision of technical advice in relation to a Housing PFI Project
(“the Project”). On 20 July 2009 the Authority received an
invitation from the Homes and Community Agency to proceed to the next round
in the bidding process for the 6th Round PFI Housing Scheme. The Technical
Advisor will work under the direction of the Project Director through the
development of the Outline Business Case (OBC), procurement using the competitive
dialogue procedure and post contract issues on an ad hoc basis. The work under the
Project will entail provision of advice on: planning issues; construction;
housing maintenance; housing management; urban design and master planning;
highways issues; mechanical and electrical engineering; structural
engineering and building surveying. It is anticipated that
the Technical Adviser will assist the Authority on the Project by: Supporting the
development of the technical aspects of the OBC. Drafting the Output
Specification. Developing the Payment
Mechanism in conjunction with the financial advisors. Ensuring that all
technical aspects of the project meet, in full, the project objectives. Evaluating and advising
on all technical solutions throughout the procurement, including
Bidders’ Method Statements. Scrutinising costs of
the Bidders’ solutions throughout the procurement. Undertaking technical
due diligence on Bidders’ solutions. Site condition work,
planning and design work. Supporting the Project
Director in clarification and fine-tuning of technical issues. Technical advice may
also be sought under the framework agreement on an ad hoc basis on closed PFI
projects or to inform proposals. The Authority gives no promise or guarantee
as to ongoing work under the framework agreement. A full description of
requirements and responsibilities will be contained within the tender
documentation. II.1.6) Common procurement
vocabulary (CPV): 71621000, 71356000,
71315210, 71315400, 71315300, 71356400, 71251000, 70333000. II.1.7) Contract covered by the
Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No. II.1.8) 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 excluding
VAT: Range: between 250 000
and 500 000 GBP. II.2.2) Options: No. 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.1.1) Deposits and guarantees
required: No deposits will be
required but where applicable the successful tenderer (or in the case of a
consortium bid, each member of the consortium) may be required to provide a
parent company guarantee or alternative performance bond. III.1.2) Main financing
conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant
provisions regulating them: These conditions will be
provided in the Invitation to 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 Several. III.1.4) Other particular
conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject: Yes. The framework/contract
will be subject to Cornwall Council Terms and Conditions of Contract. 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: Parties will be provided
with detailed instructions concerning the information they must provide. This
will be contained in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. Consideration will
only be given to those contractors who complete and return the
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire by the required date. Economic operators
subject to any of the following [may/will] not be considered where the said
operator. (a) is bankrupt or is
being wound up, where their affairs are being administered by the court,
where they have entered into an arrangement with creditors, where they have
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 final judgment 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 any 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 they are
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 they are 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; (h) has been the subject
of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in
Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject
of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of
26.6.1972 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: May include,
but shall not be limited to. (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 3 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. (d) the criteria listed
in III.2.1; and (e) any other
information or documents referred to in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. Minimum level(s) of
standards possibly required: Please refer to the Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire. III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: May include, but shall
not be limited to. (a) a list of the works
carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of
satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall
indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they
were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed.
Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to
the contracting authority direct; (b) a list of the
principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3
years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private,
involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: — where the
recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or
countersigned by the competent authority, — where the
recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or,
failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator. (c) an indication of the
technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly
to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for
quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom
the contractor can call in order to carry out the work; (d) a description of the
technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider
for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities; (e) where the products
or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a
special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on
their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the
supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body's
agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical
capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and
research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will
operate; (f) the educational and
professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or
those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the
person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the
work; (g) for public works
contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an
indication of the environmental management measures that the economic
operator will be able to apply when performing the contract; (h) a statement of the
average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number
of managerial staff for the last 3 years; (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; (m) the criteria listed
in III.2.1; and (n) any other
information or documents referred to in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. Minimum level(s) of
standards possibly required: Please refer to 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: Yes. SECTION IV: PROCEDURE IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Accelerated restricted. Justification for the
choice of accelerated procedure: There is an urgent operational requirement
for a technical adviser to support the Authority’s preparation of the
OBC and progress the Housing PFI Project. This is a major project that will
provide a very significant boost to the local economy. Consequently there is
an urgent requirement for technical advice. IV.1.2) Limitations on the
number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum
number: 5. Maximum number: 8 Objective criteria for
choosing the limited number of candidates: Parties will be provided with the
criteria to be used for choosing the limited number of candidates. This will
be contained in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. IV.1.3) Reduction of the number
of operators during the negotiation or dialogue: 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: 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: 5.10.2009 - 15:00. IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of
invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 23.10.2009. 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: IV.3.8) Conditions for opening
tenders: 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: VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL VI.4.1) Body responsible for
appeal procedures: VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on
deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This contracting authority will incorporate
a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point 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 the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing
and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before
the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be
requested from the addressee found in I.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 believe they are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules
to take action in the High 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 contracting authority to amend any document
and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into, the Court may
only award damages. VI.4.3) Service from which
information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained: VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 18.9.2009. |
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