UK-London: construction work

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

LONDINO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:123295-2008

Publication Date:

May 10, 2008

Deadline:

Jun 30, 2008

Buyer:

FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

Original Language:

English

Address:

FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
LONDON
United Kingdom

Web Site:

http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0783

Notice Type: 1120
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 91/2008
, #
123295-2008
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Works
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
Old Admiralty Building, Attn: John Gaylard, UK-London SW1A 2PA. Tel. 020
70 08 04 06.
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0783.
Further information can be obtained at: Ridge and Partners LLP, The
Cowyards, Blenheim Park, Oxford Road, Attn: Richard Kitto, UK-Woodstock
OX20 1QR. Tel. 019 93 81 51 60. E-mail: rkitto@ridge.co.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Ridge and Partners LLP, The Cowyards, Blenheim Park, Oxford Road, Attn:
Richard Kitto, UK-Woodstock OX20 1QR. Tel. 019 93 81 51 60. E-mail:
rkitto@ridge.co.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Ridge and Partners
LLP, The Cowyards, Blenheim Park, Oxford Road, Attn: Richard Kitto,
UK-Woodstock OX20 1QR. Tel. 019 93 81 51 60. E-mail: rkitto@ridge.co.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
New Offices BHC Abuja.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Works.
Design and execution.
Main site or location of works: Abuja, Nigeria.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The design and
construction of 8 000m² of concrete frame deep footprint open plan offices
generally of two storey construction incorporating displacement
ventilation and VRF cooling, associated accommodation, medical clinic and
external works. The contractor will be required to adopt the detailed
design at RIBA stage D, to complete the detailed design and be responsible
for handing over the completed project to a defined completion date
approximately 24 months after commencement on site. Damages will apply for
late completion. Detailed design and construction are to be carried out to
a high standard, equivalent to those found on European headquarter
projects. The contractor will be required to submit details of the design
to the Employer's team for comment prior to commencement of construction.
All works to be carried out under one contract which will be based on GC
Works 1 single stage with contractors design, all project documentation
will be in English. The works will not be let in packages but as a single
entire contrat for design and cosntruction.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 45000000, 45112700,
45215130.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Approximately 8 000m² gross internal
floor area.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 16 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Guarantees in the form of
performance bond and/or parent company guarantees may be required, details
to be given in the tender documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Interim payments
will be made using milestones, trigger points and values to be submitted
as part of the tender submission.
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: 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) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process;
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession;
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register;
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process;
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation;
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of
the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is
established;
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of
the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity
insurance;
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate
and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type
to the subject matter of this notice;
(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or
extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (1) A statement of the candidate's
average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3
years;
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their
managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for
providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the
contract;
(3) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a
competent official body of the State in which the candidate is
established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if
relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality
control measures.
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 number of operators 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Details
of technical capability of the candidate.
Experience of constructing similar size projects in the last 5 years in
Abuja.
Experience of constructing similar size projects in the last 5 years in
Nigeria.
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:
ESU000010.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
30.6.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 29.8.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In addition to information requested in
this notice, applicants are required to submit by the deadline set in this
notice a response to a prequalification questionnaire which can be
obtained by request to rkitto@ridge.co.uk. Contractors expressing interest
will be required to attend an interview in Abuja during week commencing 21
July 2008 at a date and time to be advised. As part of the interview,
contractors will be required to arrange for the Employer's consultant team
to visit their office in Abuja and a current construction site of theirs
in Abuja of significant value, minimum GBP 5 million. Contractors are
required to advise the location of their site as part of the expression of
interest.
Applicants responding to this notice do so at their own cost as the
authority will not provide any financial contribution to expression of
interest or tendering costs.
(MT Ref:58078).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 8.5.2008.

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