Notice Type: 22M0
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 106/2008
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142311-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Rochdale Metropolitan Borough
Council on behalf of itself and the following contracting authorities: see
Section VI.3, Corporate Procurement Unit Floor 7 Municipal Offices Smith
Street, Attn: Ms Georgina Jones, UK-Rochdale OL16 1LQ. Tel. 017 06 92 54
80. E-mail: corporate.procurement@rochdale.gov.uk. Fax 017 06 92 54 76.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.rochdale.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
Education.
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:
Rochdale Building Schools for the Future Project.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: Rochdale Borough and adjacent areas.
NUTS code: UKD32.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The contracting
authorities are seeking an innovative private sector partner or partners
to participate and invest in a new Public Private Partnership vehicle (a
"Local Education Partnership" or "LEP") to be established jointly with
some or all of the contracting authorities.
The LEP will provide (or arrange for the provision of) "Partnering
Services", which will include (but not be limited to) the development and
delivery of a strategic investment programme for:
(a) educational facilities;
(b) other community facilities which may or may not be integrated or
co-located with such educational facilities and which may include, for
example, facilities for health, social care, leisure (including
libraries), offices and joint service provision; and
(c) any other facilities to be provided by one or more of the contracting
authorities in the exercise of the powers contained in Section 2(1) of the
Local Government Act 2001
(together the "Relevant Facilities" in the contracting authorities' area.
These Partnering Services will also comprise of the following services:
(a) strategy advisory services;
(b) programme management services;
(c) project development services;
(d) procurement consultancy services; and
(e) procurement and delivery or management of all services required to
deliver the strategic investment programme for the Relevant Facilities
(including through the provision, integration and management of supply
chain arrangements). It is anticipated that such services may include:
(i) architectural services;
(ii) engineering services;
(iii) construction services;
(iv) technical services;
(v) building services;
(vi) hard facilities management services;
(vii) soft facilities management services;
(viii) information communication and technology ("ICT") services;
(ix) educational support services;
(x) education programme development services;
(xi) educational strategy services; and
(xii) leisure management services,
for a period of up to 15 years.
The Relevant Facilities, which may be a mixture of new build and
refurbished facilities, will be delivered under the Private Finance
Initiative (PFI) and/or design and build capital arrangements. This may
include the delivery of the Relevant Facilities through separate SPVs
established by the LEP. Where an SPV is established, the shareholders in
such SPV may include the LEP, third party equity providers and supply
chain members.
The contracting authorities may contract directly with the LEP or, where
an SPV is established, with the SPV.
The LEP may also be required to provide for, or arrange for the provision
(through supply chain arrangements) of, the management and/or integration
of the Partnering Services, design and build and construction contracts,
facilities management services, support services and ICT services (this
list is not exhaustive) where the contracting authorities' existing
arrangements are either transferred or expire.
Further details are contained in the information memorandum and
pre-qualification questionnaire (see section VI.3 for details of how to
obtain these).
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74140000, 45000000,
45111000, 45210000, 45214000, 45214200, 45314000, 45453100, 50700000,
50961000, 55524000, 70000000, 72000000, 72514300, 74141100, 74141800,
74142000, 74200000, 74231500, 74264100, 74610000, 74731000, 74873000,
75200000, 77314000, 77320000, 80000000, 92610000, 93411400.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) 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: The estimated capital value of the
initial projects covered by this procurement is in the region of £30 000
000 GBP.
Further projects arising in the first 5 year period may result in the
total estimated capital value (including the initial projects) being
approximately £160 000 000 GBP (in 2008/09 prices). These figures refer
only to secondary schools and exclude other potential community or other
facilities referred to in section II.1.5.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 30 000 000 and 160 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: The partnering contract between the private
sector partner and the contracting authorities will be for a period of 10
years with an option to extend (exercisable during the initial 10 year
term) for a further 5 years.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 180 (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: The contracting authorities
reserve the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of
appropriate security.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See sections III.1.3
and VI.3 some projects may be delivered using the UK government's private
finance initiative (PFI).
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: The contracting authorities are
seeking a private sector partner or partners to participate and invest in
the LEP which will take responsibility for and manage a supply chain of
providers. The contracting authorities reserve the right to require
groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require a
single contractor to take primary liability or to require that each party
undertakes joint and several liability irrespective of the form of the
LEP. This may include the LEP establishing a special purpose vehicle (SPV)
which will contract directly with the contracting authorities for the
delivery of specific projects. Where an SPV is established the
shareholders in such SPV may include the LEP, third party equity providers
and supply chain members.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Under this project the LEP and its supply chain will be required to
actively participate in the achievement of social and/or environmental
policy objectives relating to recruitment and training and supply-chain
initiatives. Accordingly contract performance conditions may relate in
particular to social and environmental considerations.
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: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
In accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and
Regulations 23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set
out in the pre qualification questionnaire available from the address in
section I.1.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with
Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 24 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the prequalification
questionnaire which is available from the address in section I.1.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the
prequalification questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with Articles 48 to 50
of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006 and as set out in the prequalification questionnaire
which is available from the address in section I.1.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the
prequalification 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: Competitive dialogue.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 8.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue: Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of
solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes.
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.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 9.7.2008 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
9.7.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 29.7.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Persons authorised to be present
at the opening of tenders: no.
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: Section I.1 – Rochdale Metropolitan Borough
Council is acting as lead contracting authority on behalf of the following
contracting authorities (and their statutory successors and organisations
created as a result of re-organisation or organisational changes):
Partnerships for Schools, Fifth Floor, 8-10 Great George Street, London
SW1P 3AE.
BSF Investments LLP; current or future Rochdale MBC Community School
Governing Bodies; the Governing Bodies of current or future Rochdale MBC
Voluntary Aided Schools included the Governing Bodies of Cardinal Langley
Roman Catholic High School, Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of
England College and St. Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School; the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Salford; the Church of England Diocese of Manchester;
St Anne's Academy, Middleton, the Governing Bodies and Trusts of current
and future Foundation Schools and Trust Schools including Hollingworth
Business and Enterprise College, Wardle High School and the new Trust
School to be established on the current Springhill site; Hopwood Hall
College; Rochdale Sixth Form College; the Learning and Skills Council;
Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust Limited (t/a Link4Life); Rochdale
Boroughwide Cultural Trust Trading Company Limited (t/a Link4Life
Trading); Rochdale Boroughwide Housing; Rochdale Development Agency and
local health organizations including Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT
and Pennine Care NHS Trust.
Partnerships for Schools is the non departmental public body established
by the Department for Children, Schools and Families to implement the BSF
initiative. BSF Investments LLP has been established by the Department for
Children, Schools and Families and Partnerships UK as the body which will
invest equity in the LEP. More information on the BSF initiative is set
out in the factsheets available from Partnerships for Schools, Fifth
Floor, 8-10 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AE
(http://www.partnershipsforschools.org.uk/publications.htm).
Section I.2 - Additional types of contracting authority: national
agency/office, body governed by public law.
Section II.1.2(c) - Additional service categories: 7, 12, 14, 17, 23, 24,
25, 26. 27.
Section II.1.9 - Variants will be accepted in addition to a compliant bid
(as set out in the tender/contract documents) providing the contracting
authorities' core requirements are met and provided they are in accordance
with the tender/contract documents.
Sections II.2.2 and II.3 - The partnering contract between the private
sector partner and the contracting authorities will be for a period of 10
years commencing on November 2009 with an option to extend for a further 5
years, (such option being exercisable during the initial 10 year term).
The term of any design and build, PFI, facilities management, management
services or ICT agreements or other agreements flowing from the
partnership may extend beyond this period.
Section IV.3.3 - The PQQ and information memorandum are available upon
request from the address specified in Section I.1 (portal) from the date
of despatch of this notice to 12.00pm on 9th July 2008. The Rochdale MBC
extranet portal (https://extranet.4projects.com/index.asp) and the
Rochdale MBC procurement portal "The Chest" (https://thechest.nwce.gov.uk)
will be used through the procurement process. For access to the portal or
for non electronic copies of the PQQ please use the contact address in
Section I.1. or the following contract address
http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/bsf.
It is anticipated that the invitation to participate in the dialogue will
be sent to short-listed bidders by 29th July 2008.
Section IV.3.4 - Expressions of interest must be by way of completion and
return of the prequalification questionnaire (PQQ) by the date and time
specified in Section IV.3.4.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Rochdale Metropolitan
Borough Council, Corporate Procurement Unit, Floor 7, Municipal Offices,
Smith Street, UK-Rochdale OL16 1LQ. E-mail:
corporate.procurement@rochdale.gov.uk. Tel. 017 06 92 54 80. URL:
www.rochdale.gov.uk.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
In accordance with Regulation 32 (information about contract award
procedures and the application of standstill period prior to contact
award) and Regulation 47 (Enforcement of Obligations) of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 29.5.2008.
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