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UK-Durham: installation services of laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   DURHAM
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:96620-2009
Publication Date:   Apr 7, 2009
Deadline:   Jun 10, 2009
Buyer:   UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
DURHAM, Tees Valley and Durham
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.durham.ac.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2110 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 67/2009, #96620-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): University of Durham,
Procurement Service, Mountjoy Block 4, Stockton Road, Contact: Liam
Glasper, Attn: Liam Glasper, UK-Durham DH1 3UZ. Tel. +44 1913344528.
E-mail: liam.glasper@durham.ac.uk. Fax +44 1913344540.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.durham.ac.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:
Body governed by public law.
Education.
Other: Research.
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:
090101 - Laundry Machine Rental Contract.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Rental.
Main place of delivery: Durham.
NUTS code: UKC1.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Durham
University is seeking to appoint a Vendor to provide, manage and maintain
the Universitys Student Laundry Rooms. It is the intention of the
University to award the contract as a framework agreement to at least 1
vendor.
Durham University has 16 colleges, each equipped with launderette
facilities for its students. Some of the launderettes have equipment owned
and operated by the University. Some have equipment owned and operated by
a service provider and in those areas the University receives a royalty on
the takings.
Service contracts are in place for equipment owned by the University.
Contracts with service providers expire at various times between 2009 and
2011.
By means of this tender the University is seeking to move its student
laundry room arrangements over to a framework contracts negotiated with a
service provider.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 51543400, 98311100,
98311200.
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.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.9.2009. Completion: 31.8.2013.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Requested in 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 Liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Requested in tender
documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Requested in tender documents.
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:
No.
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: Envisaged minimum number: 1. Maximum number: 3.
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 no.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated below:
2. Appropriateness of Solution. Weighting:
3. Commercial / Non-Commercial Aspects. Weighting:
4. Price. Weighting:
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:
090101.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
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: 27.5.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
10.6.2009 - 12:00.
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 days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 10.6.2009 - 12:00.
Place: As in 1 above.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Authorised University Personnel.
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.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: As in section V1.4.2
below.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: This 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 two working days from notification of the
award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has
to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill
period. Such additional information should be requested from the address
in section 1.1.
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 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 settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend
any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into
the court may only award damages.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.4.2009.
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