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Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   HERTFORD
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:102001-2009
Publication Date:   Apr 16, 2009
Deadline:   May 18, 2009
Buyer:   HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES: SEE SECTION VI.3
Original Language:   English

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Address:   HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES: SEE SECTION VI.3
HERTFORD, Hertfordshire
United Kingdom
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Notice Type: 22M0 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 70/2009, #102001-2009
Referenced Document Number: 24137-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Apr 16, 2009


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 73/2009, #105230-2009
Referenced Document Number: 102001-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Hertfordshire County Council
on behalf of itself and the following contracting authorities: see Section
VI.3, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Attn: Chris Mulhall, Contract Development
Officer, UK-Hertford SG13 8DQ. Tel. +44 1707292460. E-mail:
chris.mulhall@hertscc.gov.uk. Fax +44 1992555739.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.hertsdirect.org.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.hertsdirect.org/your bus.
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.
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:
UK-Hertford: hertfordshire 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: Within the county boundaries of Hertfordshire
and adjacent areas. Hertfordshire.
NUTS code: UKH23.
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 [{including, but not limited to, secondary
school facilities and primary school 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],
(xii) [INSERT OTHER ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHICH THE LEP WILL PROVIDE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEP PARTNERING SERVICES SPECIFICATION]
For the 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 SPV will be able to provide ICT services to all sites where education
takes place and/or there are looked after children (irrespective of
whether the Relevant Facilities have new build or refurbishment
requirements or form part of the BSF programme).
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).
Business and management consultancy and related services. Construction
work. Demolition, site preparation and clearance work. Building
construction work. Construction work for buildings relating to education
and research. Construction work for school buildings. Installation of
telecommunications equipment. Refurbishment work. Repair and maintenance
services of building installations. Installation services of computers and
information-processing equipment. School catering services.Real estate
services. Facilities management services for computer systems maintenance.
General management consultancy services. Procurement consultancy services.
Management-related services. Architectural, construction, engineering and
inspection services.Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services.
Building services. Construction project management services. Security
services. Building-cleaning services. Building and facilities management
services. Provision of services to the community. Grounds maintenance
services. Sports fields maintenance services. Education and training
services. Sports facilities operation services.Caretaker services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79400000, 55524000,
98341140, 50700000, 45453100, 71600000, 71315000, 70000000, 51610000,
45210000, 45214000, 79420000, 71541000, 79710000, 90911200, 79993000,
45000000, 45111000, 72514300, 79418000, 71000000, 75200000, 77314000,
80000000, 92610000, 45214200, 79411000, 77320000, 45314000, 72000000.
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 220 000
000 GBP. Further projects arising in the first 15 year period may result
in the total estimated capital value (including the initial projects)
being approximately 2 000 000 000 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 220 000 000 and 2 000 000 000 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 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
undertake 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: In
accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations
23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 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.
As set out in the prequalification questionnaire.
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
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set
out in the pre qualification questionnaire which is available from the
address in Section I.1, and mentioned in the additional details section.
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.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
HCC 0801657.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice
Notice number in OJ: 2009/S 17-24137 of 27.1.2009.
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:
18.5.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 2.6.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
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: Hertfordshire County Council will be using
two electronic procurement systems to run this procurement:
"The Vault" https://www.delta-ets.com/cgi-perl/delta_index.cgi, which will
be used for issuing tender documents, submitting questions, issuing
responses and the submission of documents by bidders, and.
"E-box" - an online document management service, https://www.e-box.net.
To access procurement documents please click on the link for 'The Vault' -
the tenderbox access code is: 04T377636.
Section I.1 - Hertfordshire County 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 of Schools, Fifth Floor, 8-10 Great George Street, London
SW1P 3AE; BSF Investments LLP; Diocese of St Albans; Diocese of
Westminster; Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College (The);
Hockerill Anglo-European College; Bishop's Stortford High School (The);
Leventhorpe Foundation School (The); John Warner School (The); Cheshunt
School; Goffs School; Francis Bacon Maths & Computing College; Marlborough
School Science College; Chancellor's School; Mount Grace School; Queens'
School; Bushey Hall School; Bushey Meads School; Rickmansworth School;
Ashlyns School; John Henry Newman RC; St Mary's Catholic (Bishops
Stortford); St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided High School;
Loreto College; Townsend CE VA Secondary School; Nicholas Breakspear
Catholic School; St George's School; Yavneh College; Dame Alice Owen's
School; St Clement Danes School; St Joan or Arc Catholic School; Watford
Grammar School for Boys; Watford Grammar School for Girls; St Michael's
Catholic High School; Parmiter's School; John F Kennedy Catholic School;
Thomas Coram C of E VA Middle School (The). Francis Combe Academy, Bushy
Academy (The), and any further Academies that may be developed in
Hertfordshire.
North Herts College, West Herts College, Oaklands College, Hertford
Regional College.
Broxbourne Borough Council, Dacorum Borough Council, East Herts District
Council, Hertsmere Borough Council, North Hertfordshire District Council,
St Albans District Council, Stevenage Borough Council. Three Rivers
District Council, Watford Borough Council, Welwyn Hatfield Council.
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.2 -The partnering contract between the private
sector partner and the contracting authorities will be for a period of 10
years commencing on January 2011 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 as above the date of despatch of this notice to 18th May 2009. The
Vault and e-Box extranet portals https://www.delta-ets.com/cgi-perl/
delta_index.cgi and https://www.e-box.net 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 chris.mulhall@hertscc.gov.uk.
It is anticipated that the invitation to participate in the dialogue will
be sent to short-listed bidders by 2.6.2009.
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.
GO reference: GO 09040802/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Hertfordshire County
Council, County Hall, Pegs Lane, UK-Hertford SG13 8DQ. E-mail:
chris.mulhall@hertscc.gov.uk. Tel. +44 1707292460. URL:
www.hertsdirect.org.
VI.4.2) Lodging of 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.
Hertfordshire County Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calender day
standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is
communicated to tenderers. This period allows successful tenderers to seek
further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is
entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification on the
award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has
to be proved a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the
standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the
global authority specified at Section 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 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 authority to amend any document and may
award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only
award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is
to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision
before the contract is entered into].
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 7.4.2009.


Hertfordshire County Council on behalf of itself and the following
contracting authorities: see Section VI.3, County Hall, Pegs Lane, attn:
Chris Mulhall, Contract Development Officer, UK-SG13 8DQ Hertford. Tel.
+44 1707292460. E-mail: chris.mulhall@hertscc.gov.uk. Fax +44 1992555739.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 10.4.2009,
2009/S 70-102001)
RE: CPV: 79400000, 55524000, 98341140, 50700000, 45453100, 71600000,
71315000, 70000000, 51610000, 45210000, 45214000, 79420000, 71541000,
79710000, 90911200, 79993000, 45000000, 45111000, 72514300, 79418000,
71000000.
Business and management consultancy and related services.
School catering services.
Caretaker services.
Other additional information
Tenderers should be aware that Hertfordshire County Council is moving to a
new way of e-Tendering and working closely with BiP Solutions which
provides a system called Delta-ets.
To participate in this tender you will need to go into www.delta-ets.com
and register, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password.
If you have already registered with Delta-ets, please follow the link
above where you can log on using your existing username and password. If
you have registered and have forgotten your Username and Password, please
click on the forgotten password link below the log in box on the Delta-ets
homepage. Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass
it to any third parties.
To be considered, please go to Select and enter the Tender Access Code
04T377636 and follow the instructions therein. If you are experiencing
problems, then please contact the Delta helpdesk via email at
helpdesk@delta-ets.com or call +44 8452707050 for further assistance.
If you have any problems accessing the information then please contact the
Delta helpdesk via email at helpdesk@delta-ets.com or call +44 8452707050.
For Further information on how to do business with Hertfordshire County
Council, including current and past tenders, please visit
www.hertsdirect.org/contractsandtenders.
GO reference: GO 09041425/01.
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