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UK-Peterborough: architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   PETERBOROUGH
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:296561-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 24, 2009
Deadline:   Nov 23, 2009
Buyer:   THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
PETERBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 206/2009, #296561-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
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): The Environment Agency,
Kingfisher House, Orton Goldhay, Contact: Anglian Procurement, Attn: Julie
Mackay, UK-Peterborough PE2 5ZR. Tel. +44 1733464125. E-mail:
julie.mackay@environment-agency.gov.uk. Fax +44 1733464236.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.environment-agency.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:
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
National or federal agency/office.
Environment.
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:
23872 Navigation Management Services (construction related).
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: Throughout England and Wales.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 5.
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: 400 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Framework
agreement to provide construction related Navigation Management Services
to assist with the delivery of capital and revenue works programmes in
Eastern England between the Humber and Thames Estuaries. Engineering,
construction, architectural and related technical consultancy services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 71000000.
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: 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: A performance bond and/or a
parent company guarantee may be required as a condition of the award of
the framework.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender
documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Each economic operator to be jointly
and severally liable for the performance of the contracts.
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: Evidence of
Economic and Financial standing and Technical Competence will be required,
each applicant will be sent a 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:
No.
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 10.
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 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:
23782.
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:
23.11.2009 - 16:00.
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: The Environment Agency reserves the right
to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include
the right not to award a framework or contract, and does not bind itself
to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the
right to award the framework or contract in part, or to call for new
tenders should it consider this necessary.
The Environment Agency shall not be liable for any costs or expenses
incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion
and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the
completion or submission of any tender.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The Environment Agency 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: 22.10.2009.
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