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UK-Motherwell: storage and warehousing services

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   MOTHERWELL
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:296573-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 24, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 1, 2009
Buyer:   NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
MOTHERWELL, North Lanarkshire
United Kingdom
Web Site:   http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

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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, #296573-2009
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): North Lanarkshire Council,
Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Attn: Executive Director Corporate
Services, UK-Motherwell ML1 1AB. Tel. +44 1698302222. Fax +44 1698275125.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00010.
Further information can be obtained at: North Lanarkshire Council, 69-71
Merry Street, Contact: Housing and Social Work Services, Attn: Julia
McCluskie, UK-Motherwell ML1 1JJ. Tel. +44 1698302259. URL:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
Search_Switch.aspx?ID=178620.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
North Lanarkshire Council, 69-71 Merry Street, Contact: Housing and Social
Work Services, Attn: Julia McCluskie, UK-Motherwell ML1 1JJ. Tel. +44
1698302259. URL: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
Search_Switch.aspx?ID=178620.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: North Lanarkshire
Council, 69-71 Merry Street, Contact: Housing and Social Work Services,
Attn: Julia McCluskie, UK-Motherwell ML1 1JJ. Tel. +44 1698302259.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Storage, removal and disposal service.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 27.
Main place of performance: North Lanarkshire.
NUTS code: UKM36.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): In line with
the Homeless Legislation, Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (as amended), Local
Authorities are required to provide removal storage and disposal
facilities for the furniture and personal belongings of people who are
Homeless or threatened with Homelessness.
To add to this, the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 requires that Local
Authorities make provisions for Storage of furniture and personal
belongings found in abandoned tenancies and/or found in houses which have
been repossessed.
North Lanarkshire Council’s Housing and Social Work Services provide a
range of Housing Services for people living in North Lanarkshire and these
services fulfil the legislative requirements as dictated by the Scottish
Parliament and Government.
North Lanarkshire Council intend to appoint a single Contractor for
support the Council’s Homeless and Void Property Service Requirements. The
requirements of the Successful Contractor will be to perform all of the
following:
Pack up of furniture and personal belongings in preparation for storage.
Uplift and Redelivery of Housing Furniture and Personal Belongings.
Storage of Housing Furniture and Personal Belongings.
Disposal of Housing Furniture and Personal Belongings.
Perform Needle Sweep of the Council's Homeless and Abandoned Properties.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
Search_Switch.aspx?ID=178620.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 63120000.
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: North Lanarkshire Council intend to
appoint a single contractor to perform the following requirements as a
complete service:
Pack up furniture and personal belongings in preparation for storage.
Uplift and Redelivery of Housing Furniture and Personal Belongings.
Storage of Housing Furniture and Personal Belongings.
Disposal of Housing Furniture and Personal Belongings.
Perform Needle Sweep of the Council's Homeless and Abandoned Properties.
The contract will be for initial duration of 2 (two) years and shall
include an option to extend, at the sole discretion of the Council, for a
period up to 24 (twenty four) months.
The estimated maximum value of the contract is two million GBP (2 000 000)
– this includes the initial duration and maximum extension period.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Option to extend the Contract for a maximum
period of 24 months.
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: The Contracting Authority
reserves 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: Details will be
specified within the Invitation To Tender documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Details of the required legal form
will be provided in the Invitation to Tender documents.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Under this procurement the successful contractor will be required to
support the authority's economic and social regeneration objectives.
Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to
social and environmental considerations.
North Lanarkshire Council's existing requirements for Storage, Removal and
Disposal is outsourced. It is anticipated that the procurement to which
this contract notice relates may require the transfer of staff under the
provisions of TUPE.
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 35 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and and as
set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire available from the web site
address in Section II.1.5.
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 Regulations 24 of the Public
Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and and as set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire available from the web site address in
Section II.1.5.
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 (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and as
set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire which is available from the
address in Section II.1.5.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
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: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged number of operators 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Applicants must complete and return a Pre-qualification Questionnaire no
later than 1st December 2009 to:
North Lanarkshire Council.
Housing Services.
FAO Operations Manager.
69-71 Merry Street
Motherwell.
ML1 1JJ.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
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:
HS/OP/STOR2010.
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: 30.11.2009.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
1.12.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 16.12.2009.
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: The PQQ and supporting documentation can be
accessed from the Public Contracts Scotland web site:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
Search_Switch.aspx?ID=178620.
To access these documents candidates will firstly need to register, if
they have not already done so, on the Public Contracts Scotland web site
and then express interest in this particular procurement.
Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the
pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) in hard copy only by the date and
time specified in Section IV.3.4) of the Contract Notice.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract as
a result of the procurement process initiated by this notice and in such
event will not be liable for any costs incurred by any party.
(SC Ref:178620).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: North Lanarkshire Council will incorporate a minimum of
10 calendar day standstill period at the point of 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. Candidates have 2 working
days from the notification of the award decision to request additional
debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working
days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional
information should be required from the address in part 1.1 of this
Contract Notice.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 22.10.2009.
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