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UK-Colchester: construction work

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   COLCHESTER
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:311330-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 10, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 14, 2009
Buyer:   UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
COLCHESTER, Essex
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.essex.ac.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 1120 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 216/2009, #311330-2009
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Works
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): University of Essex, Wivenhoe
Park, Contact: Central Purchasing Unit, Attn: Adrian Woodmore,
UK-Colchester CO4 3SQ. Tel. +44 1206872068. E-mail: acwood@essex.ac.uk.
Fax +44 1206872943.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.essex.ac.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.essex.ac.uk/purchasing.
Further information can be obtained at: E-mail:
UoEInfrastructure@northcroft.co.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
E-mail: UoEInfrastructure@northcroft.co.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: E-mail:
UoEInfrastructure@northcroft.co.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Education.
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:
Main Contractor for Infrastructure works regarding Knowledge Gateway.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Works.
Execution.
Main site or location of works: Colchester.
NUTS code: UKH3.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The University
requires a Main Contractor to undertake the Infrastructure Works for its
new Knowledge Gateway development. The Knowledge Gateway is set in 43
acres of parkland adjoining the campus on the eastern side of Colchester.
Outline planning consent has been granted for the development of 400 000
sq ft (37,161 sq m) of commercial space, 200 housing units and 1 300
student study bedrooms, and the infrastructure would serve the entire
site. The estimated value of the infrastructure works is circa 5 000 000
GBP and is scheduled to commence on site in April 2010 for a period of 13
months.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 45000000, 45200000.
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: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000
GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.4.2010. Completion: 1.5.2011.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: The University reserves the
right to request deposits, guarantees, bonds, insurance, warranties or
other forms of securities as it feels necessary.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: In accordance with
the University payment terms & conditions.
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.2.1) 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: Details of
membership of any industry accreditation body.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Copies of audited
accounts for past 3 years.
Copies of Insurance certification, eg;-.
i) All Risks Insurance
ii) Public liability
iii) Third part liability
iv) Professional indemnity / liability
v) Legal liability
vi) Employers liability
vii) Sub-Contractor liability.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Details of previous similar projects.
Approach to the project.
Company strengths.
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 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Criteria
Weighting.
Previous Experience in Infrastructure Works - 25 %.
Technical ability - 10 %.
Financial Strength - 5 %.
Ability to meet time frame - 5 %.
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. Cost. Weighting: 35 %.
3. Previous Experience in Infrastructure Works. Weighting: 25 %.
4. Technical Ability. Weighting: 10 %.
5. Financial Capability/Stability. Weighting: 5 %.
6. Ability to meet time frame. Weighting: 5 %.
7. Compliance with Specification. Weighting: 20 %.
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:
T259.
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:
14.12.2009 - 10:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 20.1.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 2.3.2010 - 10:00.
Place: Colchester, Essex.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Director of Estate Management.
Project Manager.
Deputy Director of Estate Management (Purchasing).
Finance Officer.
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.4.2) 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 three working days before expiry of the
standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from
the address in section I.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No5) 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.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 9.11.2009.
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