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Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   ASHFORD
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:316309-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 14, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 21, 2009
Buyer:   ASHFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   ASHFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
ASHFORD, Kent
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.ashford.gov.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: 220/2009, #316309-2009
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial 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): Ashford Borough Council,
Housing Service Civic Centre Tannery Lane, Ashford Kent, Attn: Paul
Mckenner, UK-Ashford TN23 1PL. Tel. +44 1233330419. E-mail:
Housingpqq@ashford.gov.uk. Fax +44 1233330425.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.ashford.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: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
Housing and community amenities.
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:
Building of new council dwellings with the borough of Ashford Kent
England.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Works.
Design and execution.
Main site or location of works: Building of new council dwellings with the
borough of Ashford Kent.
NUTS code: UKJ4.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): As part of the
National Affordable Housing Programme 2008-11 Ashford Borough Council
(ABC) is seeking social housing grant to support a programme of new local
authority house building within the borough. At present 12 sites have been
identified for development by the grant deadline date of October 2009
however it is possible that this number may increase or decrease depending
on the level of grant funding ABC is able to secure.
It is expected that all homes built under this scheme for ABC will achieve
a minimum of Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 and where viability
permits, Code Level 4. All units must receive practical completion by
March 2011.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 45000000, 45211000,
45211100, 45211300, 45211340, 45211341, 45210000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: 2 500 000 GBP and could rise to 7 000
000 GBP dependant upon the number of lots.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 12 (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 or
guarantee will be required. Further information will be provided in the
PQQ and tender documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: All financing
conditions and payment arrangements will be set out in the PQQ and tender
documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: No legal form is required. If the
operator is a joint venture or consortium, the Contracting Authority
requires members to accept joint and several liability. Further
information will be provided in the PQQ and tender documents.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
— Information wil be provided in the PQQ and tender document.
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: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: This
will be covered in the Pre Qualification and Tender documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: This will be covered in
the Pre Qualification and Tender documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
This will be covered in the Pre Qualification and Tender documents.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: 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 minimum number: 6. Maximum number: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: This
will be covered in the Pre Qualification and Tender documents.
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.3.2) 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: 14.12.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
21.12.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 11.1.2010.
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: II. 2) Quantity or scope of the contract:
Ashford Borough Council (ABC) is seeking social housing grant to support a
programme of new local authority house building within the borough. At
present 12 sites have been identified for development by the grant
deadline date of October 2009 however it is possible that this number may
increase or decrease depending on the level of grant funding ABC is able
to secure.
The stock to be constructed will consist mainly of one, 2 and 3 bed units
on various sites ranging from circa 3 to 10 units on each site.
It is expected that all homes built under this scheme for ABC will achieve
a minimum of Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 and where viability
permits, Code Level 4.
As a condition of receiving the funding ABC are required to deliver all
schemes by March 2011. Consequently ABC will seek to have contractors in
place to commence immediately with the design and build of those units for
which it considers adequate funding has been secured.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Ashford Borough Council(ABC) will incorporate a minimum
10 calendar day standstill period at the point when information on the
award of the contract or contracts is communicated to tenderers. This
period will allow unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from
ABC before the contract or contracts is/are entered into court may order
the setting a side of the award decision or order the contracting
authority to amend any document and may award damages.
Applicants 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 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 No 5)
provided for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or a great risk of
harm by a breach of rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales
and Northern Ireland).
Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 10.11.2009.
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