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UK-Bristol: technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   BRISTOL
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:318297-2009
Publication Date:   Aug 6, 2010
Deadline:   Dec 21, 2009
Buyer:   HIGHWAYS AGENCY
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   HIGHWAYS AGENCY
BRISTOL
United Kingdom

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: 221/2009, #318297-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Aug 6, 2010


Notice type: 013EC - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 151/2010, #231709-2010
Referenced Document Number: 318297-2009
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): Highways Agency, 2/27H Temple
Quay House, 2 The Square, Attn: PD.SWATT Team, UK-Bristol BS1 6HA. Tel.
+44 1173728921. E-mail: PD.SWATT@highways.gsi.gov.uk. Fax +44 1173728465.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: ww.highways.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:
National or federal agency/office.
General public services.
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:
UK-Bristol: 2/1294 - inspection services for motorway communications
equipment.
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: United Kingdom - Foreign travel may be required
dependent upon equipment source.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Inspection
services for the Inspection and testing of Highways Agency Communications
Equipment and provision of 3rd Line Support at the Highways Agency
National Distribution Centre.
The Contract will be a service contract with discrete tasking elements and
include the following types of service:
Inspection Service - the inspection and witness testing of production
equipment and to render such technical advice on the Specification and
testing of equipment.
Development Support Service - the preparation of technical and contract
documentation, providing technical advice during prototype development,
attending contract meetings, witnessing type acceptance tests, and
assisting with site trials, feasibility studies and tender adjudication or
undertaking audits.
Statutory Type Approval Inspection and Verification - visiting Design
Authorities to inspect and verify the supporting design and test
documentation contents of the Technical File relating to an identified
item of equipment that has been Type Approved under the self-certification
procedures.
The Third Line Service at the NDC - providing technical advice on
equipment received, carry out general inspection, testing and maintenance
duties and manage the processes for equipment disposals and equipment
returns back to manufacturers for repair. Equipment refurbishment and
'component recovery' will also feature in this work.
The National Distribution Centre (NDC) operation is a contracted service
and this contract is being re-tendering. Consequently, the location may
change. However, the current location is:
Highways Agency National Distribution Centre, Howard Tenens (Sharpness)
Ltd. Burma Road, Sharpness, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. GL13 9UQ.
The Highways Agency intends to use Department for Transport (DfT) Services
conditions for this contract. Please note that these will not be
negotiable.
Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services.Highways consultancy
services. Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and
other equipment. Repair and maintenance services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 71600000, 71311210,
50000000, 50230000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 500 000
GBP.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (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: Those invited to tender will
be advised in the tender documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: A joint venture/group will be required
to nominate a lead partner with whom the authority can contract or form
themselves into a single legal entity before the contract is awarded.
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: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by
the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where
he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation
arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an
arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence
concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the
country in which he is established or with those of the country of the
contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action
98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in
Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of
Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial
interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined
in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: The last 3 years audited
accounts will be requested with the response to the Pre-Qualification
Pack. Please refer to the Pre-Qualification Pack for full details (see
VI.3 Additional Information).
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please refer to document
1.1 Company Information Data Sheet of the Pre-Qualification Pack for full
details (see VI.3 - Additional Information).
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Please refer to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for details (see VI.3
- Additional Information).
Please refer to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for details (see VI.3
- Additional Information).
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please refer to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for details (see VI.3
- Additional Information).
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.
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: Please
refer to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for details (see VI.3 -
Additional Information).
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.3.3) 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:
21.12.2009 - 16:00.
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: GO reference: GO 09111325/01.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 13.11.2009.


Highways Agency, 2/27H Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, attn: PD.SWATT
Team, UNITED KINGDOM-BS1 6HABristol. Tel. +44 1173728921. E-mail:
PD.SWATT@highways.gsi.gov.uk. Fax +44 1173728465.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 17.11.2009,
2009/S 221-318297)Incomplete procedureThe awarding procedure has been
discontinued.The contract may be the object of a re-publication.
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