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Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LONDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:318305-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 17, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 4, 2009
Buyer:   THE DESIGN MUSEUM
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   THE DESIGN MUSEUM
LONDON, Inner London - West
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.designmuseum.org

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2230 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 221/2009, #318305-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Accelerated 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 Design Museum, Gardiner &
Theobald LLP 32 Bedford Square, Contact: Gardiner & Theobald LLP
Management Services, Attn: Craig Ward, UK-London WC1B 3JT. Tel. +44
2072093333. E-mail: craig.ward@gardiner.com. Fax +44 2072091851.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.designmuseum.org.
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:
Other: Gallery & Museum.
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:
The Design Museum, London - Appointment of Design Team.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 12.
NUTS code: UKI11.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Design Team
will be required to provide a fully coordinated scheme for the Museum fit
out within the existing Grade II* listed "Parabola" building on the
previous "Commonwealth Institute Site" in Kensington. The transformation
of this building will require the creation of temporary & permanent
exhibition spaces; education and event spaces; catering and retail spaces;
an auditorium; and associated office, storage, circulation, back of house
areas, plant and plant-related spaces.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 71000000, 71200000,
71210000, 71221000, 71240000, 71300000, 71312000, 71313200, 71313440,
71315210, 71317210, 71317100, 55523000, 71316000.
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: The scheme is likely to cost in the
region of 23 000 000 GBP (inclusive of fees, contingency, surveys but
excluding permanent exhibition costs, FF&E, client costs and VAT).
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
21.2.2010. Completion: 20.12.2013.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: N / A.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: N / A.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: N / A.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Please contact Gardiner & Theobald LLP Management Services to obtain
details of the Pre-qualification questionnaire (see contact points in I.1)
and supplemental information. The contract documents will be made
available at the Invitation to Tender Stage.
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: Applicant to
provide:
1) Name & Address of Banker
2) Main Address and Contact Details;
3) Type of Organisation;
4) Is the company a member of a group of companies;
5) Details of organisational structure;
6) Details of your enrolment or membership to professional registers; and
7) Provide the names and responsibilities of the executive
directors/partners/members of your company.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Applicant to provide:
1) Name & Address of Banker
2) Main Address and Contact Details;
3) Company’s turnover for the last three financial years;
4) Enclose two full sets of audited accounts and annual reports for the
last three years for your company as issued to the Inland Revenue;
5) Provide company’s VAT, or equivalent, registration number;
6) Provide copies of certificates for Professional Indemnity, Public
Liability and Employers Liability insurances. Certificates should indicate
the insurer, policy number, the extent of cover and the expiry date;
7) Provide detail of company Quality Assurance & Environmental Management
Policy;
8) Please supply details of your Health & Safety Policy; and
9) Please supply a copy of your Equal Opportunities Policy.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: 1) Professional Indemnity
Insurance (minimum cover 10 000 000 GBP)
2) Public Liability Insurance (minimum cover 5 000 000 GBP)
3) Employer’s Liability Insurance (minimum cover 5 000 000 GBP).
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Applicant to provide:
1) Provide a Organogram detailing the proposed services to be provided by
each company within your Design Team;
2) Provide details of the key personnel that would be involved on this
project;
3) Describe how the design team would overcome the challenge of designing
an innovative, inspirational and sustainable scheme whilst remaining
sensitive to the Listed Building;
4) Outline the specific design features that you see as intrinsic to the
design of this scheme. In particular please detail what you believe are
the key aspects of Gallery & Museum exhibition design, how these can be
expressed in the design brief and suggest the steps you would recommend
for the development of the design;
5) Provide evidence of your ability to deliver projects to programme on
budget; and
6) Has your company received relevant national/international recognition
(i.e. awards etc.) for its work on similar high profile schemes?
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
1) Provide examples of projects which detail your experience in delivering
sensitive interventions within listed buildings.
2) Provide examples of a Gallery or Museum Project, which you have
undertaken, with details of how you believe that you have met the original
client brief.
3) Provide comparable examples of projects that you have undertaken in the
Cultural Sector.
4) Provide examples of experience of working with English Heritage on
listed buildings.
5) Please provide examples of projects where you have been required to
coordinate your design with the requirements of an exhibition designer and
detail how their requirements have been integrated into the base design.
6) Please provide examples of previous projects where your proposed team
have worked together and detail how the design benefited.
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:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Accelerated restricted.
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: In the current
economic climate, a faster procurement process will benefit the economy by
providing quicker distribution of funds into construction markets.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Approach
to providing a fully coordinated design within the constraints of a listed
building.
Ability to deliver high quality project on time and within budget.
Experience of working on projects of a similar nature and complexity.
Evidence of working with heritage organisations and external consultants
on high profile schemes.
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: N
/ A.
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: 2.12.2009.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
4.12.2009 - 13:00.
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: Please contact Gardiner & Theobald LLP
Management Services for details of the Pre-qualification questionnaire
(see contact points in I.1) and supplemental information.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 13.11.2009.
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