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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LONDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:320386-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 19, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 17, 2009
Buyer:   THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   THE BRITISH LIBRARY
LONDON, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.bl.bravosolution.com

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 1140 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 223/2009, #320386-2009
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Negotiated 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): The British Library, 96 Euston
Road, Contact: www.bl.bravosolution.com, UK-London NW1 2DB. E-mail:
Geoffrey.Hilton@bl.uk. Fax +44 1937546660.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.bl.bravosolution.com.
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:
Body governed by public law.
Other: Library and Information 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:
ESTS6606 - Building Contractor - Newspaper Storage Project.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Works.
Main site or location of works: Boston Spa, West Yorkshire.
NUTS code: UKE4.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The British
Library requires, as part of the ongoing rationalisation of its London
business requirements, to develop and construct a new high density
automated newspaper storage facility at its Boston Spa campus in West
Yorkshire to follow on from the recently completed automated book storage
project. As part of this aim, the Library is now seeking expressions of
interest from a limited number of appropriately qualified and experienced
contractors to provide a high bay, high density automated storage
building.
The scope of Works is the design and construction of a High Density
Newspaper Storage Building approximately 25 metres high that will
accommodate an integrated materials handling system (let as a separate
concurrent contract) for the storage and retrieval of British Library
collection material.
The likely Scope of Works is as follows:
Building and civil engineering construction.
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing services.
Air tight building having a controlled.
Environment and reduced oxygen fire prevention system or the potential to
retrofit these systems in the future.
External works, utility services and landscaping.
Full commissioning and testing of the Works, both prior to and following
installation of the materials handling system.
The estimated cost range is between 11 000 000 GBP to 13 000 000 GBP.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 45000000, 71000000,
45400000, 45100000, 45200000, 45300000.
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: Service provider to submit for the whole
of the works required.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 11 000 000 and 13 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 24 (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: To be detailed in the
invitation to tender documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: To be detailed in
the invitation to tender documentation.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: No special legal form required, but
each supplier will be required to become jointly and severally responsible
for the contract before acceptance.
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: Suppliers
Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required
once).
— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://bl.bravosolution.co.uk and click
the link to register,
— Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”,
— Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you
chose and click “Save” when complete,
— You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep
this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender
— Login to the portal with the username/password,
— Click the “PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers” link. (These are
Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any
registered supplier),
— Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content,
— Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the
left-hand side of the page,
— This will move the PQQ/ITT into your “My PQQs/My ITTs” page. (This is a
secure area reserved for your projects only),
— You can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer
Attachments” in the “Actions” box.
3. Responding to the tender
— You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if
rejecting),
— You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer
and seek any clarification,
— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions
to complete the PQQ/ITT - There may be a mixture of online and offline
actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You
must then publish your reply using the publish button in the “Actions” box
on the left-hand side of the page. If you require any further assistance
please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated.
Candidates have already been selected: no.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5.
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:
ESTS6606.
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: 17.12.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
17.12.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 25.3.2010.
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 Contracting Authority intends to use an
eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Tenders and all supporting
documents must be priced in Sterling and all payments under the contract
made in England and according to English Law. Interested parties must
register for the eTendering service at https://bl.bravosolution.co.uk in
order to view and downlaod the relevant documents and to respond to this
exercise. Registration and use of this service is free of charge and
places suppliers under no obligation to participate. Any queries should be
directed to help@bravosolution.co.uk.
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 of information on the award of the contract
is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsucessful 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 3 working days before expiry of the standstill
period. Such additional information should be requested via this
e-Tendering system. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not
been resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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 promply (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: 17.11.2009.
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