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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LONDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:53847-2010
Publication Date:   Feb 25, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 15, 2010
Buyer:   FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, CORPORATE PROCUREMENT GROUP, ESTATES CONTRACTS
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, CORPORATE PROCUREMENT GROUP, ESTATES CONTRACTS
LONDON
United Kingdom
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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: 37/2010, #53847-2010
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Feb 25, 2010


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 39/2010, #56396-2010
Referenced Document Number: 53847-2010
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): Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
Corporate Procurement Group, Estates Contracts, Room 1/100, Old Admiralty
Building, The Mall, Contact: Corporate Procurement Group, Attn: Mr T
Wilson, London SW1A 2PA, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2070081406. E-mail:
twilson@estate.fco.gov.uk. Fax +44 2070080970.
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:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
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-London: development of new offices and amenities at the British High
Commission, Abuja, Nigeria.
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: FCT A00 4647.
Plot 1137.
South of Airport Road.
Abuja.
Nigeria.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The design and
construction of 6000 m² of concrete frame deep footprint open plan offices
generally of four storey construction incorporating mechanical ventilation
and VRF cooling. Associated accommodation includes a fully fitted out
medical clinic, mechanics workshops and external works. the contractor
will be required to adopt the detailed design at RIBA stage D, to complete
the detailed design and be responsible for handing over the completed
project to a defined completion date 18 months after commencement on site.
Damages will apply for late completion. Detailed design and construction
are to be carried out to a high standard equivalent to those found on
European Headquarter projects. The contractor will be required to submit
details of the design to the employers team for comment prior to
commencement of construction. All works to be carried out under one
contract which will be based on GC Works 1 Single Stage with contractors
design, all project documentation will be in English. The works will not
be let in packages but as a single entire contract for design and
construction. Construction work. Landscaping work. Clinic construction
work.Architectural design services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 45000000, 71220000,
45215130, 45112700.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: all lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Approximately 6000 m² gross internal
floor area.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 12 000 000 GBP.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 18 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: UK-London: provision of planned maintenance for new offices and
amenities at the British High Commission, Abuja, Nigeria
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 50000000, 50700000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Guarantees in the form of
performance bond and/or parent company guarantees may be required (Details
to be given in the Tender documentation).
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Interim payments
will be made using milestones, trigger points and values are required to
be submitted as part of the tender submission.
Applicants, including any consortium members must hold and maintain
appropriate insurances.
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: Yes.
The contract will be subject to GC Works conditions of contract which will
be amended, such details to be provided with the tender.
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
pre-qualification questionnaire containing further information is
available for download from: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/
working-for-us/contracts-procurement/contracts.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide evidence of relevant professional indemnity
insurance.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement covering ther 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate
and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of similar type to
the subject matter of this notice.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of account or
extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
A pre-qualification questionnaire containing further information is
available for download from: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/
working-for-us/contracts-procurement/contracts.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(1) A statement of the candidates average annual number of staff and
managerial staff over the previous 3 years
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their
managerial staff and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for
providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the
contract.
(3) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a
competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established
to verify the technical capacity of the candidate and if relevant, on the
candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures.
A pre-qualification questionnaire containing further information is
available for download from: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/
working-for-us/contracts-procurement/contracts.
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 minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 4.
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:
File Reference Number: XDB367/NAB/01310/100
Departmental Contract Reference Number: 01310.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 91-123295 of 10.5.2008.
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: 9.4.2010 - 11:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
15.4.2010 - 11:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 17.6.2010.
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: A pre-qualification questionnaire
containing In addition to information requested in this notice applicants
are requested to submit by the deadline set in this notice a response to
the pre-qualification questionnaire which can be downloaded
from:http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/working-for-us/
contracts-procurement/contracts.
Contractors expressing interest will be required to attend an interview in
Nigeria during week commencing 26.4.2010 at a date and time to be advised.
As part of the interview contractors will be required to arrange for the
employers consultant team to visit the office that would undertake the
project and a current construction site of similar size and complexity to
this project (minimum value 5 000 000 GBP) in Nigeria and preferably
within Abuja. Contractors are required to advise the location of their
proposed office and site as part of the expression of interest.
Applicants responding f to this do so at their own cost as the authority
will not provide any financial contribution to expression of interest or
tendering costs.
Applicant who previously provided information in response to notice
2008/S91 - 123295 are requested to provide a new submission given the
passage of time since the original application was made.
GO reference: GO 10021909/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The Foreign & Commonwealth Office 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 2 further
working days from the notification of the award decision to request
additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum 3
working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional
information should be required from the address listed in I.1.3. If an
appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully
resolved the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provided 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.
The awarding authority reserves the right to annul the Tendering process
and not to award any contract.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 19.2.2010.


Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Corporate Procurement Group, Estates
Contracts, Room 1/100, Old Admiralty Building, The Mall, Corporate
Procurement Group, attn: Mr T Wilson UK-SW1A 2PA London. Tel. +44
2070081406. E-mail: twilson@estate.fco.gov.uk. Fax +44 2070080970.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 23.2.2010,
2010/S 37-053847)
RE: CPV: 45000000, 50000000, 71220000, 45215130, 45112700, 50700000.
Construction work.
Repair and maintenance services.
Architectural design services.
Instead of: Information about lots.
Lot No 1.
Title: UK-London: provision of planned maintenance for new offices and
amenities at the British High Commission, Abuja, Nigeria.
1) Short description: —.
Read: Information about lots.
Lot No 1.
Title: UK-London: provision of planned maintenance for new offices and
amenities at the British High Commission, Abuja, Nigeria.
1) Short description:
The contractors invited to tender for the construction of the New Offices
and Amenities at the British High Commission, Abuja, Nigeria will be
requested to submit a separate undertaking for the planned maintenance of
the building for a 25 year period, renewable each 5 years. The maintenace
contract may be rejected in favour of providing maintenance resource from
the Foreign & Commonwealth Office if more commercially advantageous.
Repair and maintenance services.Repair and maintenance services of
building installations.
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