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UK-London: repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LONDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:68237-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 6, 2010
Deadline:   Mar 19, 2010
Buyer:   CORPORATE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   CORPORATE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON, LONDON
United Kingdom
Web Site:   http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/

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Notice Type: 2230 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 46/2010, #68237-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Accelerated restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
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): Corporate Officers of the
House of Lords and House of Commons, Room 502, 1 Canon Row, Attn: James
Fowles, London SW1A 2JN, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2072194291. E-mail:
fowlesj@parliament.uk. Fax +44 2072190626.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/.
Further information can be obtained at: URL:
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
URL: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: URL:
http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
General public services.
Other: Parliament.
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: service and maintenance of fire safety equipment.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 1.
Main place of performance: London.
NUTS code: UKI.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Service and
maintenance of fire safety equipment across the parliamentary estate
buildings.
Firefighting equipment. Repair and maintenance services of firefighting
equipment.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 50413200.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Contract to undertake the statutory,
Mandatory and manufacturers' service and maintenance of fire safety
equipment - fire extinguishers, hose reels, risers (wet and dry),
hydrants, and ansul suppressions systems, and, where applicable, provide a
reactive maintenance and repair service. All maintainers must be Tyco
accredited.
Estimated annual value is GBP 40 000 per annum, over a 4 year contract.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 160 000 GBP.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 48 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
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: 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: Applicants
seeking to be included on the selected list for service providers are
required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire. This may be
obtained from the following website http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/
as described at III.2.3 and must be completed and returned by the deadline
given at IV.3.4 below. The pre-qualification questionnaire shall include,
but not be limited to , the matters detailed under clauses III.2.2 and
III.2.3 below.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Copies of full audited
accounts, or other equivalent documentation independently certified, for
the previous two financial years. Details of annual turnover in respect of
similar services. Details of parent company(s) and of other companies in
the group.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire will be accessible at the following
website http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. To be able to access these
documents you will need to select the above quoted tender in the "current
tenders" list, click on the "view tender details" and express interest by
clicking on the button provided. Afterwards, you will need to register
your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and
password. If you have already registered with In-Tend previously, please
follow the link shown, this will redirect you to the home page where you
can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender
documents. If you have registered and have forgotten your username and
password, please click on the forgotten password link on the In-Tend
homepage. Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass
it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, then please
contact the In-Tend helpdesk via email: support@in-tend.com or call +44
1332869400 for further assistance. Please ensure that you allow yourself
plenty of time when responding to this invitation to tender prior to the
closing date as in IV.3.4. If you are uploading multiple documents you
will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to
zip all the documents in an application like WinZip or WinRar.
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: Accelerated restricted.
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: Relaxation of
rules.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number: 7.
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.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
STC1016.
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:
19.3.2010 - 11:00.
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: The contract will be considered as a
contract made in accordance with the law of England and Wales and subject
to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. The House of Lords
and the House of Commons are Public Authorities within the meaning of the
freedom of Information Act 2000 and all correspondence received will be
dealt with in accordance with the Act. The employer does not bind himself
to accept the lowest, or any, tender submitted. Short-listed tenderers
will be subject to further evaluation which may include tender
presentation.
GO reference: GO 10030409/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Department of Resources,
1 Canon Row, Room 502, London SW1A 2JN, UNITED KINGDOM.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Department of Facilities, 1 Canon Row, 3rd Floor, London SW1A 2JN, UNITED
KINGDOM.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 4.3.2010.
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