Building consultancy & surveying services.

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

Dartford Borough Council
Procurement, Civic Centre, Home Gardens
Contact: Procurement
DA1 1DR Dartford
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1322343312
E-mail:
Fax +44 1322343958

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority www.dartford.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: South East Business Portal
Internet: www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk

I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Regional or local authority
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
Building consultancy & surveying services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category: No 12
Main place of performance Dartford, Kent.

NUTS code UKJ

II.1.3)The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Council is looking for a single supplier to provide building consultancy & surveying services.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71315200, 71315300, 71312000, 71311000

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
Dartford Borough Council is looking to appoint a single supplier to provide building consultancy and surveying services. The successful company must be able to provide the following services; building surveying, services engineers/surveyors, civil engineers, structural engineers, CDM-C (construction, design & mangement coordinators) clerk of works, lift engineers, cad technicians and marine engineers.
The contract will be for 2 years with an option to extend for a further year subject to the consultant's performance and customer satisfaction during the initial life of the contract.
The contract approximate value is 75 000 GBP per annum. This sum is intended only as a guide and the Council will not guarantee the annual sum or total contract value.
II.2.2)Options
No
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Starting 1.1.2012. Completion 31.12.2014

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be 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
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Details are as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required Applicants should be able to demonstrate financial stability. Applicants should also be able to demonstrate the availability of financial resources appropriate to such an undertaking allowing for its value and duration and be able to provide public and employers liability insurance at 5 000 000 GBP and 10 000 000 GBP respectively. Also professional indemnity insurance being not less than 2 000 000 GBP. Applicants must provide a minimum of 2 years full sets of accounts for their and any parent company. Full set of standards are set out in the pre qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
Information requested will be as set out in pre-qualification questionnaire.
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

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 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Each organisation that submits an expression of interest must complete a pre qualification questionnaire (PQQ). The (PQQ) contains both threshold questions and scoring questions. All PQQ's that meet the threshold criteria will be scored. The top 6 scoring organisation will be invited to tender.
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
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
DNWA-8KCCCM
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 5.9.2011 - 12:00
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
5.9.2011 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
3.10.2011
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No

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

All expressions of interest must be made via the South East Business portal - www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk. The opportunity is listed under Dartford Borough Council. If you are not registered on the South East Business Portal, you will need to register to express your interest. The link to access the PQQ will be sent via email once you have expressed your interest. The deadline for expression of interest and completion of the PQQ is Monday 5.9.2011.

VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 2079476000

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 2079476000

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Dartford Borough Council shall comply with the requirements of regulations 29A and 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 as amended to include the requirements of the Remedies Directive (2007/66/EC) when notifying economic operators of the procurement outcome.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Office of Government Commerce
1 Horse Guards Road
SW1A 2HQ London
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 8450004999

VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
3.8.2011