Braintree District Council : Communal Cleaning Services

UK-Colchester: Building-cleaning services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Colchester Borough Homes
      Rowan House, 33 Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3WG, United Kingdom

      Further information can be obtained at: ANNEX A.I
            
      Specifications and additional documents: ANNEX A.II
            
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: ANNEX A.III
            
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      Housing and community amenities

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Communal Cleaning Services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 14

         Region Codes: UKH3 - Essex         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Building-cleaning services. To provide Building Cleaning Services to the Communal Areas of the 2 and 3 storey flats on behalf of Colchester Borough Homes, within the borough of Colchester.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         90911200 - Building-cleaning services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Colchester Borough Homes is an Arms Length Management Organisation, created in 2003 to manage homes for Colchester Borough Council. The company manages 6,300 homes, 23 sheltered housing schemes and 950 leasehold properties. These properties are spread across the borough of Colchester, in locations from rural villages to large estates.

Residents in Council owned blocks of flats generally receive a cleaning service for the communal areas of the building which are situated on various estates in and around the town, including some in the surrounding rural areas. The blocks encompass a variety of different builds of flats that date from the 1950s to the late 1970s.

The cleaning required will incorporate routine cleaning plus a programme of deep cleaning which will be stipulated within the tender specification. Tenders should also note that TUPE will apply.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 970,800
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 72 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Parent company guarantees, bonds and/ or collateral warranties from the principal as well as sub-contractors may be required. The Council's requirements will be identified in the tender documents
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Payment by the contracting entity will be pounds sterling and will normally be required to be made by means of electronic funds transfer. Full details will be contained in the tender documents. Payment will be made on delivery of the service and at the end of each contract month in arrears
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      The contracting entity's specific requirements are to be determined but it does require that any contract awarded be entered into by a single legal entity on the part of the successful candidate. Any legal entity which has a group of entities will be required to provide an undertaking to be jointly and severally responsible for the due performance of the concession agreement
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: No       
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      These requirements are fully detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Tender Documents.      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         These requirements are fully detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Tender Documents.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         These requirements are fully detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Tender Documents.      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
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 and maximum number: 6   
   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)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: CBH-MA-0001      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Not Provided
      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 24/06/2013
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 01/07/2013
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 08/07/2013      
      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: Not Provided
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Not Provided      
   VI.3)Additional Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.

To obtain the Pre Qualification Questionnaire, suppliers must contact Matt Howe via email at matthew.howe@braintree.gov.uk and the deadline for requesting the PQQ is 24.06.2013 at 17:00hrs and the deadline for submitting your response is 01.07.2013 at 12:00 hrs. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially as you will need to submit a hard copy of your PQQ to the address detailed in the PQQ Document by the closing date of 12:00 (noon) on 01.07.2013.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      The Royal Courts of Justice
      Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 02079476000

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: This Authority 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. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI2006 No 5) (As amended) 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 & Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 24/05/2013

ANNEX A
   I) Addresses and contact points from which further information can be obtained:
      The Essex Procurement Hub
      Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Braintree, CM7 9HB, United Kingdom
      Email: matthew.howe@braintree.gov.uk, URL: www.braintree.gov.uk
      Attn: Matt Howe   
   
   II) Addresses and contact points from which specifications and additional documents can be obtained:
      The Essex Procurement Hub
      Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Braintree, CM9 9HB, United Kingdom
      Email: matthew.howe@braintree.gov.uk, URL: www.braintree.gov.uk
      Attn: Matt Howe   
   
   III) Addresses and contact points to which tenders/requests to participate must be sent:
      The Essex Procurement Hub
      Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Braintree, CM7 9HB, United Kingdom
      Email: matthew.howe@braintree.gov.uk, URL: www.braintree.gov.uk
      Attn: Matt Howe