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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
University of Durham, Procurement Service, Mountjoy Block 4, Stockton Road, Attn: David Armstrong, UK-Durham DH1 3UZ. Tel. +44 1913344529. E-mail: david.armstrong@durham.ac.uk. Fax +44 1913344539.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.durham.ac.uk.
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.
Education.
Other: Research.
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:
090202 - Asbestos Consultancy and Testing 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: Durham.
NUTS code: UKC1.
II.1.3) The notice involves:
The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
Framework agreement with several operators.
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 3.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Durham University requires an Asbestos CONSULTANCY Service to carry out Site Surveys on all relevant University property and Air Testing and Monitoring for asbestos fibres.
Please note that the contract is NOT for REMOVAL of Asbestos.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
71600000, 71700000, 71610000, 71620000, 90700000, 90721000.
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:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options:
No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Starting: 1.12.2009. Completion: 30.11.2013.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
Requested in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
Requested in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
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: Requested in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Requested 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:
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 number of operators 8.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no.
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:
090202.
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: 15.7.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
15.7.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
14.8.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders:
Date: 23.9.2009 - 12:00.
Place: As in 1.1.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Authorised University personnel.
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.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
As in section V1.4.2 below.
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 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 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 from the address in section 1.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 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 promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling 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:
8.6.2009.
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