Brent Housing Partnership Ltd: CONSULTANTS FRAMEWORK

UK-Wembley: Architectural and building-surveying services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Brent Housing Partnership Ltd (BHP)
      Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0FJ, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2089372297, Email: contracts@bhphousing.co.uk
      Electronic Access URL: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/32EAUJS498
      Electronic Submission URL: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/32EAUJS498

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   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: Yes

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: CONSULTANTS FRAMEWORK
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 12

         Region Codes: UKI - LONDON         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system: The notice involves the setting up of a framework agreement                                                        

      II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:      
            Framework agreement with several operators

         Duration of the framework agreement:
            Duration in year(s): 4                   
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Architectural and building-surveying services. Building surveying services. Building services consultancy services. The main Lot is for a range of surveying-related services in relation to both refurbishment and repair projects and for newbuild schemes. Lots 2 and 3 are for M&E consultants and Lift Consultants.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services.
         
         71315300 - Building surveying services.
         
         71315210 - Building services consultancy 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: Yes          
         If yes, tenders should be submitted for: One or more lots

      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:
      Not Provided      
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         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: 48 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: SURVEYING CONSULTANTS

      1)Short Description:      
      Surveying-related consultancy services across a number of general disciplines and specialist services for refurbishment and repair projects and for new build projects. Some architecture-related services may be required.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services.
                  71315300 - Building surveying services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      BHP have a capital programme of approx 20m per annum GBP and the Council around 5m per annum GBP. One or more consultants on this Lot may be used to manage some or all of this work or may be used to provide specific services.               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots:         
            4 consultants will be appointed      
      Lot No: 2
      Title: M&E CONSULTANTS

      1)Short Description:      
      Consultancy services for M&E projects

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71315210 - Building services consultancy services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      Call offs from this Lot could be made for projects with fees of up to 50,000 per annum GBP.               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots:         
            1 consultant will be appointed      
      Lot No: 3
      Title: LIFT CONSULTANTS

      1)Short Description:      
      Lift consultants/engineers for surveying lifts, specifying and possibly tendering lift renewals /refurbishments

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71315210 - Building services consultancy services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      It is anticipated that projects with fees of up to 50,000 GBP per annum could be called off this Lot               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots:         
            1 consultant will be appointed         
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Will be stated in the contract documents
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Will be stated in the contract documents
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      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:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

      Interested consultants are required to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire which is consistent with Directive 2004/18/EC. The PQQ, together with the evaluation methodology are available as detailed in VI.3 and must be returned by the date in IV.3 through the Delta e-sourcing site.      
      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:
         As set out in the PQQ and associated documents         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out in the PQQ and associated documents
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As set out in the PQQ and associated documents         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out in the PQQ and associated 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: Yes       
      If yes, reference to relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
      As detailed in the documents      
      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: 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:
                        
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         Detailed in PQQ documents   
   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: Not Provided      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 20/12/2013
         Time: 14:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 15/01/2014      
      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)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
   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.
Brent Housing Partnership Ltd. (BHP) is an arms length management organisation owned by and managing the housing stock of Brent Council. We are planning to transform our estates through some new long term contracts for major works, responsive repairs and newbuild which will involve community asset planning and long term investment so that whole estates are considered and residents involved from the start. We are seeking consultants who will work closely with us and our framework contactors to deliver integrated, efficient and high quality services and works to our residents.
The framework will also be used by Brent Council and is open to other London-based social housing organisations and the 33 London Borough Councils. The indication of contract values given above apply only to BHP and Brent Council. Where appropriate for particular lots, values of projects for which these services will be required has been given, in place of values of anticipated services, because of the difficulty in estimating these.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Wembley:-Architectural-and-building-surveying-services./32EAUJS498

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/32EAUJS498
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
      The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: The contracting authority will observe a minimum 10 calendar standstill period from the day after communication to tenderers of the authority's intended award decision. This is to allow unsuccessful tenderers to obtain further information before the contract is entered into. There is no right of appeal to the contracting authority and instead the UK Public Contracts Regulation 2006 (as amended) provide for an aggrieved party to apply to the High Court of England and Wales concerning the alleged breach of the 2006 Regulations. Any such action must be brought within 30 days of knowledge of the alleged breach unless an extension is granted by the courts. Full information regarding appeals can be obtained from the body responsible for the appeal procedure detailed in VI.4.1   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Brent Housing Partnership Ltd
      Brent Civic Centre, Wembley, HA9 0FJ, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2089372297

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 19/11/2013

ANNEX A

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
         1: Contracting Authority
      London Borough of Brent
      Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0FJ, United Kingdom

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
         2: Contracting Authority
      The 33 London Borough Councils
      London, London, United Kingdom

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
         3: Contracting Authority
      Other London-based social housing organisations
      London, London, United Kingdom