Southend-on-Sea Borough Council: Tender for the Provision of Library Shelving

UK-Southend-on-Sea: Library furniture.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
      Civic Centre, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1702534028, Email: eprocurement@southend.gov.uk

      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:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   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: SUPPLIES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Tender for the Provision of Library Shelving
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SUPPLIES
         Purchase

         Region Codes: UKH31 - Southend-on-Sea         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:Not Provided
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Library furniture. The Forum is a joint development between the Council, the University of Essex and South Essex College. The Forum will comprise of a four storey building, plus a part basement, located at Elmer Square in the centre of Southend-on-Sea. The building will provide the following accommodation:

•   An integrated municipal and academic library including approximately 3,500 linear metres of shelving in the 1st floor non-fiction section, 500 linear metres in adult fiction on the ground floor and a Children’s Library on the ground floor.

•   A 203 seat lecture theatre, six 40-seat teaching rooms and a student study area providing individual and group study spaces for up to 350 students for the University of Essex alongside accommodation for academic and support staff.

•   A Higher Education centre for South Essex College on the third floor comprising five general teaching rooms, two IT teaching rooms and a range of individual and group study spaces.

•   The Focal Point Gallery with three gallery areas, offices and workspace on the ground floor.

In view of the specialist nature of the library shelving it has been agreed by the Programme Board and Sponsoring Group that this will be tendered for separately.

To make a request for a PQQ in relation to this project, please email; eprocurement@southend.gov.uk
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         39155000 - Library furniture.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: Not Provided   
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Not Provided                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 250,000 and 300,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      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      
         Starting: 17/06/2013
         Completion: 01/08/2013

   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:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      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: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
      Not Provided      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: 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:
                Not Provided
   
   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: Not Provided
   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: Not Provided
      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: 01/03/2013
      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: Not Provided      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: Not Provided         


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.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      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: 30/01/2013

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