Braintree District Council : Surveying of Council Housing Stock

UK-Colchester: Surveying 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
      Tel. +44 7812994589, URL: www.cbhomes.org.uk
      Attn: Matt Howe

      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: Surveying of Council Housing Stock
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         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:
      Surveying services. Survey services. Architectural and building-surveying services. Quantity surveying services. Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced surveyors who wish to be included on the tender panel for the above 5 year contract, managed by Colchester Borough Homes on behalf of Colchester Borough Council. The work involves stock condition surveys, HHSRS and EPC reports on the existing council housing stock.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71355000 - Surveying services.
         
         79311000 - Survey services.
         
         71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services.
         
         71324000 - Quantity surveying 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: Yes    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      The work involves stock condition surveys, HHSRS and EPC reports on the existing council housing stock.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 500,000
         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      
         Duration in months: 60 (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:
      The Authority'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:
      The Authority's requirements will be identified in the tender documents.
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      The Authority's requirements will be identified in the tender documents.
      
      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.
      
      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:
         The Authority's requirements will be identified in the tender documents.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         The Authority's requirements will be identified in the 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-MG-0003      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

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

      Date: 15/12/2014
      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: 30/12/2014
         Time: 15:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 12/01/2015      
      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: Expressions of Interest must be received by Monday 15th December 2014. Completed Pre Qualification Questionnaires must be returned in hard copy by 15:00hrs on Tuesday 30th December 2014. Tenders will be issued to shortlisted suppliers during January 2015.
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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: 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: 14/11/2014

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
      Tel. +44 7812994589, Email: matthew.howe@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, CM7 9HB, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 7812994589, Email: matthew.howe@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
      Tel. +44 7812994589, Email: matthew.howe@braintree.gov.uk
      Attn: Matt Howe