University of Sussex : Lead Designer Services for the Redevelopment of Life Sciences Buildings, University of Sussex

UK-Brighton: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Sussex Estates and Facilities
      University of Sussex, Level 4, Bramber House, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QU, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1273877617, Fax. +44 1273877164, Email: procurement@sussex.ac.uk, URL: www.sussex.ac.uk, URL: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sef/
      Attn: Mr L Harrington
      Electronic Access URL: http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsussex
      Electronic Submission URL: http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsussex

      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:
      Education

   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: Lead Designer Services for the Redevelopment of Life Sciences Buildings, University of Sussex
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 12

         Region Codes: UKJ - SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)         
      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:
      Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services. SEF is seeking to appoint a Lead Consultant for the Redevelopment of Life Sciences Buildings at the University of Sussex campus, Falmer, Brighton with a construction value of between (approx.) £20,000,000 and £60,000,000.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection 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:
      The redevelopment will include all existing Life Sciences buildings together with potentially all other buildings linked to the Life Sciences functions                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 1,000,000 and 6,000,000
         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      
      Not Provided
   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 University reserves the right to request deposits, guarantees or other forms of security. Further details will be provided in the tender documents.
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Further details will be provided 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:
      Group or several liability
      
      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:

      As stated in the PQQ 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:
         As stated in the PQQ documents         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As stated in the PQQ documents
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As stated in the PQQ documents         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As stated in the PQQ 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: No       
      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         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         As stated in the 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: POCVT547      
      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: 08/12/2014
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 19/12/2014
         Time: 12:00      
      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:         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: PQQ documentation may be obtained by registering at the University's tendering web portal at the following website: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsussex/
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=120204575
GO-20141119-PRO-6171818 TKR-20141119-PRO-6171817
   
   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

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               not applicable
         United Kingdom

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: The University will enter into this contract following a minimum 10 day calendar day standstill period starting on the day after participants are advised of a preferred bidder.The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/5) (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to bring proceedings in the High Court. Any such action should generally be brought within 30 days starting with the date on which grounds for starting the proceedings first arose.   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            The High Court , Royal Courts of Justice
      The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 19/11/2014

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