Salford City Council : Provision of Servicing and Maintenance of Air Quality Stations and Audit Data Management

UK-Salford: Air quality management.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Salford City Council
      Unity House, Chorley Road, Salford, M27 5AW, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1616866244, Email: deborah.derbyshire@salford.gov.uk
      Attn: Deborah Derbyshire

      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
      Environment

   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: Provision of Servicing and Maintenance of Air Quality Stations and Audit Data Management
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 1

         Region Codes: UKD - NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)         
      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:
         Duration of the framework agreement:
            Duration in year(s): 48             
         Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
                                    
            Range between: 360,000 and 700,000
            Currency: GBP
                  
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Air quality management. The Greater Manchester districts are forming a network of stations to share information, and resources between the 10 district authorities of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, and Wigan. The network is referred to as Greater Manchester Air quality Network (GMAQN), GMAQN are seeking to appoint a contractor(s) (ESU - equipment support unit) to provide a flexible, responsive and consistently high quality service in relation to the servicing and maintenance of their automatic air quality monitoring units and other services if necessary.

The Greater Manchester Air Quality Network (GMAQN) operates air quality stations monitoring local air quality for the benefit of the public and to provide information to organisations and government. The requirements are for data management to a standard comparable with the national UK Automatic and Urban and Rural Network (AURN).
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         90731100 - Air quality management.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Not Provided      
      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: Not Provided   
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Lot 1 - Servicing and Maintenance of Air Quality Systems, to provide a flexible, responsive and consistently high quality service in relation to the servicing and maintenance of their automatic air quality monitoring units and other services if necessary.
Lot 2 - Data Management and Ratification Greater Manchester require data management to a standard comparable with the national UK Automatic and Urban and Rural Network (AURN). Results from the air quality stations contribute to reports monitoring performance towards various local and national targets      
      
      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
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: Service and Maintenance of Air Quality Systems

      1)Short Description:      
      Tto provide a flexible, responsive and consistently high quality service in relation to the servicing and maintenance of their automatic air quality monitoring units and other services if necessary.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         90731100 - Air quality management.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 2
      Title: Data Management and Ratification

      1)Short Description:      
      data management to a standard comparable with the national UK Automatic and Urban and Rural Network (AURN).

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         90731100 - Air quality management.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      Results from the air quality stations contribute to reports monitoring performance towards various local and national targets and indicators in for example the Local Transport Plan, the National Air quality Strategy and EU objectives. It is therefore essential that the network meets the data capture rates, and is robust for users to have confidence in the data. The successful contractor will be referred to as the Greater Manchester Management Control Unit (GMMCU).               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
                  
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:         
         (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
         (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
         (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         (a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
      
      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: Open
   
   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:

      Date: 31/05/2013
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 19:00      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 07/06/2013
         Time: 19:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender Not Provided      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 10/06/2013


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 contract will be open to other authorities within the North west to utilise if they wish to do so. This includes Blackpool Council, Blackburn with Darwen Council, Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West Council, Lancashire County Council, Warrington Borough Council.
We require a single provider for each lot although one provider for both lots will be considered.
Documents are available via the north west portal www.the-chest.org.uk and must be completed and returned via this portal by the date and time specified.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=45533912
GO-2013426-PRO-4763153 TKR-2013426-PRO-4763152
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Salford City Council
      Unity House, Civic Campus, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6AW, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1616866244, Email: procurement@salford.gov.uk

      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: 26/04/2013

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
      Manchester City Council
      Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA, 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
      Oldham Council
      Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL11UG, 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
      Bolton Council
      Town Hall, Victoria Square, Bolton, BL1 1RU, 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:
         4: Contracting Authority
      Bury Council
      Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0SW, 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:
         5: Contracting Authority
      Trafford Council
      Town Hall, Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1HH, 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:
         6: Contracting Authority
      Tameside MBC
      Council Offices, Wellington Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Manchester, OL6 6DL, 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:
         7: Contracting Authority
      Rochdale Council
      Town Hall, Smith Street, Rochdale, Manchester, OL16 1XU, 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:
         8: Contracting Authority
      Stockport Council
      Stopford House, Piccadilly, Stockport, SK1 3XE, 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:
         9: Contracting Authority
      Wigan Council
      Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN, United Kingdom