Thurrock Council: Highway Inspection Services

UK-Thurrock: Highways engineering services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Thurrock Council, Civic Offices
      New Road, Thurrock, RM17 6SL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1375652207, URL: www.thurrock.gov.uk/business, URL: www.thurrock.gov.uk/business
      Contact: Procurement
      Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=79003943

      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: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Highway Inspection Services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         Region Codes: UKH32 - Thurrock         
      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:
      Highways engineering services. Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services. Highways consultancy services. Technical inspection and testing services. Technical inspection services. Road inspection services. Highway maintenance work. Thurrock is a Unitary Council and provides the whole range of duties required of a Highway Authority. Thurrock Council is seeking tenders for a contract for the provision of Highway Inspection Services to be provided by professionally trained, appropriately equipped and certified Inspectors.

The successful contractor shall provide a complete service to Thurrock Council to ensure full compliance with statutory duties with regards to the inspection of the network of the highways in the Thurrock area. The contractor shall also provide consultancy services, as and when required, including up-to-date advice on existing and forthcoming legislation.
The scope of work provided, and all cost assumptions made, by the contractor will relate to the existing New Road and Street Works Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 and Highways Act 1980.
The Inspectors will be based in Thurrock Council offices, will use the Council’s information system and will work closely with the Council's officers.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71311220 - Highways engineering services.
         
         71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services.
         
         71311210 - Highways consultancy services.
         
         71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services.
         
         71631000 - Technical inspection services.
         
         71631480 - Road inspection services.
         
         45233139 - Highway maintenance work.
         

      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 Council shall enter into a contract with a single contractor for a period of 4 years with no options for extension.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 1,400,000
         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: 48 (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:
      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: No       
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)      
      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:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)      
      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 number of operators: 5
         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         Please refer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ).   
   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: PS/2013/635      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

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



         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 16/12/2013
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 06/01/2014      
      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.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authority must consider:
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being. These priorities are described in the invitation to tender and are reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract.
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GO-20131113-PRO-5262873 TKR-20131113-PRO-5262872
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Thurrock Council
      New Road, Grays, RM17 6SL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1375652207

      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: 13/11/2013

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