London Boroughs of Richmond and Wandsworth: Provision of School Cleaning Services

UK-London: School cleaning services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Wandsworth Borough Council
      Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, London, SW18 2PU, United Kingdom
      URL: www.wandsworth.gov.uk
      Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3799HQ4X94
      Electronic Submission URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3799HQ4X94

      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: Provision of School Cleaning Services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 14

         Region Codes: UKI11 - Inner London - West         
      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:
      School cleaning services. Cleaning services. Office, school and office equipment cleaning services. It is anticipated that this contract will comprise of the internal cleaning and external cleaning, litter picking and sweeping of up to 17 schools (including; a nursery, special, primary and secondary schools). It is expected that that the contact will commence on the 27th July 2015 for a period of two years with a possible option to extend for a further two years subject to performance, and an agreement between the Council, schools and contractor. The cleaning specification, frequencies and tasks as well as site specific information will be detailed on a site profile of each establishment. These are to follow alongside the Invitation to Tender.Please note that the PQQ will go live on 28.02.15 at 10:00.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         90919300 - School cleaning services.
         
         90910000 - Cleaning services.
         
         90919000 - Office, school and office equipment cleaning services.
         

      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: Yes    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      It is anticipated that this contract will cover up to 17 educational facilities and have a projected annual value of £240,000.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 480,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: Yes
         If yes, description of these options: The contract will be for a duration of 2 years with an option for the Council (in its discretion) to extend the contract by a further period of up to two years (total maximum contract period of four years).                   
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: No          
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 24 (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:
      As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
      
      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:
         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.

      As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.      
      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 set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.      
      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: 6         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         All candidates that meet the criteria set out in the PQQ will be invited to tender.   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         Lowest price

      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: CPT 1534      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      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: 01/04/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 15/04/2015      
      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: Interested parties are required to complete a pre-qualifying questionnaire (PQQ). Applicants are advised that references will be taken up in writing with all referees. The applicant will be responsible for ensuring that their referees respond in time.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-School-cleaning-services./3799HQ4X94

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3799HQ4X94
GO-2015226-PRO-6397920 TKR-2015226-PRO-6397919
   
   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

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with Regulations 32 and 32A (Information about contract award procedures and the application of the standstill period prior to contract award) and Part 9(Applications to the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.   
   
      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: 26/02/2015

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