City of Wolverhampton Council: Contract for the Provision of Damp Surveys and Associated Remedial Works

UK-Wolverhampton: Building surveying services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Wolverhampton Homes
      Hickman Avenue, Chillington Fields, Wolverhampton, WV1 2BY, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1902550474, Email: procurement@wolverhamptonhomes.org.uk, URL: www.wolverhamptonhomes.org.uk, URL: http://wolverhamptonhomes.g2b.info/.
      Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta (see Additional Information below)
      Electronic Submission URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta (see Additional Information below)

      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:
      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: Contract for the Provision of Damp Surveys and Associated Remedial Works
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 14

         Region Codes: UKG35 - Walsall and Wolverhampton         
      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:      

            Framework agreement with a single operator
         Duration of the framework agreement:
            Duration in year(s): 4             
         Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
                                    
            Range between: 350,000 and 450,000
            Currency: GBP
                  
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Building surveying services. Timber-impregnation services. Application work of protective coatings. Electrical installation work. Plumbing and sanitary works. Floor and wall covering work. Wolverhampton Homes Limited (WHL) is an Arm’s Length Management Organisation (ALMO) established in 2005 which manages and maintains Wolverhampton City Council’s Social Housing Stock (approximately 23,200 properties).

Wolverhampton Homes’ undertakes response repairs and maintenance to the Housing Stock using its In-house Team Repairs and Improvement Teams, supported by a number of specialist Contractors.

A suitably qualified and experienced Contractor is required to support the In-House Team by undertaking Damp Surveys and the associated remedial works on a call-off basis.

Services include all technical rising damp related works including:

•   Surveys
•   DPC injection and renewal
•   Timber Treatment
•   All associated remedial works, including, among other items:
o   Removal and replacement of Gas appliances;
o   Removal and replacement of Electrical appliances;
o   Electrical testing
o   Other Minor Electrical Works
o   Plumbing works
o   Flooring works
o   General building works

The Contract shall be for a period of 4 years.

The winning Contractor will be required to provide and be responsible for the provision of all services and meeting all response repairs and rectification times.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71315300 - Building surveying services.
         
         77220000 - Timber-impregnation services.
         
         45442000 - Application work of protective coatings.
         
         45310000 - Electrical installation work.
         
         45330000 - Plumbing and sanitary works.
         
         45430000 - Floor and wall covering 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:
      Wolverhampton Homes Limited (WHL) is an Arm’s Length Management Organisation (ALMO) established in 2005 which manages and maintains Wolverhampton City Council’s Social Housing Stock (approximately 23,200 properties).

Wolverhampton Homes’ undertakes response repairs and maintenance to the Housing Stock using its In-house Team Repairs and Improvement Teams, supported by a number of specialist Contractors.

A suitably qualified and experienced Contractor is required to support the In-House Team by undertaking Damp Surveys and the associated remedial works on a call-off basis.

Services include all technical rising damp related works including:

•   Surveys
•   DPC injection and renewal
•   Timber Treatment
•   All associated remedial works, including, among other items:
o   Removal and replacement of Gas appliances;
o   Removal and replacement of Electrical appliances;
o   Electrical testing
o   Other Minor Electrical Works
o   Plumbing works
o   Flooring works
o   General building works

The Contract shall be for a period of 4 years.

The winning Contractor will be required to provide and be responsible for the provision of all services and meeting all response repairs and rectification times.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 350,000 and 4,500,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         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: 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:
      A parent company guarantee and/or other guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required if considered appropriate by Wolverhampton Homes
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Wolverhampton Homes’ requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      A single legal entity will be required for the provision of the services.
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      Wolverhampton Homes’ requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.      
   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:
         Wolverhampton Homes’ requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Wolverhampton Homes’ requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Wolverhampton Homes’ requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Wolverhampton Homes’ requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.      
      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: Yes       
      If yes, reference to relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
      Companies must be registered as Gas Safe and NICEIC, or equivalent      
      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: No
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:
         Wolverhampton Homes’ requirements will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.   
   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: WH/PS117      
      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: 13/08/2013
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 00:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 14/08/2013
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 23/10/2013      
      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.

Wolverhampton Homes will not reimburse any expense incurred by potential providers in preparing their responses or in any participation in any aspect of the competition unless specifically stated
otherwise.

Wolverhampton Homes reserves the right to: cancel this procurement; not award a contract as a result of this procurement, amend or vary this procurement; or award a contract to more than one Service Provider as a result of this procurement.

As the Arm’s Length Management Organisation of Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton Homes reserves the right for the Council to raise orders under this Contract.

Wolverhampton Homes wishes to promote skill issues and training and re-training opportunities through its procurements. To this end, it is intended that conditions will be included in any contract(s) awarded from this procurement that will require the winning contractor(s) to use all reasonable efforts to implement apprenticeship and re-training schemes during the delivery of its contract.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Wolverhampton:-Building-surveying-services./E6QU9X6889

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/E6QU9X6889
GO-2013715-PRO-4956293 TKR-2013715-PRO-4956292
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Wolverhampton Homes
      Hickman Avenue, Chillington Fields, Wolverhampton, WV1 2BY, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1902552583

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Wolverhampton Homes will incorporate a minimum standstill period of 10 working days at the point of receipt of notice of award by the unsuccessful bidders, in accordance with the Remedies Directive.   
   
      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: 15/07/2013

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