Victoria and Albert Museum: Members' Room Architect Services

UK-Kensington: Architectural and related services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Victoria and Albert Museum
      Cromwell Road, Kensington, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2079422924, Email: procurement@vam.ac.uk, URL: http://www.vam.ac.uk

      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:
      Recreation, culture and religion

   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: Members' Room Architect Services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 12

         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:
      Architectural and related services. Architectural design services. Architectural services for buildings. The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity.

To accommodate its growing audience, the V&A is looking to appoint an architect to create a new Members' Room on the second floor of its South Kensington site which will overlook the new Exhibition Road Entrance opening in Spring 2017.

The Museum’s membership base is growing and it needs to provide a beautiful space which is able to cater to their needs.

The ambition is that the design of the Members’ Room will take advantage of the views over the new Exhibition Road project creating a unique space which reflects the spirit of the Museum.

The architect will act as Lead Consultant for the project, and the V&A will appoint the remainder of the design team through the Museum’s existing frameworks.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         71200000 - Architectural and related services.
         
         71220000 - Architectural design services.
         
         71221000 - Architectural services for buildings.
         

      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: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      It is anticipated that the Services are to be performed from March 2016, with construction completing in November 2017. The project budget is 1300000 GBP.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 104,000 and 156,000
         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      
         Starting: 04/04/2016
         Completion: 13/11/2017

   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: No       
   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. Economic Operators must be able to demonstrate a turnover of twice the anticipated lower value of the contract value range of 104000 GBP.
      
      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: 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
   
   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: VA/CON/15/42      
      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: 02/10/2015
         Time: 17:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 16/10/2015      
      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: 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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Kensington:-Architectural-and-related-services./2562NP4NR9

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2562NP4NR9
GO-201591-PRO-7008238 TKR-201591-PRO-7008237
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Victoria and Albert Museum
      Cromwell Road, Kensington, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2079422924

      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: 01/09/2015

ANNEX A