Victoria and Albert Museum: The provision of cleaning and portering services

UK-London: Museum services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      The Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
      Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2079422908, Email: as.white@vam.ac.uk, URL: www.vam.ac.uk
      Attn: Amy White
      Electronic Access URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
      Electronic Submission URL: Please download PQQ documents from www.delta-esourcing.com access code:M8N94ZARQ9

      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
      Education

   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: The provision of cleaning and portering services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 14

         Region Codes: UKI - LONDON         
      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:
      Museum services. The V&A requires a supplier to provide cleaning and portering services at three sites under a single agreement. The V&A seeks efficiency savings by conjoining the services across the three sites and seeks a supplier who can demonstrate how savings can be made. The three V&A sites subject to this requirement are:
1)   V&A (South Kensington) (SK).
2)   V&A Museum of Childhood, in Bethnal Green (MoC).
3)   V&A Stores at Blythe House (BH).

PLEASE NOTE THAT RELEVANT RECENT EXPERIENCE OF THE PROVISION OF CLEANING SERVICES FOR A MUSEUM/GALLERY IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS CONTRACT.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         92521000 - Museum services.
            FF01-1 - For cleaning
         

      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:
      Not Provided                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 3,000,000 and 3,200,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         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: 36 (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:
      Joint and several liability.
      
      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:         
         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As detailed 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: 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: VA/CON/55/11      
      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: 29/04/2013
         Time: 12:00      
      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
         Not Provided

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. Important - your tender must be submitted electronically by using BiPs Delta-etendering suite by the due date at point IV3.4 above. The information and documents for this tender will be accessible at www.delta-esourcing.com To access these documents, firstly register your company details and enter the following Tender Access Code (TAC)M8N94ZARQ9
at the bottom of the registration page. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this PQQ prior to the closing date and time. If you are uploading multiple documents, it is recommended that you zip them using WinZip or WinRar. Potential service providers should note that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel this procurement at any stage and not award a contract
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GO-201338-PRO-4642279 TKR-201338-PRO-4642278
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      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: 08/03/2013

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