Asbestos Survey and Removal Framework Bath

Expressions of interest are invited from potential providers wishing to provide planned, cyclical and ad-hoc Asbestos Survey and reporting.

United Kingdom-Bath: Asbestos-removal work

2015/S 089-159442

Contract notice

Works

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Westworks Procurement Ltd
The Maltings, River Place, Lower Bristol Road
For the attention of: Cliff Woodward
BA2 1EP Bath
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 7584202444
E-mail: cwoodward@westworks.org.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.westworks.org.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.westworks.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

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: yes

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

ASB2015 Asbestos Survey and Removal Framework.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Works
Realisation, by whatever means of work, corresponding to the requirements specified by the contracting authorities
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: South and South West of England and South Wales.
NUTS code UKZ,UKG,UKI,UKH,UKJ,UKK,UKF,UKL

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 25

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 10 000 000 and 100 000 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

This procurement process is being conducted using the open procedure, in accordance with the EU Consolidated Directive 2004/18, as implemented by the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
This instruction sets out the information which is required by the Authority in order to assess the suitability of Potential Providers in terms of its knowledge and experience, capability and capacity, organisational and financial standing to meet the requirement.
Expressions of interest are invited from potential providers wishing to provide planned, cyclical and ad-hoc Asbestos Survey and reporting, Asbestos Removal and Management services to both occupied and vacant domestic housing and commercial properties throughout the area covered by the contracting authority and its users.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45262660, 71600000, 90650000, 71900000

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: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

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:

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1Lot title: Asbestos Removal and Associated Works

1)Short description

The provision of a service, to cover the removal of licensed and non-licensed Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM’s) for planned and unplanned works, demolitions and major projects. A schedule of rates and activities will be required as part of the process.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

90650000, 45262660

3)Quantity or scope

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 50 000 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2Lot title: Asbestos Survey

1)Short description

The authority wishes to enter into a framework agreement for the provision of asbestos surveying and analysis services to be performed as required on the housing stock and associated properties.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 71900000

3)Quantity or scope

Whilst due to the nature of asbestos there are many variables that would influence the scope of any resulting agreement, the overall value of the 4 year framework agreement is envisaged to be between 500 000 and 50 000 000 GBP.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 50 000 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional 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:

Potential Providers will be advised if this is necessary during the procurement. Parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability may be required by the contracting authority or its members if considered appropriate.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

No special legal form is required but if a contract is awarded to a consortium, the Contracting Authority/Agent may require the consortium to form a legal entity before entering into the Contract or alternatively: nominate a lead contractor; or act as joint signatories and enter into joint and several liability.

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Part 4 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, as amended (implementing Title II, Chapter V11, Section 2 of Directive 2004/18/EC), on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’).
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Westworks in-Tend portal. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the portal.

If you have not yet registered on the Westworks in-Tend portal, this can be done online at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westworks/aspx/Home

Once you have registered on the Westworks in-Tend portal, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by selecting the opt-in option. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.
Associated documents will be located on the portal. To participate in this and any future Westworks tenders, you will be required to register your company details on this website. When registering, please make sure the ‘publish e-mail address’ field is completed accurately. This is your e-mail address which will receive automated emails from the system including details on tender progress.
When you have completed registration you will then be able to access the various tender areas of the website. You will then be informed by automated email once documentation has been published. You may then access the tender documents by logging into the website again and going to the my tenders area of the website. Again click on the relevant tender and access the documents by clicking on the red button view documents.
Recipients are invited to complete the on-line suite of questionnaires and procurement documents and to submit them, together with any requested supporting information, to the Authority by the due date for return in accordance with the procedures set out in the paragraph below entitled Submission of Completed Tenders.
Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.
Responses must be published by the date in IV.3.4.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Part 4 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, as amended (implementing Title II, Chapter V11, Section 2 of Directive 2004/18/EC), on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Part 4 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT.
The Contracting Authority may have regard to any of the following means in its assessment:
(a) a list of the works carried out over the past 5 years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given, where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, — where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchasers certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operators undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertakings study and research facilities;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that bodys agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertakings managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

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:

ASB2015

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

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

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 18.6.2015
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

19.6.2015

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

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

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 22.6.2015

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

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

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Westworks Procurement Ltd
The Maltings, River Place, Lower Bristol Road
BA2 1EP Bath
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: info@westworks.org.uk
Telephone: +44 7584202444
Internet address: www.westworks.org.uk

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Westworks Procurement Ltd
The Maltings, Lower Bristol Road
BA2 1EP Bath
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: cwoodward@westworks.org.uk
Telephone: +44 7584202444
Internet address: www.westworks.org.uk

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

5.5.2015