Installation and Maintenance of Network Cabling – Irvine

North Ayrshire Council
Cunninghame House, Friars Croft
Irvine
KA12 8EE
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1294324730
E-mail: procurement@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1294324054
NUTS code: UKM93

Internet address(es):Main address: http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00337

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Regional or local authority

General public services

Installation & Maintenance of Network Cabling & Related Services

Reference number: NAC/1096

Services

North Ayrshire Council requires the Installation & maintenance of network cabling & related services including supply and maintenance of small PABX telephony systems, across the full estate of council properties including the Islands of Arran & Cumbrae, and is seeking to establish a ranked framework agreement.

It is envisioned that the framework agreement will have between 1-3 service providers but may have up to a maximum of 5.

The framework agreement is expected to commence 1.8.2018 and will be for a fixed period of 4 years ending 31.7.2022.

This contract is divided into lots: no

NUTS code: UKM93

NUTS code: UKM63

North Ayrshire Council has an on-going requirement for the installation & maintenance of network cabling & related services including supply and maintenance of small PABX telephony systems, across the full estate of council properties and is seeking to establish a ranked framework agreement to service this requirement.

It is envisioned that the framework agreement will have a single or multiple service providers between 1-3 service providers but up to a maximum of 5.

The council has a large estate comprising of office accommodation, schools, libraries, training facilities, community centres, etc. and this contract will cover all council properties throughout the North Ayrshire Council area including the Islands of Arran & Cumbrae.

The framework agreement is expected to commence 1.8.2018 and will be for a fixed period of 4 years.

Criteria below

Quality criterion – Name: Quality / Weighting: 40

Price – Weighting: 60

Start: 01/08/2018

End: 31/07/2022

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Variants will be accepted: no

Options: no

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

List and brief description of conditions:

If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

Where it is required within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 250 000 GBP for the last 3 years:

Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of 250 000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up /started trading.

It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

Employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance = 10 000 000 GBP.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf

Public liability insurance = 10 000 000 GBP.

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Bidders will be required to provide 2 examples, within the last 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4 of this contract notice. The experience provided will be for projects of a similar value, size and scope.

Unsatisfactory experience will result in a fail and exclusion from the tender process.

Bidders must provide 2 satisfactory references from 2 different contracts within the last 3 years on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar nature, value scope and size. Completed reference templates must be uploaded into the general attachments area of the qualification envelope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in this contract notice.

Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Quality management procedures.

1— The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent),

or 2. A quality management policy authorised by their Chief Executive or equivalent. Please see the ESPD Guidance documents in the instruction to tenderers document for full details.

Environmental management standards.

1— The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate, or 2. an environmental management policy authorised by their chief executive or equivalent. Please see the ESPD Guidance within the instruction to tenderers document for full details,

health & safety procedures.

1— The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum. or 2. A health & safety policy authorised by their chief executive or equivalent, full details are contained within the ESPD guidance form within the Instructions to tenderers document

Open procedure

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 5

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

Date: 30/04/2018

Local time: 12:00

English

Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Date: 30/04/2018

Local time: 12:00

This is a recurrent procurement: no

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic payment will be used

North Ayrshire Council have decided not to use Lots for this tender for the reason(s) stated below:

Nature of the contract not suitable for lots.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 10511. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

— supply chain initiatives,

— education & community engagement.

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North Ayrshire Council
Cunninghame House, Friars Croft
Irvine
KA12 8EE
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1294324730
Fax: +44 1294324054Internet address:http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk

27/03/2018