Tender for Office and Educational Furniture
The Council intends to make this framework contract available for use by all UK contracting authorities.
UK-Gateshead: office furniture
2012/S 149-249190
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
NEPO
NEPO, Keelman House, Fifth Avenue Business Park, Team Valley Trading Estate
Contact point(s): Mrs Laura Hood
For the attention of: Mrs Laura Hood
NE11 0XA Gateshead
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1914335972
E-mail: laura.hood@nepo.org
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.nepoportal.org
Section II: Object of the contract
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: The contract will be made available to allNEPO members. A list of member organisations is available at www.nepoportal.org.
The following UK contracting authorities have already committed on a non-contractually binding basis tothis procurement: Durham County Council, Gateshead Council, Hartlepool Borough Council, MiddlesbroughBorough Council, Newcastle City Council, North Tyneside Council, Northumberland County Council, Redcar &Cleveland Borough Council, South Tyneside Council, Sunderland City Council.
The Council intends to make this framework contract available for use by all UK contracting authorities includingbut not limited to Government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodes, NHS bodies,local authorities, emergency services, educational establishments, registered charities who have a need to purchase the above supplies.
See the following websites for details:
— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm,
— http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml,
— http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php,
— http://www.hefce.ac.uk/unicoll/,
— http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx,
— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm,
— http://www.police-information.co.uk/police-directory,
— http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk,
— https://www.buy4wales.co.uk/UsefulResources/buy4wales.html,
— http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/recruitment/departments-and-accredited-ndpbs.
Access to the framework will be subject to the approval of NEPO. This may incur a fee.
NUTS code UK
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 6
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 48
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 800 000 and 13 600 000 GBP
The framework agreement will be awarded in lots as follows. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots.
Lot 1 – Office Furniture and Steel Office Furniture will be awarded to a minimum of one and a maximum of 3 tenderers.
Lot 2 – Educational Furniture will be awarded to a minimum of one and a maximum of 3 tenderers.
The number of tenderers awarded to each lot will depend on the quality of bids received.
39130000, 39160000
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
The framework agreement will be awarded in lots as follows. Tenderers may bid for one or more lots.
Lot 1 – Office Furniture and Steel Office Furniture will be awarded to a minimum of one and a maximum of three tenderers.
Lot 2 – Educational Furniture will be awarded to a minimum of one and a maximum of three tenderers.
The number of tenderers awarded each lot will depend on the quality of bids received.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 17 000 000 GBP
Description of these options: The framework contract is for an initial period of 24 months with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months.
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Office and Steel Office Furniture
39130000, 39160000
39130000, 39160000
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Description of particular conditions: As specified in the tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As specified in the tender documentation.
As specified in the tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As specified in the tender documentation.
Section IV: Procedure
Payable documents: no
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Representatives of the Legal Department.
Section VI: Complementary information
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: August 2016.
This tender can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system at http://www.nepoportal.org. Suppliers wishing tobe considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPOeTender system. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at http://www.nepoportal.org. Any queries regarding the procurement process or tender documents must be raised noless than 4 days before the tender return date, through the Q&A section on the NEPO eTender system.
Tenderers should note there will be ongoing engagement with other contracting bodies as identified in Section II.1.2 to encourage uptake of this agreement. For any support in submitting your expression of interest or tenderresponse please contact the NEPO Portal Helpdesk at +44 1914335949 or info@nepoportal.org. There area number of get help guides available on the portal. Reading these will assist the supplier in completing andsubmitting their responses.
Gateshead Council
Legal & Corporate Services Civic Centre
NE8 1HH Gateshead
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: laura.hood@nepo.org
Telephone: +44 1914335972
Internet address: www.nepoportal.org
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:2.8.2012