Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services Tender

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy to be undertaken throughout the UK.

United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

2014/S 098-171543

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Home Group
Procurement 2 Gosforth Parkway, Gosforth Business Park
For the attention of: Mr Alan Sandey
NE12 8ET Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1913344504
E-mail: alan.sandey@homegroup.org.uk

Internet address(es):

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

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

Further information can be obtained from: Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy
All information provided in relation to this tender opportunity will be available by registering and downloading details from www.housingprocurement.com website
Contact point(s): Alan Sandey

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Home Grouo – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy
All information provided in relation to this tender opportunity will be available by registering and downloading details from www.housingprocurement.com website
Contact point(s): Alan Sandey

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy
All information provided in relation to this tender opportunity will be available by registering and downloading details from www.housingprocurement.com website
Contact point(s): Alan Sandey

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:

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services.

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

Services
Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UK – National coverage split into lots with options for service providers to bid for 1 or more lots.

NUTS code UKZ

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

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

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 2 000 000 and 4 000 000 GBP

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

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy to be undertaken throughout the UK. Option for service providers to bid for 1 or more lots.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

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

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Provision of Asbestos and Damp surveying, testing, analysis and consultancy services throughout the UK. National Coverage split into Lots option for service providers to bid for one or more Lots.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 4 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

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: 1 Lot title: Scotland Asbestos

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos Consultancy – Scotland region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2 Lot title: Scotland Damp

1)Short description

Home Group – Damp Consultancy – Scotland Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 3 Lot title: North East Asbestos

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos Consultancy – North East Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 4 Lot title: North East Damp

1)Short description

Home Group – Damp Consultancy – North East Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 5 Lot title: North West Asbestos

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos Consultancy – North West Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 6 Lot title: North West Damp

1)Short description

Home Group – Damp Consultancy – North West Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 7 Lot title: Central Asbestos

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos Consultancy – Central Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 8 Lot title: Central Damp

1)Short description

Home Group – Damp Consultancy – Central Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 9 Lot title: South East Asbestos

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos Consultancy – South East Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 10 Lot title: South East Damp

1)Short description

Home Group – Damp Consultancy – South East Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 11 Lot title: South West Abestos

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos Consultancy – South West Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 12 Lot title: South West Damp

1)Short description

Home Group – Damp Consultancy – South West Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 13 Lot title: North and Scotland – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy – North East, North West and Scotland regions.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 14 Lot title: North – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy – North East and North West Regions.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 15 Lot title: South – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy – Central, South West and South East regions.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 16 Lot title: Scotland – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy – Scotland Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 17 Lot title: All Regions – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy – All regions.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71620000, 50000000

3)Quantity or scope

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

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:

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:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Please refer to PQQ documentation.

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services 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: yes

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 minimum number 1: and maximum number 12

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:

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: 19.6.2014 – 12:00

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

19.6.2014 – 12:00

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

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

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

It is Home Group’s preference that all prospective bidders utilise our electronic procurement portal to download and submit all documentation within the tender. This portal can be found at: www.housingprocurement.com

Prospective bidders must log onto the site and register as a supplier. Instructions and help are available from the home page. Once interest has been registered, prospective bidders are then able to access the documentation via the ‘My Opportunities’ folder from the home page. Tender proposals must then be submitted back to the portal; again instructions available from the home page detailing how to achieve this. Queries from bidders can also be raised within the portal by utilising the Q & A facility where they will be answered publicly, allowing total transparency to all other participating bidders. Home Group is acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of itself and potentially a range of contracting authorities who will be able to access this framework. Eligible bodies include: Home Group and any existing or future subsidiary companies (seewww.homegroup.org.uk for more information on the Group); Other Registered Providers in England (providers registered with the Homes and Communities Agency, see www.homesandcommunities.co.uk) and Social Landlords in Scotland (providers registered with the Scottish Housing Regulator, see www.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk); Charitable Organisations registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (see www.charity-commission.gov.uk ) or the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (see www.oscr.org.uk) whose charitable purposes include, but not are limited to, the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or saving of lives; the advancement of citizenship or community development; the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; and, any other purposes currently recognised as charitable and any new charitable purposes which are similar to another charitable purpose; and Social Enterprises involved in the provision of housing related services/ activities or whose activities are similar to those listed above in respect of charitable organisations.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

19.5.2014