Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services Newcastle

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

United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

2014/S 087-152664

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Home Group
Procurement, 2 Gosforth Park Way, Gosforth Business Park
For the attention of: Mr David Summers
NE12 8ET Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1913324930
E-mail: david.summers@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 Services
All information provided in relation to this tender opportunity will be available be registering and downloading details from the www.housingprocurement.com website.
Contact point(s): David Summers
UNITED KINGDOM

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

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

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 option for service providers to bid for one 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 Services to be undertaken throughout the UK.
Option for service providers to bid for one or more Lots.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 71620000, 50000000

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

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Provision of Asbestos and Damp testing, analysis and consultancy services throughout the UK.
National Coverage split into Lots with 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 Region

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services – Scotland Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 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: North West Region

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services – North West Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 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 Region

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services – North East Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 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: Central Region

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services – Central Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 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: South East Region

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services – South East Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 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: South West Region

1)Short description

Home Group – Asbestos and Damp Consultancy Services – South West Region.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 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: Refer to attached PQQ document.

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 4

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: 2.6.2014 – 12:00

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

3.6.2014 – 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

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

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

Prospective bidders are required to utilise the provision of our electronic ‘Opportunities 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. The PQQ document will then be available for completion. Queries from bidders can also be raised within the portal where they will be answered accordingly, allowing total transparency to all other participating bidders.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement/tender process and to not make an award of the contract and does not accept any liability for costs incurred in responding to the pre-qualification questionnaire or invitation to tender. Save for any mandatory periods, the timescales indicated in this Contract Notice are approximate and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to amend the same.
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 (see www.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:

2.5.2014