Catering Tender Inverness College

Provision of Refectory and Cleaning Services.

UK-Inverness: canteen and catering services

2012/S 77-127074

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Inverness College
3 Longman Road, Longman South
For the attention of: David Maclean
IV1 1SA Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463273000

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00454

Further information can be obtained from: Inverness College
3 Longman Road, Longman South
Contact point(s): Finance Department
For the attention of: David Maclean
IV1 1SA Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463273000
E-mail: David.Maclean@inverness.uhi.ac.uk
Internet address: http://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Inverness College
3 Longman Road, Longman South
Contact point(s): Finance
For the attention of: David Maclean
IV1 1SA Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463273000
E-mail: David.Maclean@inverness.uhi.ac.uk
Internet address: http://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Inverness College
3 Longman Road, Longman South
Contact point(s): Finance Department
For the attention of: David Maclean
IV1 1SA Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463273000
E-mail: David.Maclean@inverness.uhi.ac.uk
Internet address: http://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Other: Education

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Provision of Refectory & Cleaning Services.

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

Services
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Inverness, Scotland.
NUTS code UK

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

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

Inverness College invites tender proposals for the service of providing Refectory and Cleaning Services to Inverness College at its’ three campus sites of Longman, Midmills and Balloch.
The peiros of service is to be 36 months commencing on 1.8.2012. Full details are enclosed within the ITT Document.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=226426.

The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a ‘Tender Submission Postbox’ facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=226426.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

55500000, 90900000

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

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

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:

Total estimated value includes cost of cleaning services plus catering turnover achieved.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 000 000,00 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

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

Starting 1.8.2012. Completion 31.7.2015

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: 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: (1) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to financial requests within the ITT document.

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

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:

DM/INV/REFCLE12

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: 18.5.2012

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

28.5.2012 – 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 tenders

Date: 29.5.2012 – 10:00
Place:

Room B3a, Inverness College, 3 Longman Road, Inverness, IV1 1SA.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

(SC Ref:226426).

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:18.4.2012