Construction Services for Major Works Projects – GBP 25 k – GBP 5 m

University of Bradford
Richmond Road
For the attention of: Mrs Louisa Tejeda-Wood
BD10 0RJ Bradford
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: purchasing@bradford.ac.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.brad.ac.uk/external/

Address of the buyer profile: http://bradford.g2b.info/cgi-gen/profile.pl?action=view_profile&oid=4759#6

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Body governed by public law

Education

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

Construction Services for Major Works Projects (GBP 25 k – GBP 5 m).

Works
NUTS code UKE41

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 3
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 3 000 000 and 4 000 000 GBP

Building construction work. Multi-functional buildings construction work. Construction work for buildings relating to education and research. Construction work for university buildings. Site preparation work. Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work. Building installation work. Building completion work. Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator. The University is inviting applications from companies interested in providing construction services on a framework basis. It is anticipated that the building works will be predominantly refurbishment with some build. The agreement will be split into 2 Lots: Lot 1 works up to GBP 1 m and Lot 2 works from GBP 1 m to GBP 5 m. The framework will initially be for a 3 year term with an option to extend for a fourth year.

45210000, 45211350, 45214000, 45214400, 45100000, 45200000, 45300000, 45400000, 45500000

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

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

Variants will be accepted: no

Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

45210000, 45211350, 45214000, 45214400, 45100000, 45200000, 45300000, 45400000, 45500000

45210000, 45211350, 45214000, 45214400, 45100000, 45200000, 45300000, 45400000, 45500000

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr

Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.
(c) A statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
To be determined as part of the pre-qualification process.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: To be determined as part of the pre-qualification process.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(a) A list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct.
(b) A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: – where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, – where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser’s certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator.
(c) An indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator’s undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work.
(d) A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking’s study and research facilities.
(e) Where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body’s agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate.
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking’s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work.
(g) For public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract.
(h) A statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years.
(i) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
(k) With regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards.
To be determined as part of the tender process.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
To be determined as part of the tender process.

Restricted

Envisaged minimum number 8: and maximum number 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: To be determined in the documentation.

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

0431-MWC-T14

no

Payable documents: no

5.5.2014 – 12:00

9.6.2014