Engineering Design Consultancy for Leicester City Council

Provision of consultancy services to provide a full package of engineering design drawings for the roads within the THI area.

United Kingdom-Leicester: Urban planning and landscape architectural services

2015/S 232-422001

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Leicester City Council
City Hall (4th Floor), 115 Charles Street
For the attention of: Mr Hussain Dakri
LE1 1FZ Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1164546557
E-mail: hussain.dakri@leicester.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.leicester.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.eastmidlandstenders.org

Electronic access to information: http://www.eastmidlandstenders.org

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://www.eastmidlandstenders.org

Further information can be obtained from: Leicester City Council
City Hall (4th Floor), 115 Charles Street
For the attention of: Mr Hussain Dakri
LE1 1FZ Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1164546557
E-mail: hussain.dakri@leicester.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Leicester City Council
City Hall (4th Floor), 115 Charles Street
For the attention of: Mr Hussain Dakri
LE1 1FZ Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1164546557
E-mail: hussain.dakri@leicester.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Leicester City Council
City Hall (4th Floor), 115 Charles Street
For the attention of: Mr Hussain Dakri
LE1 1FZ Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1164546557
E-mail: hussain.dakri@leicester.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services

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:

PAN1112 — Consultants for Engineering Design Drawings in THI Area.

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

NUTS code UKF21

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)

Leicester City Council (the Authority) invites Tenders for the provision of consultancy services to provide a full package of engineering design drawings for the roads within the THI area.
The proposed Contract will be for 26 weeks and it is anticipated to be awarded to a single Supplier.
The objectives of the project are to respect and reinforce the historic character of the area by:
— The use of appropriate materials in terms of quality and price;
— Providing training opportunities in traditional materials and conservation skills;
— Retain/repairing surviving townscape elements;
— Calming traffic through the use of specific materials rather than through a plethora of signs, as highlighted in Appendices 2 and 3;
— Careful use of materials to complement the surrounding areas such as the Cathedral, its environs and Jubilee Square.
It is envisaged that works during the lifetime of the THI project will bring the following benefits to Greyfriars Old Town:
— Enhance identity and civic pride;
— Attract more visitors;
— Increase income in the city centre;
— Help independent businesses and retailers;
— Create a safer city centre destination.
Please see the attached ITT document for a full and detailed specification.
All tenders must be uploaded via Due North and returned before the deadline of 12:00 (noon) on Tuesday 5.1.2016.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71400000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

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:

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

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

The provision of appropriate guarantees, bonds and warranties is reserved.

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

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As per the contract documentation.

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: no

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

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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:

PAN1112

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

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

5.1.2016 – 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

Funding information as per contract documentation.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 102) (‘the Regulations’) the Council will operate a standstill period of not less than 10 days between notifying contractors of its intent to award the contract and the award of the contract. Any appeal during this period shall be addressed to: City Barrister and Head of Standards, Leicester City Council, 16 New Walk, Leicester LE1 6UB, UK. If the appeal is not successfully resolved contractors may commence legal action for breach of duty in the High Court in accordance with Regulation 92 of the Regulations.

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

27.11.2015