Framework Agreement for Employers Agent Services

Framework Agreement for Employers Agent Services Wokingham

Employers Agent contracts arising from these works is likely to range from 25 000 GBP to 70 000 GBP.

United Kingdom-Wokingham: Construction project management services

2015/S 042-072296

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Wokingham Housing Limited
1st Floor, Council Offices, Shute End, Berkshire
Contact point(s): Wokingham Housing Ltd
For the attention of: Darren Toes
RG40 1WN Wokingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 7710117656
E-mail: d.toes@wokingham.gov.uk

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)

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

Loddon Homes Ltd
1st Floor, Civic Offices, Shute End, Berkshire
RG40 1WN Wokingham
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Framework Agreement for Employers Agent 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

NUTS code UKJ11

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

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 6

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 750 000 GBP

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

A Framework Agreement for the provision of employers agent services for residential developments, potentially including sheltered schemes and extra care facilities predominently in the Wokingham and surrounding areas of Berkshire.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71541000

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: 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:

4 year framework. Employers Agent contracts arising from these works is likely to range from 25 000 GBP to 70 000 GBP with the overall value during the 4 year period being estimated to be in the region of 500 000 — 750 000 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

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

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:

Details shall be set out in the contract documentation.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Groupings of economic operators may be required to form a single legal entity for the contracting authority to contract with.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Performance in accordance with performance indicators as described in the contract documentation shall be required.

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: Bidders will be required to complete the contracting authority’s Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) consistent with the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC. The PQQ can be obtained from the address in Section I.1. The contracting authority need not consider any request to participate unless it is accompanied by a completed PQQ.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The information and documentation required is set out in the PQQ which can be obtained from the contracting authority’s address in Section I.1. The contracting authority need not consider any request to participate unless it is accompanied by a completed PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: These are set out in the PQQ.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Bidders will be required to complete the contracting authority’s Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) consistent with the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC. The PQQ can be obtained from the address in Section I.1. The contracting authority need not consider any request to participate unless it is accompanied by a completed PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
These are set out in the PQQ.

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

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 5: and maximum number 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: These are set out in the PQQ — see III.2.2 above.

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: 30.3.2015
Payable documents: no

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

30.3.2015 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

10.4.2015

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

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

See VI.4.2 below

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 day standstill period at the point information on the award is communicated to tenderers. This communication shall include details of the award criteria; the reasons for the decision and the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender; the scores obtained by the applicant and those of the successful tenderer; the successful operator’s name and the date when the standstill period ends.
This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.
Such information should be required from the address in Part I.1.

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

25.2.2015