Grounds Maintenance Services Bishop Auckland
To undertake the services of grass cutting, hedge and tree maintenance.
United Kingdom-Bishop Auckland: Grounds maintenance services
2019/S 077-183404
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Woodhouse Lane
Bishop Auckland
DL14 6JZ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1388443000
E-mail: start@bacoll.ac.uk
NUTS code: UK
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.bacoll.ac.uk/
I.3)Communication
Woodhouse Lane
Bishop Auckland
DL14 6JZ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1388443000
E-mail: start@bacoll.ac.uk
NUTS code: UKInternet address(es):Main address: http://www.bacoll.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.bacoll.ac.uk/
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Bishop Auckland College Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The college requires a contractor to undertake grounds maintenance services in accordance with horticultural best practice.
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.3)Place of performance
Manchester.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The contractor will be responsible for the provision of skilled horticultural craftsmen to undertake the services of grass cutting, hedge and tree maintenance including surveying condition and planning future maintenance, pruning, weed control, sports pitch maintenance and associated works.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2 x 12 month(s).
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the “Opportunities” section of the multiquote.com homepage. A selection questionnaire (SQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the “Opportunities” section of the multiquote.com homepage. A selection questionnaire (SQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
Minimum turnover: 100 000 GBP.
Minimum insurance levels: 5 000 000 GBP PL and EL.
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the “Opportunities” section of the multiquote.com homepage. A selection questionnaire (SQ) must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
Stated within procurement documents.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
Section II.3) — dates refer to the initial contract period and do not include the options of any extensions.
Section IV.3.5) — any dates shown are an estimate.
In the first instance, candidates should register with www.multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract, full details of the contract will be available.
The Contracting Authority shall not be under any obligation to accept any tender. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the entire or parts of the tender, without such an action conferring any right to compensation on the tenderers.
The Contracting Authority has no liability to settle any cost incurred by the tenderer as a result of the tendering procedure.
VI.4.1)Review body
Procurement House, 23 Leslie Hough Way
Salford
M6 6AJ
United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
The Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: