Health and Safety Consultancy Services London

For the British Museum. The contract is for a framework agreement to cover the provision of consultancy advice in matters of health and safety.

United Kingdom-London: Risk or hazard assessment for construction

2015/S 047-081496

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

The British Museum
Great Russell Street
Contact point(s): Procurement
For the attention of: Steven Davies
WC1B 3DG London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2073238739
E-mail: sdavies@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

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

Recreation, culture and religion

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:

Health and Safety Consultancy 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 UKI1

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: 5

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 350 000 and 580 000 GBP

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

Risk or hazard assessment for construction. Hazard protection and control consultancy services. Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services. Technical analysis or consultancy services. Risk or hazard assessment other than for construction. The contract is for a framework agreement to cover the provision of consultancy advice in matters of health and safety. Commissions will be initiated by the British Museum. Expressions of interest for individual Lots will be considered and will be evaluated separately.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71313410, 71317000, 71317100, 71621000, 90711100

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

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

II.1.8)Lots

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

Provision of a framework agreement to supply consultancy services for matters relating to health and safety.

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

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

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

Information about lots

Lot No: 1Lot title: Consultancy advice in relation to the management of hazardous materials

1)Short description

The supply of, but not exclusively, the provision of consultancy advice in relation to the management of hazardous materials.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71317000, 71621000

3)Quantity or scope

The Lot comprises the establishment of a framework agreement with a minimum of 3 consultants for the provision of consultancy advice in relation to the management of hazardous materials in connection with projects undertaken by the Contracting Authority. Bidders should note that inclusion on the framework is not a guarantee of being awarded any commission and selection will be by ‘call-off’ or ‘mini-bid’. The British Museum reserves the right to suspend or cancel this procurement process at any time and will not accept any liability for costs incurred in tendering.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 40 000 and 80 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2Lot title: Special advisory services for health and safety in the workplace or construction

1)Short description

The supply of, but not exclusively, the provision of consultancy advice in relation to health and safety in the workplace or in construction.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71313410, 71621000, 90711100

3)Quantity or scope

The Lot comprises the establishment of a framework agreement with a minimum of 3 consultants for the provision of special advisory services for health and safety in the workplace or construction in connection with projects undertaken by the Contracting Authority. Bidders should note that inclusion on the framework is not a guarantee of being awarded any commission and selection will be by ‘call-off’ or ‘mini-bid’. The British Museum reserves the right to suspend or cancel this procurement process at any time and will not accept any liability for costs incurred in tendering.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 160 000 and 250 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

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

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 3Lot title: Consultancy advice for fire risk and assessment

1)Short description

The supply of, but not exclusively, the provision of consultancy advice in relation to fire risk and assessment.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71317100

3)Quantity or scope

The Lot comprises the establishment of a framework agreement with a minimum of 3 consultants for the provision of consultancy advice for fire risk and assessment in connection with projects undertaken by the Contracting Authority. Bidders should note that inclusion on the framework is not a guarantee of being awarded any commission and selection will be by ‘call-off’ or ‘mini-bid’. The British Museum reserves the right to suspend or cancel this procurement process at any time and will not accept any liability for costs incurred in tendering.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 150 000 and 250 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

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

5)Additional information about lots

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

A performance bond and/or parent company guarantee may be 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: 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.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

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 3 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.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(b) A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 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.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

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 9
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The justification and criteria for shortlisting economic operators to be invited to tender is available in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

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:

BM/15/010

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

8.4.2015 – 12:00

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

27.5.2015

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

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.The Contracting Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. Pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQs) are to be completed with 2 hard copies and 1 copy returned on CD or memory stick by the deadline stated in IV.3.4. Please e-mail sdavies@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk for the PQQ. Failure to complete and return a PQQ will disqualify an economic operator. Economic operators should note that the British Museum reserves the right to cancel this procurement at any stage. There is no obligation for the British Museum to place contracts under the framework agreement. Economic operators are liable for all their costs of tendering and any other costs associated with participating in this procurement.

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VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

The British Museum
Great Russell Street
WC1B 3DG London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: sdavies@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 2073238000
Internet address: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
12 Bloomsbury Square
WC1A 2LP London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2074217444
Internet address: http://www.ciarb.org/

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

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

The British Museum
Great Russell Street
WC1B 3DG London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: sdavies@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 2073238739
Internet address: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

2.3.2015