Legionella Risk Assessments for Knowsley Council

Legionella Risk Assessments and Water Hygiene Maintenance Services for Knowsley.

United Kingdom-Liverpool: Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

2016/S 043-071161

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Knowsley Council
2nd Floor, Municipal Building, Archway Road, Huyton
For the attention of: Ms Kelly Black
L36 9YU Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1514434938
E-mail: kelly.black@knowsley.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

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

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic access to information: https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Knowsley Council
2nd Floor, Municipal Building, Archway Road
For the attention of: Ms Kelly Black
L36 9YU Huyton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1514434938
E-mail: kelly.black@knowsley.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Knowsley Council
2nd Floor, Municipal Building, Archway Road
For the attention of: Ms Kelly Black
L36 9YU Huyton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1514434938
E-mail: kelly.black@knowsley.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Knowsley Council
2nd Floor, Municipal Building, Archway Road
For the attention of: Ms Kelly Black
L36 9YU Huyton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1514434938
E-mail: kelly.black@knowsley.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

Other: local authority service

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:

Legionella Risk Assessments and Water Hygiene Maintenance Services for Knowsley.

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 UK

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)

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (The Council) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor (The Contractor) to undertake a range of water hygiene maintenance regimes and monitoring procedures, throughout the Borough of Knowsley.
The Council reserves the right to add or remove properties to the contracted list as and when required, should a new property be acquired or an existing property be sold/demolished respectively. In such circumstances the value of the contract will be adjusted up or down proportionally.
The Contractor will be required to provide services in accordance with the minimum standards (including any revisions) defined in:-
a) Health and Safety Executive’s Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L8 ‘The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems’.
b) HSG 274 Legionnaires’ disease parts 1 to 3.
c) Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
d) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
e) Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.
f) The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
g) Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999.
together with all relevant and current British and European Standards and Statutory or Regulatory Codes of Practice or industry guidance (BSRIA, CIBSE, WMsoc, etc).
The Council is seeking to appoint a single contractor to undertake direct delivery of the services required under the terms of this tender.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71600000, 71000000

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:

The contract will run for a five year period. It will commence on approximately 1.7.2016 to 30.6.2021. The value of this contract is estimated between the range of 380 000 GBP and 400 000 GBP for the full 5 year contract. There has been no provision built into this contract for extensions.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 380 000 and 400 000 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

Starting 1.7.2016. Completion 30.6.2021

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:

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: As detailed in the ITT.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As detailed in the ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As detailed in the ITT.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As detailed in the ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As detailed in the ITT.

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: yes
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision: As detailed in the ITT.

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: yes

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:

DN113258

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

1.4.2016 – 09:30

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

Date: 1.4.2016 – 9:30
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

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

26.2.2016