Office Furniture Tender United Utilities

Supply and Installation of Office Furniture.

UK-Warrington: furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

2012/S 60-098140

Contract notice – utilities

Supplies

Directive 2004/17/EC

Section I: Contracting entity

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

United Utilities Water PLC
Haweswater House, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue
For the attention of: Nathan Davies
WA5 3LP Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1925678084
E-mail: Nathan.Davies@uuplc.co.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting entity: www.unitedutilities.com

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for 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)Main activity

Water

I.3)Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Supply and Installation of Office Furniture.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies
Purchase
NUTS code UKD

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 a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in months: 60
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 3 000 000 and 4 000 000 GBP

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

A Framework Agreement for supply and installation of office furniture.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

39000000, 39100000, 39110000, 39120000, 39130000

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

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

II.1.8)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: yes

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

A framework agreement for the supply and installation of office furniture.
The framework is for 3 year period with the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 year term.
Further details can be seen in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 3 000 000 and 4 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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

Duration in months: 60 (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:

Further information is specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire. Applicants can access this through the web address detailed in section Vi.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Further information is specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire. Applicants can access this through the web address detailed in section Vi.

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

Further information is specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire. Applicants can access this through the web address detailed in section Vi.

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: Further information is specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire. Applicants can access this through the web address detailed in section Vi.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

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

Negotiated
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: yes
Additional information about electronic auction: United Utilities reserve the right to use an electronic auction. Further details would be provided during the ITT stage.

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:

PRO000508

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

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 24.4.2012 – 10:00
Payable documents: no

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

24.4.2012 – 10:00

IV.3.5)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.7)Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Subject to the duration of this agreement, estimated date October 2017.

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:

Prequalification questionnaire (PQQ) can be accessed at: http://uukft.uudataroom.com/login.asp

Name: BIDDER.
Password: FURNITURE.
Please not that name and password are case sensitive.
Interested parties must respond and return the PQQ by the closing date of 24.4.2012. No additional time shall be given after 24.4.2012 for applicants who have not completed the PQQ by this date.

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:23.3.2012