Police Service of Northern Ireland - Building Measured Term Contract

Police Service of Northern Ireland – Building Measured Term Contract

United Kingdom-Belfast: Building construction work

2014/S 080-140199

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Police Service of Northern Ireland
8th Floor, River House, 48 High Street
Contact point(s): Central Procurement Directorate, Contracts and Standards Branch
BT1 2RU Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: construct.info@dfpni.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

Address of the buyer profile: www.dfpni.gov.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Department of Finance and Personnel, Central Procurement Directorate
Contracts & Standards Branch, Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8003684850
E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
Internet address: https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Department of Finance and Personnel, Central Procurement Directorate
Contracts & Standards Branch, Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8003684850
E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
Internet address: https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Department of Finance and Personnel, Central Procurement Directorate
Contracts & Standards Branch, Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
BT3 9ED Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8003684850
E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
Internet address: https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Public order and safety

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:

Police Service of Northern Ireland – Building Measured Term Contract.

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

Services
Service category No 1: Maintenance and repair services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Various sites throughout Northern Ireland.
NUTS code UKN0

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)

The Contracting Authority is looking to appoint two Economic Operators (Contractors) for the provision of Building Measured Term Contract Works and Services across the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) Estate utilising an NEC3 Term Service Contract.
The Project will be divided into 2 Lots. A map delineating the split in the Areas is specified in the Pre-Qualification documentation. The number of potential properties at which works and services may be required in each Lot area is approximately 80. The main contents of the service will include Building Fabric Reactive Small Works Services and Minor Works. A full list of active properties will be provided at tender stage.
The service shall be made available 24 hours per day and 365 days per year (including all weekends and holiday periods).The Contract will require working in a high security environment.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45210000, 45216110, 45453100, 45216111, 45000000

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:

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 15 000 000 and 20 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: The contract will normally run for 3 years with the possibility of 2 x one year extensions at the Client’s discretion.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 2

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

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1

1)Short description

The Contracting Authority is looking to appoint an Economic Operator (Contractor) for the provision of Building Measured Term Contract Works & Services across the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) Estate utilising an NEC3 Term Service Contract in the Lot1 Area of Northern Ireland. The number of potential properties at which works and services may be required in Lot 1 is approximately 80. The main contents of the service will include Building Fabric Reactive Small Works Services and Minor Works. A map delineating the scope of Lot 1 is specified in the Pre-Qualification documentation. A full list of active properties will be provided at tender stage. The service shall be made available 24 hours per day and 365 days per year (including all weekends and holiday periods).The Contract will require working in a high security environment.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45210000, 45216110, 45216111, 45000000

3)Quantity or scope

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 7 500 000 and 10 000 000 GBP

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

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

5)Additional information about lots

In order to ensure security of supply an Economic Operator may tender for both Lot 1 and Lot 2 but can only be awarded 1 Lot.
The same Economic operator will not therefore be appointed for Lot 1 and Lot 2. The mechanism for awarding Lots will be set out in the PQQ documentation.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register – Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ – Enter your correct business and user details – Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete – You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender – Login to the portal with the username/password – Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) – Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. – Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. – This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs ‘page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box
3. Responding to the tender – Click ‘My Response’ under‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) – You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT – There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

Lot No: 2

1)Short description

The Contracting Authority is looking to appoint an Economic Operator (Contractor) for the provision of Building Measured Term Contract Works & Services across the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) Estate utilising an NEC3 Term Service Contract in the Lot 2 Area of Northern Ireland.
The number of potential properties at which works and services may be required in Lot 2 is approximately 80. The main contents of the service will include Building Fabric Reactive Small Works Services and Minor Works. A map delineating the scope of Lot 2 is specified in the Pre-Qualification documentation. A full list of active properties will be provided at tender stage. The service shall be made available 24 hours per day and 365 days per year (including all weekends and holiday.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45210000, 45216110, 45216111, 45000000

3)Quantity or scope

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 7 500 000 and 10 000 000 GBP

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

Duration in months: 60 (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:

As directed in the Invitation To Tender documentation.

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

No specific legal form is required but if a contract is awarded to a consortium the Contracting Authority will require the consortium members to be jointly and severally liable in respect of all obligations and liabilities relating to the contract before entering into the contract.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: The EOs performance on this Contract will be regularly monitored.
If an EO fails to reach satisfactory levels of performance the EO may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance.
The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the EO being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Contracting Authorities on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate. A list of these bodies can be viewed at:
http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/index/procurement-2/cpd/cpd-policy-and-legislation/ni-pppolicy/cpd-list-of-bodies-public-procurement-policy-applies.htm

In the event that an EO is successful in being awarded Lot 1 but fails to perform satisfactorily, enters into administration or is otherwise unable to undertake the specified works and services the Contracting Authority may award some or all works and services required under Lot 1 to the Contractor who was awarded Lot 2 for the remaining duration of the Contract.
Conversely in the event that an EO is successful in being awarded Lot 2 but fails to perform satisfactorily, enters into administration or is otherwise unable to undertake the specified works and services the Contracting Authority may award some or all works and services required under Lot 2 to the Contractor who was awarded Lot 1 for the remaining duration of the Contract.

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: Economic Operators interested in the provision of the Services will be required to complete a Pre -Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) which is available from the electronic portal listed in Annex A.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

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

III.2.3)Technical capacity

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

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

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 number of operators: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As specified in the Pre -Qualification documentation – Six EOs will be invited to tender for Lot 1 and Six EOs will be invited to tender for Lot 2. An EO may be invited to tender for both Lots. The objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates, for each Lot, is set out in the Pre -Qualification documentation.

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:

Project 16854 (484753BS)

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

2.6.2014 – 15:00

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

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 Authority expressly reserves the rights:
a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
b) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
c) to award one Lot, both Lots or no Lots; and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates participating in this competition.
Lots awarded as a result of the Contract shall be considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Northern Ireland Courts.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to establish any Contract or award any Lot as a result of this competition.
The Contracting Authority will use the information provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to select Economic Operators to be invited to participate in the competitive process for the Lots. A response to this notice does not guarantee that an organisation will be invited to participate.
The process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While it intends to do so, the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract a rising out of the procedures envisaged by this notice. No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or procedures envisaged by it. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedures relating to the conduct of the award process.
The Contracting Authority shall disqualify any Economic Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (subject to any overriding public interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which:
— provides information or confirmations which later prove to be untrue or incorrect;
— does not supply the information within the timescale required by this notice or by the Memorandum of Information, Pre-Qualification Questionnaire or as otherwise required during the process; or
— may be ineligible under regulation 23(4) PCR
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require the submission of any additional or supplementary information or information for the purpose of clarification as it may, in its absolute discretion, consider appropriate.
This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register – Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ – Enter your correct business and user details – Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete – You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender – Login to the portal with the username/password – Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) – Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. – Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. – This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box
3. Responding to the tender – Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) – You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification – Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT – There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with regulation 47A or 47B to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:18.4.2014