Refurbishment of the Crookesmoor Building

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

 

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

 

I.3)Main activity

 

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

 

II.1)Description

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

Refurbishment of the Crookesmoor Building.

 

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

 

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

 

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

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

 

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

 

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

 

II.1.8)Lots

 

II.1.9)Information about variants

 

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

 

II.2.2)Information about options

 

II.2.3)Information about renewals

 

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

 

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

 

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

 

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

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

 

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

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

 

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

 

IV.3)Administrative information

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

 

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

 

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

 

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

 

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

 

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

This is a recurrent procurement: no

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

A) Applicants need to submit a written request to participate to the postal address, fax number or email address stated in Section 1 – Contracting Authority. A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued, which must be completed and returned to the address stated in Section 1 – Contracting Authority by the due date; where applicable all documents priced in GBP.
B) Applicants may be invited for interview.
C) The right not to award a contract is reserved.
D) Any contract entered into will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts and English Law.
E) The University reserves the right to procure repeat requirements of a similar nature without a further call for completion pursuant to Regulation 14(1)(d)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
F) Candidates are advised that the University is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”). If a candidate considers that any of the information supplied as part of this procurement process should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. The University shall take such statements into consideration in the event it receives a request pursuant to the Act which relates to the information provided by the interested party. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response.
G) The University shall not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers, nor accepts liability for any costs, charges or expenses, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
H) The University reserves the right to terminate the competition (or part of it), to change the basis of and the procedures for the procurement process at any time, or to procure the contract by alternative means if it appears that the contract can be more advantageously procured by those alternative means. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. J) The University reserves the right to procure any of the works / services referred to in this notice separately.

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The University will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the Award Decision Notice being communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the University before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional de-briefing and that information has to be provided a minimum 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the address in Section 1 – Contracting Authority. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 NO 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the University to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages.