Removals and Storage Tender for House of Commons

UK-London: storage services

2012/S 218-359392

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

House of Commons
14 Tothill Street
Contact point(s): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home
For the attention of: Business Support Team
SW1H 9NB London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072191600
E-mail: csd@parliament.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home

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

Other: The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities NO

I.3)Main activity

Other: UK Parliament

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:

GSV1162-provision of removals, porterage, storage and IT relocation services.

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

Services
NUTS code UKI

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)

Parliamentary Estates Directorate provides furniture, furnishing and relocation services to the Parliamentary Estate which currently consists of the Palace of Westminster and 10 other key buildings in the vicinity (total GIA around 240 000 m²).

Removals and Porterage: We have the normal office churn requirement to relocate furniture, furnishings, and crates within and between buildings. In addition we require porterage and transport services for large office relocations, ceremonials, and for dining and conference room set up/re configuration. There are peaks and troughs of moves and set-up activity throughout the year.
IT Equipment Relocation:- The requirement will cover the unplugging, disassembling, moving and possible storage of computers and associated IT equipment relative to staff movement within the Parliamentary Estate, and reassembling and reconnecting up to and including powering on and testing that the Network Interface Card (NIC) is responding and informing Parliamentary ICT of any exceptions with the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and network points. This will include a number of outbuildings near to the Palace of Westminster.
A work station set will include all items associated with a workstation and normally include the CPU (PC or laptop and docking station), monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer and associated cables. From time to time larger separate items may need to be moved. The work will extend to the network and may include servers.
Storage: In addition to the above we require storage facilities for stock furniture, stock carpet, historic furniture and the Palace architectural salvage. Historic furniture currently occupies around 3,100 m³ of environmentally-controlled space. Approximately 10,000m3 of stock items are currently held in metal sea freight containers or standard wood containers.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

63121100, 98392000, 98341120, 63120000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

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: 3 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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

Duration in months: 36 (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:

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:

Joint and several liability.

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: Applicants are required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire. This may be obtained from the following website http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/ as described at III.2.3 and must be completed and returned by the deadline given at IV.3.4 below. The pre-qualification questionnaire shall include, but not be limited to, the matters detailed under clauses III.2.2 and III.2.3 below.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Economic and financial capacity – means of proof required. As stated in the documentation.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire will be accessible at the following website http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. To be able to access these documents you will need to select the above quoted tender in the “current tenders” list, click on the “view tender details” and express interest by clicking on the button provided. Afterwards, you will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have already registered with In-Tend previously, please follow the link shown, this will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and have forgotten your username and password, please click on the forgotten password link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass it to any third parties. If you are experiencing problems, then please contact the In-Tend helpdesk via email: support@in-tend.com or call +44 1332869400 for further assistance. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invitation to tender prior to the closing date as in in IV.3.4. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application like WinZip or WinRar.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As stated in the PQQ.

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

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 7

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:

GSV1162

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

10.12.2012 – 12:00

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 tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

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 contract will be considered as a contract made in accordance with the law of England and Wales and subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. The House of Lords and the House of Commons are Public Authorities within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and all correspondence received will be dealt with in accordance with the Act. The Employer does not bind himself to accept the lowest, or any, tender submitted. Short-listed tenderers will be subject to further evaluation which may include tender presentation.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

House Of Commons
14 Tothill Street
SW1H 9NB London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: csd@parliament.uk

Body responsible for mediation procedures

House Of Commons
14 Tothill Street
SW1H 9NB London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: csd@parliament.uk

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:8.11.2012