Security Service Tender
Security services. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority (TWFRA) are seeking tenders for the provision of a staffed security service at their site in Washington, Tyne and Wear, UK.
UK-Tyne and Wear: Security services
2013/S 087-148399
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority (TWFRA)
Nissan Way, Barmston Mere, Sunderland
For the attention of: Guy Aynsley
SR5 3QY Tyne and Wear
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1914441984
E-mail: guy.aynsley@twfire.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.twfire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.twfire.gov.uk
Electronic access to information: www.bluelight.gov.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.bluelight.gov.uk
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
Regional or local authority
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:
Staffed Security Service.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 23: Investigation and security services, except armoured car services
NUTS code UKC23
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)
Security services. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority (TWFRA) are seeking tenders for the provision of a staffed security service at their site in Washington, Tyne and Wear, UK.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
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:
The provision of staffed security services to TWFRA.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 195 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
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:
As specified in the invitation to tender documents.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
As specified in the invitation to tender documents.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
As specified in the invitation to tender documents.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: As specified in the invitation to tender documents.
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 specified in the pre qualification questionnaire documents.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As specified in the pre qualification questionnaire documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As specified in the pre qualification questionnaire documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As specified in the pre qualification questionnaire documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As specified in the pre qualification questionnaire documents.
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
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 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As specified in the pre qualification questionnaire documents.
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:
QTLE-974HJR.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 13.6.2013 – 12:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
14.6.2013 – 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
28.6.2013
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
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 contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
The procurement will be managed via the Bluelight ProContract electronic tendering system. Prospective tenderers will need to register will Bluelight at
https://www.bluelight.gov.uk to receive the pre qualification questionnaires. All questions regarding this procurement should be submitted through the Bluelight system. The deadline for responses, through the system, to the pre qualification questionnaire is noon on Friday 14 June 2013. Further details are available from TWFRA website
www.twfire.gov.uk
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GO Reference: GO-201351-PRO-4772353
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority
Nissan Way, Barmston Mere, Sunderland
SR5 3QY Tyne and Wear
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: guy.aynsley@twfire.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1914441684
Internet address: www.twfire.gov.uk
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority
Nissan Way, Barmston Mere, Sunderland
SR5 3QY Tyne and Wear
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: guy.aynsley@twfire.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1914441684
Internet address: www.twfire.gov.uk