Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Wrexham County Borough Council
Corporate Procurement, Lampbit Street
Wrexham
LL11 1AR
UK
Telephone: +44 1978292791
E-mail: procurement@wrexham.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL23
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.wrexham.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0264
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Installation / Replacement of Central Heating to Wrexham County Borough Council Housing Stock
Reference number: HBS1037 / Proc-17-02
II.1.2) Main CPV code
39715210
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The work comprises of installation and /or replacement of central heating systems as required on a day to day basis to council dwellings within the County Borough. The works will mainly be the installation of new,full, central heating installations to addresses where the existing gas boiler is non-condensing. There may also, increasingly, be instances where only replacement boilers are required
and existing pipework and radiators retained. There may also be a small number of
replacement solid fuel systems within the contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
44620000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL23
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The works will mainly be the installation of new, full, central heating installations to addresses where the existing gas boiler is non-condensing. There may also, increasingly, be instances where only replacement boilers re required and existing pipework and radiators retained. There may also be a small number of replacement solid fuel systems within the contract.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Contract Management
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Customer Care
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
60
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
There will be an option to extend the term for up to a further two years by mutual agreement of both parties
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Detailed within the Invitation to Tender documents
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 6
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
31/01/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
31/01/2018
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
6 months from the end of Framework
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=74811
The Contractor shall ensure that all contracts with Subcontractors and Suppliers which the Contractor intends to procure following the Award date, and which the Contractor has not, before the date of this Contract, already planned to award to a particular Subcontractor or Supplier, are advertised through the Sell2Wales portal (www.sell2wales.gov.wales) and awarded following a fair, open, transparent and competitive process proportionate to the nature and value of the contract.
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
Wrexham Council is committed to supporting and providing Community Benefits in
the procurement of their Capital Works contracts. These benefits are designed to
ensure that wider social, economic and environmental issues are taken into account
when tendering construction, service or supplies contracts. An example of these
benefits include
· Training and employment - e.g. promote skills & labour, offer apprenticeships etc.
· Supply Chain initiatives - e.g. supplier engagement, second tier supply chain
opportunities, prompt supplier / sub-contractor payments.
· Working with 3rd Sector & supported factories & businesses
· Community Initiatives - e.g. volunteering days, support for local youth groups and
other community groups, mini sporting tournaments.
(WA Ref:74811)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Wrexham County Borough Council
Corporate Procurement, Lampbit Street
Wrexham
LL11 1AR
UK
Telephone: +44 1978292791
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Wrexham County Borough Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) 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 authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into]
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/12/2017