Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Civic Centre
Port Talbot
SA13 1PJ
UK
Contact person: Paul Duffin
Telephone: +44 1639763927
E-mail: procurement@npt.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL17
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.npt.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0274
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://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
Provision of Leisure Services within Neath Port Talbot
Reference number: NPT-1582
II.1.2) Main CPV code
92000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Neath Port Talbot Council is seeking a suitably experienced organisations to enter into a management contract or other arrangements to operate and maintain Leisure Facilities within Neath Port Talbot.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
20 250 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
92600000
92610000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL17
Main site or place of performance:
Neath Port Talbot
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Neath Port Talbot Council is seeking to appoint a partner or partners to manage its key Leisure facilities.
The Council is seeking to enter into a management contract or other arrangement to operate and maintain the following Leisure Facilities within Neath Port Talbot.
- Aberavon Leisure and Fitness Centre
- Aquasplash (Summer only)
- Neath Sports Centre
- Neath Leisure Centre
- Pontardawe Leisure Centre
- Pontardawe Swimming Pool
- Port Talbot Bowls Hall
- The Gwyn Hall
- Vale of Neath Leisure Centre
The Council would welcome proposals from interested parties (including local organisations, national and international organisations who believe they can deliver the outcomes the Council is seeking).
In order to achieve its outcomes and vision, the Council encourages interest from all Leisure and Community operators including existing leisure Not for Profit Organisations, local community organisation and other operators or social enterprises which may have the relevant experience and capacity to deliver.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
20 250 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 180
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend for a further period of up to 5 years, subject to termination clauses contained with the Contract Terms and Conditions.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Further information is available in the documentation which sets out the requirements of the Council.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
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:
15/01/2021
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
08/02/2021
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
CY
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
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
Suppliers’ Instructions ‘How to Express Interest in this PQQ’:
1. Register your company on the eTenderWales portal (this is required only once. However if your details have changed since you registered you will need to up-date them).
- Browse to the eTenderWales Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- Click the ‘Suppliers register here’ link.
- Complete the ‘Organisation Details’ and ‘User Details’ sections.
- Note the username you choose and click ‘save’ when complete.
- You will shortly receive and email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
- Agree to the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’.
2. Express an interest in the PQQ.
- Login to the portal with the username / password.
- Click the ‘PQQ's Open to all Suppliers’ link.
- Alternatively, search for the relevant PQQ (pqq_32973).
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the ‘Express Interest’ button on the right-hand side of the screen.
- This will move the PQQ into your ‘My PQQ pages’. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by selecting ‘Buyer Attachments’.
3. Responding to the PQQ.
- You can now choose to ‘Respond’ or ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining).
- Note the ‘Closing Date’, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ.
- There is help available Monday – Friday (8am – 6pm) on: help@bravosolution.co.uk or by telephone on 0800 368 485.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=102270
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:
The Successful Supplier will be required to work with the Authority’s Community Benefits Officer to ensure recruitment includes opportunities for new entrants and returners to the labour market as detailed in the Schedule 28 (Community Benefits Objectives) of the Operating Contract.
(WA Ref:102270)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/12/2020