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Contract Notice

Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services

  • First published: 05 August 2019
  • Last modified: 05 August 2019

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and Corporate Officer of the House of Commons
Authority ID:
AA0063
Publication date:
05 August 2019
Deadline date:
30 August 2019
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

The authority wishes to contract with a potential supplier for the provision of grounds maintenance services across the Parliamentary Estate. The required works, services and supplies are likely to include, but are not limited to, the following:

— the maintenance, by cutting, treating and feeding, of all grassed areas on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the planting and maintenance of all planted borders and planters/troughs on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the pruning and maintenance of all trees, shrubs and hedges on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the removal of all waste from the above activities.

The successful contractor must be capable of providing and coordinating the input of all of the above (and any additional similar or related) works, services and supplies necessary for delivery of the contract within the required timescale.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of House of Commons, acting jointly

The Palace of Westminster

London

SW1A 0AA

UK

E-mail: ppcs@parliament.uk

NUTS: UKI32

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home

Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address


I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other: Parliament UK

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services

Reference number: STC1131

II.1.2) Main CPV code

77314000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The authority wishes to contract with a potential supplier for the provision of grounds maintenance services across the Parliamentary Estate. The required works, services and supplies are likely to include, but are not limited to, the following:

— the maintenance, by cutting, treating and feeding, of all grassed areas on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the planting and maintenance of all planted borders and planters/troughs on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the pruning and maintenance of all trees, shrubs and hedges on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the removal of all waste from the above activities.

The successful contractor must be capable of providing and coordinating the input of all of the above (and any additional similar or related) works, services and supplies necessary for delivery of the contract within the required timescale.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 640 000.00  GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKI32


Main site or place of performance:

No lots.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The authority wishes to contract with a potential supplier for the provision of grounds maintenance services across the Parliamentary Estate. The required works, services and supplies are likely to include, but are not limited to, the following:

— the maintenance, by cutting, treating and feeding, of all grassed areas on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the planting and maintenance of all planted borders and planters/troughs on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the pruning and maintenance of all trees, shrubs and hedges on the Parliamentary Estate,

— the removal of all waste from the above activities.

The successful contractor must be capable of providing and coordinating the input of all of the above (and any additional similar or related) works, services and supplies necessary for delivery of the contract within the required timescale.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 96

This contract is subject to renewal: No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

After applying the pass/fail criteria, a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 potential suppliers achieving the highest weighted scores, resulting from application of the selection criteria stated within this MoI and the SQ, will be invited to tender. Less than 8 potential tenders may be invited to tender if there is a gap exceeding 5 % of the higher score between that of a score and the next highest.

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

II.2.14) Additional information

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:

III.2) Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

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: 30/08/2019

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 24/09/2019

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: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

The SQ documents will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament’s e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk

Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via email are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference STC 1131 in the ‘current tenders’ list, click on the ‘view tender details’ and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which 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 forgotten your username and password, 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, please contact the PPCS Business Support team via email: ppcs@parliament.uk or call +44 (0)2072191600 for further assistance. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12.00 noon UK time on 30.8.2019. Late tenders will not be accepted. 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 such as WinZip or WinRAR.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

The High Court of Justice

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

31/07/2019

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
77314000 Grounds maintenance services Planting and maintenance services of green areas

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
ppcs@parliament.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

Further information

Date Details
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