Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
St Thomas More R C Academy
Lynn Road
North Shields
NE29 8LF
UK
Contact person: The Litmus Partnership Ltd
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKC2
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://vle.stmacademy.org.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/st_thomas_more_r_c_academy__cleaning_services
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
St Thomas More R C Academy — Tender for Cleaning Services.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90919300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide cleaning services for St Thomas More R C Academy.
St Thomas More is an 11-18 mixed, converter academy and part of the Hexham and Newcastle Partnership. The school serves the catholic population within the St Oswins deanery in North Shields and has an excellent reputation locally, regionally and nationally for the quality of its education, pastoral care and levels of achievement. It has been recognised by the Minister of State for Schools as one of the top 100 schools in England and Wales.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
435 000.00
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:
UKC2
Main site or place of performance:
St Thomas More R C Academy, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The school has the capacity for 1 700 students which includes up to 350 in the sixth form.
In order to ensure that it continues to receive value for money, the school wishes to put the cleaning services out to competitive tender with a new contract to commence 1.9.2017 on the basis of a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
Expressions of interest are invited from Suppliers with experience of providing cleaning services in this sector and with the resource to support cleaning services within this geographical region.
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:
435 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/09/2017
End:
31/08/2022
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:
A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.
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
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
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:
03/03/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
31/03/2017
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Interest in the selection process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number.
The Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: https://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/st_thomas_more_r_c_academy__cleaning_services
The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 3.3.2017 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, by the above closing date and time.
Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Selection Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, by the above closing date and time.
It will be the Supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.
The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this Contract Notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time.
The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity.
The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
St Thomas More R C Academy
North Shields
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
St Thomas More R C Academy
North Shields
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
St Thomas More R C Academy
North Shields
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/02/2017