Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Stranmillis University College
Stranmillis Road, Belfast
Belfast
BT9 5DY
UK
Contact person: Construct.Info
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: Construct.Info@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2955139
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2955139
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://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2955139
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
SUC2955139 Stranmillis University College Fire Alarm Servicing and Maintenance Contract
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50711000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Stranmillis University College campus consists of approximately twenty buildings on a 46-acre site providing teaching facilities, accommodation, conferencing facilities, estates offices and workshops, student support and security services. There are 6 No halls of residence containing 459 bedrooms many of which are used on a year round basis. The contractor will be required to complete periodic inspection, maintenance and testing to all components of all fire alarm systems on campus and ensure compliance with BS 5839-1:2017 and BS 5839-6:2019 and to confirm all systems are maintained in correct working order. All buildings must be treated as separate systems during maintenance visits with a minimum of 25 percent of devices in each building being checked and recorded during each quarterly period, 50 percent in each building in a 6-month period and 100 percent within each 12-month period. An emergency call out facility including out-of-hours will also be required.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
120 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50711000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
Main site or place of performance:
Stranmillis University College.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Stranmillis University College campus consists of approximately twenty buildings on a 46-acre site providing teaching facilities, accommodation, conferencing facilities, estates offices and workshops, student support and security services. There are 6 No halls of residence containing 459 bedrooms many of which are used on a year round basis. The contractor will be required to complete periodic inspection, maintenance and testing to all components of all fire alarm systems on campus and ensure compliance with BS 5839-1:2017 and BS 5839-6:2019 and to confirm all systems are maintained in correct working order. All buildings must be treated as separate systems during maintenance visits with a minimum of 25 percent of devices in each building being checked and recorded during each quarterly period, 50 percent in each building in a 6-month period and 100 percent within each 12-month period. An emergency call out facility including out-of-hours will also be required.
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:
120 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
II.2.14) Additional information
CPD, in its capacity as a central purchasing body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority.
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:
Please refer to the procurement documents. These are available to download within the CfT document area.
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
III.2.1) Information about a particular profession
Participation is reserved to a particular profession: Yes
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
Please refer to document 1 of 4 — instructions to tenderers for further information.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open 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:
07/08/2020
Local time: 15:00
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
Tender must be valid until:
05/12/2020
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
07/08/2020
Local time: 15:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery Procurement Operations Branch
303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
E-mail: construct.info@finance-ni.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the. High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/07/2020