CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Other (Please specify) Central purchasing body

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

NHC

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Hot water. Water coolers. Primary water systems. Water-tender vehicles. Water softeners. Water installations. Water heaters and heating for buildings; plumbing equipment. Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters. Instantaneous or storage non-electric water heaters. Drinking water. Non-drinking water. Water pumps. Cooling-water pumps. Hot-water boilers. Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water. Water filtration apparatus. Water-purifying apparatus. Pressurised water cleaning apparatus. Drinking-water piping. Steam and water pipes. Water towers. Water tanks. Water chambers. Water containers. Water boilers. Works related to water-distribution pipelines. Water-treatment work. Drinking-water treatment plant construction work. Water plumbing work. Installation services of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water. Drinking-water distribution. Operation of a water-purification plant. Water softening services. Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy. Consulting services for water-supply and wastewater other than for construction. The provision of consultancy, management, monitoring and maintenance of water systems for the governance and control of the Legionella bacteria in hot and cold water systems and of water borne pathogens all in accordance with HSG 274, Parts 1, 2 and 3 and the Approved Codes of Conduct of the Legionella Control Association. The opportunity will be suitable and available to small and medium enterprises (SME's).

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

Further details contained within the framework agreement and supply agreement documents provided — Standard 30 day payment, commission value to NHC (5 %) per call off and membership fee (£262.50 per annum).

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

NHC reserves the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form, or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr

Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.

Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.

Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

(1) All candidates will be required to produce a declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent. (2) All candidates will be required to produce a declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure toprovide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected toparticipate in this procurement process.

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of acriminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act ofgrave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regardingregistration on the professional or trade register.

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may bedeclared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation,in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services,described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevantorganisation.

(8) All candidates will be required to produce a declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligationsrelating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of therelevant State in which the candidate is established.

(9) All candidates will be required to produce a declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligationsrelating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State inwhich the economic operator is established.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

Evaluation of both PQQ and ITT submissions. Applicants must meet a minimum mark of 50 to successfully pass PQQ and must then meet a minimum total percentage score of 60 % to be awarded to the framework.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

PROC054

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.Supply Partners are required to become members of the NHC if successfully appointed to the framework.Details of membership are provided within the Invitation to Tender documents.

NHC reserves the right to change without notice the procedure for awarding the framework, to reject all or anybids for the framework, to terminate the process and not to award a framework at any time without any liabilityon its part. No framework will be created between NHC and any party until a framework agreement is executedbetween NHC and the winning bidders.

NHC do not guarantee the volume of contracts that will be awarded under the framework agreement.

Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be in English and must be priced in sterling.

NHC is not liable for any costs (including any third party costs fees or expenses) incurred by those expressingan interest in, negotiating or tendering for this contract opportunity.

Any agreement entered into will be governed by English law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.n.b there are specific mandatory and discretionary rejection criteria for applicants to provide services to / for Scottish members

All communications must be made through NHC's eTendering portal at www.delta-esourcing.com NHC will not respond to any queries or requests to participate made via any other method.

The lead member organisation of the Lancashire hub has been named in this notice. The Hub are under no obligation to award through the framework (further details provided in the ITT documentation). All other members of the Consortium are able to access the framework. Further details are provided in the ITT documents.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=146986181

GO Reference: GO-2015619-PRO-6699090.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

—Provide independent review of our Members Water Safety policies and procedures.

—Provide Legionella and other waterborne controls programmes, reviews and monitoring of the control measures and microbiological testing.

—Provide training for both staff and technicians on their duties and responsibilities, manage, and edit Members water systems schematic drawings.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

There is potential for Members to award contracts under this framework agreement for differing contract lengths, on average this could be 48 months with options to extend.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

—Provide independent review of Members Water Safety Policies and Procedures.

—Provide Legionella and other waterborne controls programmes, reviews and monitoring of the control measures and microbiological testing.

—Provide training for both staff and technicians on their duties and responsibilities, manage, and edit Members water systems schematic drawings.

—Swimming pool water monitoring and health and safety consultancy.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

This will vary by individual member however will be within the scope of the specification provided.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

There is potential for Members to award contracts under this framework agreement for differing contract lengths, on average this could be 48 months with options to extend.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

—Provide Legionella and other waterborne controls programmes, reviews and monitoring of the control measures and microbiological testing.

—Provide training for both staff and technicians on their duties and responsibilities.

—Complete or partial water system removal and renewal.

—Installation and maintenance to control equipment.

—Planned service for preventative maintenance tasks such as:

oCleaning and disinfection of the water system — taps, pipes, showerheads, water tanks, condensing towers etc., TMV installation and servicing, Disinfecting, Flushing and Analysing.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

This will vary by individual member however will be within the scope of the specification provided.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

There is potential for Members to award contracts under this framework agreement for differing contract lengths, on average this could be 48 months with options to extend. This lot also covers maintenance.

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

—Provide Legionella and other waterborne controls programmes, reviews and monitoring of the control measures, microbiological testing.

—Provide training for both staff and technicians on their duties and responsibilities.

—Complete or partial water system removal and renewal.

—Installation and maintenance to control equipment.

—Planned service for preventative maintenance tasks such as:

—Cleaning and disinfection of the water system — taps, pipes, showerheads, water tanks, condensing towers etc., TMV installation and servicing, Disinfecting, Flushing and Analysing.

—Monitor Swimming pool dosage and control equipment.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

This will vary by individual member however will be within the scope of the specification provided.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

There is potential for Members to award contracts under this framework agreement for differing contract lengths, on average this could be 48 months with options to extend. This lot also covers maintenance.