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

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

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

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

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

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

Wiltshire College Chippenham. Further instruction may be given to deliver to the three other campuses inc. out reach centers based in WiltshireWiltshire College Lackham.Wiltshire College Trowbridge.Wiltshire College Salisbury.

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)

This document is to invite Pre-Qualification submissions for the supply and installations of furniture for the proposed redevelopment of the existing Chippenham Campus.

The purpose of this PQQ is to understand the breadth of experience and capacity of potential tenderers for this type, complexity and size requirements under this project, in order to finalise a short-list to deliver a professional service, to meet the high standards expected by the College.

The short list will be derived solely from the PQQ submissions and no interview process will take place following receipt of the PQQ.

Please view the full PQQ document.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into 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

The colleges particular requirements are set out in the PQQ available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wiltshirecoll/asp/home.asp

III.1.2)

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

The colleges particular requirements are set out in the PQQ available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wiltshirecoll/asp/home.asp

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

The colleges particular requirements are set out in the PQQ available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wiltshirecoll/asp/home.asp

III.1.4)

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

Upon successful award of this project you may become the colleges approved supplier for the purposes of continuity across all Four campuses. This will be subject to performance of the initial project. The contract will initially be offered for a period of 3 years commencing on the date of the completion of the Chippenham New Build furniture supply and install project.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

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

The colleges particular requirements are set out in the PQQ available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wiltshirecoll/asp/home.asp

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

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

The College intends to invite a maximum of 5 candidates to tender on the basis of the ranking of candidates at the qualification / PQQ evaluation stage available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wiltshirecoll/asp/home.asp

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

105/2014-15

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 College expressly reserves the rights:

i) Not to award any contract as a result of this procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;

ii) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;

iii) To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and;

iv) To award contract(s) in stages.

And in no circumstances will the College be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.”.

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:

‘The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 30 days)’.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent