Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
N/A
169 Union Street
London
SE1 0LL
UK
Contact person: Michael McCarthy
Telephone: +44 02085551200
E-mail: michael.mccarthy@london-fire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.london-fire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/33133
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=19261&B=BLUELIGHT
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=19261&B=BLUELIGHT
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Real Fire Training Venue Specialist- Design Services.
Reference number: PROC/5902/16
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79930000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (the ‘Authority’ — the organisation that runs the London Fire Brigade) is seeking a supplier (the ‘Consultant’) to assist in the design of a Real Fire Training Venue (RFTV) as part of a wider scheme to introduce a new training centre in South London.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
75 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34152000
71220000
71320000
71321000
80510000
80520000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The RFTV will be designed and built to simulate high rise buildings in London and will enable fire-fighters to experience and extinguish real fires (carbonaceous) in a realistic, but safe and controlled environment. The Authority is seeking a carbonaceous RFTV involving real fire and smoke created by burning standard sized timber materials in fixed and mobile cribs with the option to investigate the burning of other agreed materials such as straw. The Authority is not seeking Consultants / suppliers who can only provide an LPG / gas based fire system (although LPG / gas may be required for the associated systems subject to the design of the Consultant). This appointment shall comprise of Design Services through RIBA Stages 2 and 3. The Authority seeks to novate the RFTV Specialist to a main contractor from RIBA Stage 4. Work carried out at any further stage will be subject to a separate contract and is out of the scope of this requirement.
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:
75 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
21/04/2017
End:
01/04/2018
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
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:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
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
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/03/2017
Local time: 17:00
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
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
30/03/2017
Local time: 17:00
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
High Court
Strand
London
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Authority will incorporate a standstill period of at least 10 calendar days when information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Authority before the Contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period.
Such additional information should be requested from the address in I.1) above. If an appeal regarding the award of a Contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (R 86/87) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action to the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/02/2017