Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Western Health Social Care Trust
Altnagelvin Hospital, Glenshane Road
Londonderry
BT47 6SB
UK
Contact person: Michael McCloskey
E-mail: Michael.McCloskey@westerntrust.hscni.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
WE2229560-TSC: Framework for Building Maintenance and Minor Building Works
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The Western Health and Social Care Trust (the Contracting Authority) wishes to appoint 1 economic operator to enter into a framework (NEC 4 Term Service Short Contract) for the provision of minor building works and building maintenance works (including reactive and planned maintenance) for the Western Trust Estate. The Framework Agreement shall be awarded for a period of 3 years duration subject to the on-going satisfactory performance of the economic operator. The Contracting Authority may implement an option to extend the framework for a period up to 1 year beyond the initial 3 year term of the framework.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
12 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45215100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Western Health and Social Care Trust (the Contracting Authority) wishes to appoint 1 economic operator to enter into a framework (NEC 4 Term Service Short Contract) for the provision of minor building works and building maintenance works (including reactive and planned maintenance) for the Western Trust Estate. The Framework Agreement shall be awarded for a period of 3 years duration subject to the on-going satisfactory performance of the economic operator. The Contracting Authority may implement an option to extend the framework for a period up to 1 year beyond the initial 3 year term of the framework.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Price
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
12 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The Framework Agreement shall be awarded for a period of three years duration subject to the on-going satisfactory performance of the economic operator. The Contracting Authority may implement an option to extend the framework for a period up to 1 year beyond the initial 3 year term of the framework.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
See published PQQ documentation.
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.1.2) 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.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The economic operators’ performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the CA will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier Performance contained in Procurement. Guidance Note PGN 01/12 — Contract Management Principles and Procedures: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procurementguidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures
If an economic operator has received more than 1 current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the CA, at its discretion, can consider an economic operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public procurement-policy-applies
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
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:
28/06/2019
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
19/07/2019
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: 999 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
CPD, in its capacity as a Central Purchasing Body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority. The. Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:
(i) to award one, some, all or no lots;
(ii) not to award any contract/Framework Agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and
(iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by economic operators or candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the economic operator or candidate participating in this procurement process. This. project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting Framework Agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any Framework Agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation, etc. will be paid if a contract or Framework Agreement is. withdrawn for any reason. Economic Operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery CPD
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Telephone: +44 2890816555
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/contact
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
21/05/2019