II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
UKD61
UKC12
UKJ14
Main site or place of performance:
Edinburgh, City of,Warrington,South Teesside,Oxfordshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) operates a number of large research facilities covering many areas of new and developing science and technology which incorporate many bespoke in-house designed systems.
To comply with statutory inspection requirements set out in The Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR), and The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), STFC requires the services of an external provider (the Supplier) to undertake these periodic inspections.
STFC site locations to be covered under this contract are:
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, including Chilbolton Observatory, Drove Road, Chilbolton, Hampshire, SO20 6BJ
- Daresbury Laboratory (DL), Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, WA4 4AD
- The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC), Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ
- Boulby Underground Science Facility, Boulby Mine, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar & Cleveland, TS13 4UZ
The full technical specification for this procurement can be found at Appendix A. It is essential that this Appendix is fully read, understood and assessed when considering this opportunity.
Site Tour:
Given the nature of the requirement and the complex sites, UKRI STFC will be holding a site tour for this requirement at the RAL site. It is strongly recommended that potential suppliers attend the site tour at RAL in order to gain complete clarity of the requirements and environment you would be working in. Due to the comparatively limited number of inspections required at DL, UKATC and Boulby, the site tour will only be conducted at RAL. All information needed to submit a bid in relation to these other sites is included within the tender documentation.
Site tours at RAL will be held on Tuesday 18th October at 10:00 and Wednesday 19th October at 13:00 and will last no more than 2 hours. Suppliers need only attend one of these tours. Two attendees from each supplier organisation are permitted to attend a site tour.
To book on to the site tour, please submit the names, email addresses and vehicle registration numbers of those attending via the message function on the Delta eSourcing Portal, along with the date you wish to attend. Please confirm your attendance no later than 16:00 on Friday 14th October.
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:
850 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The Contract duration shall be for an initial period of 3 years from the commencement of the Contract, with an option to extend for a further period of 1 year (3 + 1).
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:
Yes
Description of options:
The estimated value of the opportunity over the potential 4 year duration is £600,000 - £700,000 excl. VAT (£150,000 - £175,000 excl. VAT per year) based on the anticipated number of days of inspections.
To allow for the potential of additional assets, additional days of inspections and report writing and additional written schemes of examination, the maximum spend under the Contract over the potential 4 year duration is £850,000 excl. VAT.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No