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) Private company limited by guarantee

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 Other (Please specify) Cell Therapies

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

London.

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)

The Cell Therapy Catapult has received government funding to establish a large scale Cell Therapy Manufacturing Centre in the UK. Currently, UK manufacturing is served by small academic centres that are designed to provide material for early stage clinical trials. There is currently no large-scale infrastructure in the UK that would enable the manufacture of cell therapies for late stage, phase III manufacturing and subsequently for in-market supply. The location of the centre is in the process of being selected and it is possible the centre will be a new build facility, or the retro fit of an existing building. The Centre will be located in an area capable of supplying the main European Centres via a robust supply chain within 18 hrs — 24 hrs of product manufacture, as this is a common current constraint on shelf life. This location will also position the facility to be able to supply the large potential Middle East and North African (MENA) markets.

The Cell Therapy Catapult intends to appoint a combined project management and design team to work with the CTC to deliver the proposed new Manufacturing Centre. The appointment will include both the detailed design of the new facility (this will either be on the basis of a conversion of an existing building or a bespoke new build) together with full project and cost management and Construction Design Management Co-ordinator services to ensure on time and on budget construction and qualification of the manufacturing centre facility (the Services). It is envisaged that the team will work closely with the CTC project team to prepare and submit a planning application for the new facility as early as possible. In addition, it is expected the team will work with the CTC to prepare the detailed specification and Employer's Requirements of the new facility and the preparation and evaluation of tender documentation for the appointment of a suitable Principal Contractor on the basis of an NEC3 form of contract.

The appointed project management and design team will be required to work with CTC and the CTC advisors to develop a detailed design and construction plan for the manufacturing centre from the initial pre-concept design that will be provided by CTC. The detailed design is likely to include architectural and interior design services, civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering services, and other relevant design and planning functions. The detailed design and construction plan must be completed in time for construction works to begin in the first half of 2015. It is expected that the detailed design will be completed by April 2015. Further details of the timescales will be provided in the ITT.

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 Catapult reserves the right to request guarantees and/or other forms of security. Details will be provided within the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and, to those that qualify, in the invitation to tender documents.

III.1.2)

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

Details will be provided within the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and, to those that qualify, in the invitation to tender documents.

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 Catapult reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require a single contractor to take primary liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and severable liability irrespective of the legal form of the contracting entity. Details will be provided in the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and the invitation to tender documents.

III.1.4)

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

The Catapult will require any organisation that is to be invited to tender for the services to have demonstrated that they:

a) are of sufficient financial standing; and

b) have sufficient experience, capacity, and capability;

in the management of the risks associated with delivery of the project.

Full details of the pre-qualification questionnaire and evaluation criteria are provided in the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and the invitation to tender documents.

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 CandidateApplicant is eligible to be invited to tender.

Applicants will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For Applicants 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. Applicants 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. Applicants 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 Catapult.

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

Details will be provided within the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).

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

CON-0045

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

To express interest in this opportunity and request a copy of the PQQ, please email ojeu@ct.catapult.org.uk

Completed PQQs must be returned to OJEU@ct.catapult.org.uk by the deadline of 10:00 am on 29.9.2014.

The Catapult reserves the right (acting in accordance with the Regulations) to:

— waive any requirements of this procurement process (to the extent permitted by law),

— request additional information or clarify information from Applicants in relation to any aspect of their response,

— disqualify any Applicant that does not submit a compliant response in accordance with the Catapult's instructions (see also below),

— withdraw any part of or the whole of this procurement process at any time or to re-invite responses on the same or any alternative basis,

— not award the whole of or a part of contract as a result of this procurement process; or,

— make whatever changes it sees fit to the timetable, structure or content of the procurement process for any reason.

Furthermore, the Catapult reserves the right (acting in accordance with the Regulations) to reject or disqualify an Applicant where:

— a response is submitted late, is completed incorrectly, is incomplete or fails to meet the Catapult's requirements which have been notified to Applicants,

— the Applicant is unable to satisfy the terms of Part V of the the Regulations at any stage during the procurement process,

— the Applicant is guilty of serious misrepresentation or fraud in relation to its application and/or any aspect of this procurement process,

— there is a change in identity, control, financial standing or other factor impacting on the ability and capacity of the Applicant to meet the Catapult's requirements for any of the Works, supplies, or services advertised; and/or,

— there is an actual or potential commercial, professional, financial or other conflict of interest arising between the interests of the Catapult and the Applicant.

The Applicant is solely responsible for all their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and submission of their responses at all stages of the procurement process. Under no circumstances will the Catapult be liable for any costs or expenses borne by or on behalf of any Applicant.

Clarifications and queries in respect of this Contract Notice or the pre-qualification questionnaire must be submitted in writing and via ojeu@ct.catapult.org.uk only. Direct emails, telephone calls or correspondence with the Cell Therapy Catapult will not be permitted during the procurement of this opportunity.

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 Catapult will incorporate a mandatory 10 calendar day standstill periods at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 No. 2992) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may award damages or declare the contract ineffective. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Catapult would urge aggrieved Tenderers to communicate any issues process by raising a Clarification Question through the ojeu@ct.catapult.org.uk in the first instance in case a solution can be found to avert time consuming actions involving the Courts.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice