CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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Section I: Contracting Authority
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I.1)
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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)
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Wakefield and District Housing |
Merefield House, Whistler Drive |
Castleford |
WF10 5HX |
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Corporate Procurement Team
Mark Whitehouse |
+44 1977788679 |
procurement@wdh.co.uk |
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www.wdh.co.uk
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I.2)
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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities
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Section II: Object of the Contract
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II.1)
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Description
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II.1.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authorityService and Maintenance of WDH Care Link Alarms. |
II.1.2(a))
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Type of works contract
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Type of supplies contract
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Type of service contract1 |
II.1.2)
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Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance
UKE43 |
II.1.3)
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This notice involves
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II.1.4)
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Information on framework agreement (if applicable)
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Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged
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Duration of the framework agreement
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Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years
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Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
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Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded |
II.1.5)
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Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Alarm systems. Repair and maintenance services of audio equipment. Installation of telecommunications equipment. Installation services of electrical equipment. Devices for the elderly. Devices for the disabled. The Contract scope is required to cover the Service, Maintenance and Repair to Wakefield and District Housing's Care Link Independent Living Schemes, UAC Dispersed Schemes, Central / Local Receivers, Pendants, Master Units and Smoke Alarms. This Contract does not include for the Service and Maintenance of the Control Centre nor the provision of new Telecare Equipment for example Pendants and Master Units.
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II.1.6)
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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
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35121700 |
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II.1.7)
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Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) |
II.1.8)
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Division into lots No |
II.1.9)
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Will variants be accepted
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II.2)
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Quantity or Scope of the Contract
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II.2.1)
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Total quantity or scopeThe Contract scope is required to cover the Service, Maintenance and Repair to Wakefield and District Housing's Care Link Independent Living Schemes, UAC Dispersed Schemes, Central/Local Receivers, Pendants, Master Units and Smoke Alarms. This Contract does not include for the Service and Maintenance of the Control Centre nor the provision of new Telecare Equipment for example Pendants and Master Units. The Care Link Control Centre comprises of a PNC7 Vision System as manufactured by Tunstall Telecom Ltd and is based at Unit B, Flemming Court, Whistler Drive, Summit Park, Glasshoughton, Castleford, WF10 5HW . The Control Centre monitors approximately (these number will vary and are dependent on operational changes) 13,500 connections together with personal records on the system consisting of an envisaged 44 Independent Living Schemes, 274 Dispersed Schemes, Central / local receivers with Pendants, Smoke Alarms and a range of other Telecare sensors/alarms which are also monitored. The Contract will cover the Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs of all Independent Living Schemes, UAC Dispersed Schemes, Central / Local Receivers, Pendants, Master Units , Smoke alarms, Power Supply Charger units and Batteries for a 36 month period which may be extended for a further two periods each of twelve months giving up to a potential 60 months in total. The Economic Operator must provide a complete service to cover the following requirements of this contract: — 24 hours per day; — 7 days a week — 365 days a year including public and statutory holidays. — Upon receipt of a call received from the WDH Control Centre, The Economic Operator must carry out a service response, site visit and correct a repair within 4 hours of receiving the reported fault. Note: The Care Link Control Centre carry out an automated Telephone Line check to all Dispersed Schemes during the early hours (am) of each morning. Should this check highlight a fault on one of its schemes during this procedure, then the Economic Operator may be called out to investigate and correct the fault. The Economic Operator must note that WDH may change the Alarm infrastructure from a hard wired infrastructure to a Community Alarm infrastructure which may commence during the period of this contract. In order to undertake the full scope of this contract, the onomic Operator must hold current certification and accreditations in accordance with the requirements of the scope of this contract appropriate legislation and conformance with “Best Practice” expectations of this type of service and maintenance. |
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450 000600 000 GBP |
II.2.2)
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OptionsThe Contract will cover the Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs of all Independent Living Schemes, UAC Dispersed Schemes, Central / Local Receivers, Pendants, Master Units, Smoke alarms, Power Supply Charger units and Batteries for a 36 month period with the envisaged commencement date of 1.42015 and ending 31.3.2018 with an option to extend for a further two periods each option being for twelve months with the envisaged extension commencement date of the first extension period (if used) being 01/04/18 until 31.3.2019 and the second extension period (if used) being 1.4.2019 until 31.3.2020 giving up to a potential 60 months in total. |
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Provisional timetable for recourse to these options
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Number of possible renewals
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In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts
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Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information
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III.1)
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Conditions Relating to the Contract
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III.1.1)
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Deposits and guarantees required
See Tender Process Documentation.
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III.1.2)
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Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions
See Tender Process Documentation.
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III.1.3)
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Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded
Joint and Several Liability.
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III.1.4)
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Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject
Information as stated in the tender process documentation.
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III.2)
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Conditions for Participation
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III.2.1)
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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 Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are 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.
Candidates 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.
Candidates 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 Authority.
Plus information to be provided as part of the tender process documentation
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III.2.2)
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Economic and financial capacity
(a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established
(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available
Plus information to be provided as part of the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
As per tender process documentation.
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III.2.3)
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Technical capacity
(a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: — where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, — where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator.
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work.
(d) A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities.
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work.
(g) For public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract.
(h) A statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years.
(i) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
Plus information to be provided as part of the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
As per tender process documentation
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III.2.4)
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Reserved contracts
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III.3)
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Conditions Specific to Service Contracts
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III.3.1)
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Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession? No |
III.3.2)
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Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service? Yes |
Section IV: Procedure
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IV.1)
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Type of Procedure
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Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure
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IV.1.1)
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Have candidates already been selected? No |
IV.1.2)
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Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate58 |
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Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates
As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
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IV.1.3)
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Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
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IV.2)
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Award Criteria
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No
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No
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IV.2.2)
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An electronic auction will be used No
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IV.3 Administrative Information
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IV.3.1)
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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority
WDH/UJ/CARELINKALARMS/XXX/0320
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IV.3.2)
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Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
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Other previous publications
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IV.3.3)
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Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents 27-10-2014
12:00
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IV.3.4)
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Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate 03-11-2014
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IV.3.5)
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Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates 8-12-2014
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IV.3.6)
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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up
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Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
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IV.3.8)
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Conditions for opening tenders
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Section VI: Other Information
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VI.1)
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Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published
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VI.2)
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Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds? No
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VI.3)
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Additional Information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for Economic Operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. Under this contract the Economic Operator will be required to actively contribute to the achievement of social objectives. These include: skills development; employment and training opportunities within the locality of where the contract will be delivered; and other added value initiatives throughout the supply chain to support community programmes promoted by Wakefield and District Housing or its partners. Further details will be provided within the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Tender Documentation.
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=114058992
GO Reference: GO-2014925-PRO-6037578
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VI.4)
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Procedures for appeal
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VI.4.1)
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Body responsible for appeal procedures
Royal Courts of Justice |
Royal Court of Justice, The Strand |
London |
WC2A 2LL |
UK |
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+44 2079476000 |
www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk |
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Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice |
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand |
London |
WC2A 2LL |
UK |
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+44 2079476000 |
www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk |
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VI.4.2)
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Lodging of appeals
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VI.4.3)
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Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Crown Commercial Service |
Rosebery Court, St. Andrew's Business Park |
Norwich |
NR7 0HS |
UK |
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+44 3454102222 |
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VI.5)
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Dispatch date of this Notice 25-09-2014 |