Bury St Edmonds Contract -£400K

[Mr Ed]

CONTRACT NOTICE Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): St Edmundsbury Borough Council, P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact: Procurement, Attn: Eddie Gibson, UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284 75 73 10. E-mail: [email protected].

 

Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.

 

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/ Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA1209.

 

Further information can be obtained at: St Edmundsbury Borough Council, P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact: Procurement, Attn: Eddie Gibson, UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284 75 73 10. E-mail: [email protected]. URL: http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.

 

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: St Edmundsbury Borough Council, P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact: Procurement, Attn: Eddie Gibson, UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284 75 73 10. E-mail: [email protected]. URL: http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.

 

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: St Edmundsbury Borough Council, P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact: Procurement, Attn: Eddie Gibson, UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284 75 73 10. E-mail: [email protected]. URL: http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.

 

 

I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES: Regional or local authority.

 

General public services.

 

 

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION

 

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Arboricultural Services.

 

 

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services.

 

Service category: No 1.

 

Main place of performance: Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and surrounding area.

 

NUTS code: UKH14.

 

 

II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.

 

 

II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Council wishes to appoint a contractor to perform all maintenance required to trees under the Council’s ownership and supervision, in accordance with an agreed Schedule of Rates.

 

The Council has approximately 150 000 trees under its supervision as of 1.4.2008. This number is not expected to alter by more than +/- 10 % over the life of this contract.

 

 

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 77211400, 77211500, 77341000, 77000000, 77300000.

 

 

II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes.

 

 

II.1.8) Division into lots: No.

 

 

II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

 

II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: Range: between 300 000 and 400 000 GBP.

 

 

II.2.2) Options: Yes.

 

Description of these options: Contract Extension.

 

Number of possible renewals: 1 in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts: in months: 24 (from the award of the contract).

 

 

II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting: 1.4.2009. Completion: 31.3.2012.

 

 

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

 

III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject: No.

 

 

III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

 

III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.

 

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.

 

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.

 

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.

 

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.

 

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

 

(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.

 

 

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

 

 

III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.

 

(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract; (3) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

 

(4) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.

 

 

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE

 

IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.

 

 

IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number:

 

IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA

 

IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.

 

 

IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.

 

 

IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

 

IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: TREE09.

 

 

IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

 

IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 10.12.2008 - 12:00.

 

 

IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 19.12.2008.

 

 

IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English.

 

 

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (MT Ref:59927).

 

 

VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.11.2008.