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06/05/2009    S86    European Communities – Works contracts – Restricted procedure

UK-Liverpool: construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads

2009/S 86-124007

CONTRACT NOTICE

Works

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

Liverpool City Council, Municipal Buildings, Dale Street, Attn: Bob Dunn, UK-Liverpool L2 2DH. Tel.  +44 1512338138. E-mail: Rob.Dunn@liverpool.gov.uk. Fax  +44 1512338241.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.liverpool.gov.uk.

Further information can be obtained at: Mouchel, c/o 2020 Liverpool, 1st Floor West House, Mercury Court, Tithebarn Street, Contact: Mr Christopher Founds, Attn: Mr Christopher Founds, UK-Liverpool L2 2QP. Tel.  +44 1512374044. E-mail: edgelaneproject@2020liverpool.co.uk. Fax  +44 1512374000. URL: www.2020liverpool.co.uk.

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Mouchel, c/o 2020 Liverpool, 1st Floor West House, Mercury Court, Tithebarn Street, Contact: Mr Christopher Founds, Attn: Mr Christopher Founds, UK-Liverpool L2 2QP. Tel.  +44 1512374044. E-mail: edgelaneproject@2020liverpool.co.uk. Fax  +44 1512374000. URL: www.edgelane.com.

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Liverpool City Council, Finance and Legal Services, Treasury and Risk Management, 4th Floor Venture Place, Sir Thomas Street, Contact: Mr Steve Boyd, Attn: Mr Steve Boyd, Senior Procurement Officer, UK-Liverpool L1 6BW. Tel.  +44 1512252816. E-mail: steve.boyd@liverpool.gov.uk. URL: www.liverpool.gov.uk.

I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
Environment.
Economic and financial affairs.
Housing and community amenities.
Social protection.
Education.
Recreation, culture and religion.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Edge Lane West - Highways and Environmental Improvement Scheme.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Works.
Design and execution.
Main site or location of works: Liverpool.

NUTS code: UKD52 .

II.1.3) The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The Edge Lane West scheme is the final part of the highways and environmental improvement works as part of the Edge Lane Project to be completed along the eastern approaches (Edge Lane)corridor in Liverpool . The Edge Lane West scheme is an area wide regeneration proposal, which will see a combination of new highway and environmental improvements, new housing provision, road access to a new employment zone, new health care, educational and community facilities.
The Highways and Environmental improvements are central to this and will continue the high quality dual two-lane urban boulevard theme along Edge Lane. These high standard environmental improvements will integrate a new highway with better pedestrian facilities at new and upgraded signalised junctions, soft landscaping, extensive tree planting and the highest quality of public realm. Public art will play an important part of the overall concept and theme of Edge Lane West, which could include sculptures and lighting based artwork.
The Edge Lane West Project will require extensive housing clearance and demolition of approximately 371 properties. The majority of these will be cleared under a separate contract being procured by Liverpool City Council, but it will be necessary for the approximate 125 highway affected frontage properties to be demolished and cleared by the highway Contractor, in advance.
A major part of the highway works will be the extensive diversion of Utilities apparatus, currently programmed to take 3 months to complete at the beginning of the construction programme. The successful Contractor will be required to coordinate all Utilities activities.
There will be significant accommodation works required along the Edge Lane West corridor. This will consist of new boundary walls, accesses and car parks for existing businesses, and screening landscaping works to clearance areas.
The Edge Lane corridor is one of the most heavily trafficked routes into and from the City Centre. It will be necessary to introduce restricted working patterns, in accordance with the Traffic Management Act, due to the traffic sensitive nature of this route and in order to minimise delay to the travelling public and impact on the local communities. Therefore quality traffic management proposals will play an essential part in the successful delivery of this scheme, alongside a structured communications strategy.
Community engagement has been a key component during the development of the Edge Lane Project to-date. It is vital that this ongoing dialogue with the community and stakeholders is continued throughout the Edge Lane West Project, and the preferred Contractor will need to place significant emphasis on this.

Further information can be obtained at www.edgelane.com.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

45233000, 45111000, 45112700.

II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots:
No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:
No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 15 000 000 and 25 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options:
No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 23 (from the award of the contract).

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
A performance bond and/or parent/group company guarantee may be required and details will be included within the tender documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
Payments will be made in accordance with the standard terms of payment detailed within the tender documentation. The contract is likely to comprise the New Engineering Contract, with payment in accordance with the contract provisions and Liverpool City Council's standing orders.
Retention will be levied in accordance with the Contract provisions.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
In the event of a group of constructors submitting an acceptable offer, Liverpool City Council reserves the right to require group bidders to take a legal form or to require 1 party to undertake primary responsibility or to require that each member of the group sign an undertaking that each company or firm in the group will be jointly and severally liable for the due performance of the contract.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
Yes.
Further contract information and detailed requirements will be issued at tender stage.
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: Requirements as specified in the PQQ document which can be obtained at www.edgelane.com and at www.liverpool.gov.uk.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Requirements as specified in the PQQ document which can be obtained at www.edgelane.com and at www.liverpool.gov.uk.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Financial Standing will be checked at Tender Stage and any shortlisted candidates must ensure that they can provide evidence of 4 years of financial accounts.
III.2.3) Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

Requirements as specified in the PQQ document which can be obtained at www.edgelane.com and at www.liverpool.gov.uk.

III.2.4) Reserved contracts:
No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:

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: 4. Maximum number: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As detailed in the PQQ documentation and assessed against criteria provided, with highest scoring candidates to be selected, subject to judging panel assessment.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
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:
Tender Ref 1239; Project Ref 804405 / ELW.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
5.6.2009 - 10:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
29.6.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
English.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and other project information can be downloaded from http://www.edgelane.com/downloads/downloads.asp and is also available from www.liverpool.gov.uk.

Go to A-Z, P for procurement then current tenders.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:

Liverpool City Council, 4th Floor Venture Place, Sir Thomas Street, UK-Liverpool L1 6BW. E-mail: steve.boyd@liverpool.gov.uk. Tel.  +44 1512252816. URL: www.liverpool.gov.uk.

Body responsible for mediation procedures:

Institution of Civil Engineers, 1 Great George Street, Westminster, UK-London SW1P 3AA. E-mail: communications@ice.org.uk. Tel.  +44 2072227722. URL: www.ice.org.uk/homepage/index.asp.

VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point when information on the award of the contract is communicated to service providers. This period allows unsuccessful service providers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the contact identified in section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No5) 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). Any such action must be brought promptly. 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 only award damages.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:

Liverpool City Council, 4th Floor Venture Place, Sir Thomas Street, UK-Liverpool L1 6BW. E-mail: steve.boyd@liverpool.gov.uk. Tel.  +44 1512252816. URL: www.liverpool.gov.uk.

VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
5.5.2009.