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08/07/2009
S128
European Communities – Works contracts – Accelerated restricted procedure
UK-Edinburgh: construction work
2009/S 128-186715
CONTRACT NOTICE
Works
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Edinburgh International Conference Centre Ltd, Conference House, 152 Morrison Street, Attn: Tammy Gillies, UK-Edinburgh EH3 8EB. Tel. +44 1315294930. E-mail: Tammy.Gillies@edinburgh.gov.uk. Fax +44 1315296209.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Derventio Solutions Ltd (Council's e-tendering service provider). Tel. +44 1332869400. URL: www.edin-tend.co.uk.
I.2)
TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
UK-Edinburgh: Edinburgh International Conference Centre - Construction Work.
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: Edinburgh, City of.
Design and execution.
Main site or location of works: Edinburgh, City of.
NUTS code: UKM25 .
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):
Edinburgh International Conference Centre Ltd (EICC), a wholly owned company of the City of Edinburgh Council wishes to appoint an organisation or consortium to design and construct the Additional Function Space Facility, Atrium Building and Office Building. The appointed organisation or consortium will be expected to have recent experience of major city centre mixed use construction projects with a demonstrable record of success. A multi-discipline team including the core disciplines of Architect, Services Engineer and Structural/Civil Engineer (the Core Team) has been appointed by EICC Ltd and will take the project to RIBA Stage E (Technical Design) at which point the Core Team may be novated or otherwise transferred to the Construction Contractor. Construction work. Building construction work. Construction work for buildings relating to exhibitions. Office block construction work.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
45000000, 45210000, 45213150, 45212310.
II.1.7)
Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
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:
The Additional Function Space (AFS) is primarily an underground extension linked to the existing Conference Centre by an Atrium Building with a Grade A office block of approximately 17 500 square metres and small retail element constructed above ground.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 85 000 000 GBP.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 85 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2)
Options:
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 30 (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 Parent Company Guarantee may be required.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Joint and several liability.
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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (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 three 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.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Evidence of a minimum annual turnover for construction activities of GBP 200 000 000 (GBP two hundred million) will be required based on accounts for each of the two preceding financial years. Audited accounts are to be submitted to substantiated turnover.
(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 three 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.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Evidence of a minimum annual turnover for construction activities of GBP 200 000 000 (GBP two hundred million) will be required based on accounts for each of the two preceding financial years. Audited accounts are to be submitted to substantiated turnover.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
(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;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(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;
(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;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(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;
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:
No.
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:
Accelerated restricted.
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: In terms of EC press release dated 19 December IP/08/2040 it is considered that the rapid execution of the contract will provide economic stimulus to the local economy.
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: In terms of EC press release dated 19 December IP/08/2040 it is considered that the rapid execution of the contract will provide economic stimulus to the local economy.
IV.1.2)
Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
Envisaged number of operators 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Technical Skills, Previous Relevant Experience, Resource Levels and Financial Standing.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Technical Skills, Previous Relevant Experience, Resource Levels and Financial Standing.
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:
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
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:
24.7.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
17.8.2009.
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:
VI.2)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The Contracting Authority has adopted an electronic system for managing the tendering process. The pre-selection questionnaire and tender documents for this contract shall be issued and collected electronically via the e-tendering website www.edin-tend.co.uk. The short-listed applicants invited to bid for this contract will be selected on the basis of a questionnaire issued to all applicants responding to this public notice. The pre-selection questionnaire will be placed on the website as soon as possible after the closing date for notes of interest. The subsequent procedure for selecting the most economically advantageous tender from the short-listed applicants will be based on written submissions, interview and the tender sum.
GO reference: GO 09070604/01.
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will allow a minimum ten calendar day standstill period at the point the intention to award the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is concluded. Applicants have two working days from the notification of the intention to award the contract to request additional debriefing. The debriefing will be provided no later than three working days before the expiry of the standstill period. If a challenge to the intention to award the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006 No 1) provide for aggrieved parties to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within three months).
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
4.7.2009.
