SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL, UCL Estates & Facilities Division University College London (UCL) 1-19 Torrington Place, Contact: David Smith, Attn: UCL Estates & Facilities Division, UK-London WC1E 6BT. Tel.
+44 2076791830. E-mail: estates@ucl.ac.uk. Fax
+44 2079168506.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.ucl.ac.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
I.2)
TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: Non Departmental Public Body.
Other: Scientific Research.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
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II.1.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL.
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II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 12.
Main place of performance: Central London.
NUTS code:
UKI
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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 Contracting Authority is seeking to procure the appointment of project management / contract administration services in relation to the design and construction of a scientific research facility in Central London. The approximate construction cost is estimated as being in the region of GBP 45 000 000 (forty five million pounds sterling).
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
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:
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 42 (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:
Guarantees may be required from the suppliers' parent company.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
The project will be funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Wellcome Trust.
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 joint venture or consortium being awarded the contract, it will be necessary that either each member is jointly and severally liable or a single member takes sole responsibility for the due performance of the contract and the members will be required to enter into an undertaking to that effect. The Contracting Authority may also require that the joint venture or consortium members form themselves into a single legal entity before entering into, or as a term of, the contract.
III.1.4)
Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
Yes.
To be set out in 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:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Bidders will be assessed in accordance with Part V of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/5) which implement Title 2 Chapter 7 Section 2 of the 2004/18/EC Directive on the basis of information provided in response to the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and the Invitations to Tender.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See PQQ.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See PQQ.
III.2.4)
Reserved contracts:
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:
Yes.
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: 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The criteria for determining the bidders that will be invited to tender is set out in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
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:
No.
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 22.4.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
13.5.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
IV.3.6)
Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may 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: 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 Contracting Authority reserves the right to:
— waive any requirements of this procurement process (to the extent permitted by law),
— request additional information or clarification from bidders in relation to any aspect of their response,
— carry out independent financial checks on the bidders,
— reject or disqualify any bidder hat does not submit a compliant response in accordance with the contracting Authority’s instructions,
— withdraw any part of the whole or any part of this procurement process at any time or re-invite responses on the same or any alternative basis,
— not award the whole of or a part of the contract following the procurement process,
— reject or disqualify any bidder where there is an actual or potential commercial, professional, financial or other conflict of interest arising between the interests of the bidder and the Contracting Authority.
All bidders are 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 Contracting Authority be liable for any costs or expenses borne by or on behalf of the bidder.
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
David Smith - Deputy Director, UCL Estates & Facilities Division University College London (UCL) 1-19 Torrington Place, UK-London WC1E 6ET. E-mail:
estates@ucl.ac.uk. Tel.
+44 2076791830. URL: www.ucl.ac.uk. Fax
+44 2079168506.
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point when information on the award of the contract(s) is communicated to bidders. This period will allow unsuccessful bidders 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. Any such information should be requested from the Contracting Authority at the contact address in section I.1 of this notice.
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
25.3.2009.