SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Slough Borough Council, Property Services, Town Hall, Bath Road, Berkshire, Contact: Senior Projects Manager, Attn: Mrs K Toor, UK-Slough SL1 3UQ. Tel.
+44 1753875472.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.slough.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: Integrated Design Consultants, The Corner House, 18-20 West End Road, Contact: Senior Associate, Attn: Mr S J Owen, UK-Mortimer Common RG7 3TF. Tel.
+44 1189333933. E-mail: sowen@i-d-consultants.co.uk. Fax
+44 1189333934. URL: www.i-d-consultants.co.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Integrated Design Consultants, The Corner House, 18-20 West End Road, Contact: Senior Asociate, Attn: Mr S J Owen, UK-Mortimer Common RG7 3TF. Tel.
+44 1189333933. E-mail: sowen@i-d-consultants.co.uk. Fax
+44 1189333934. URL: www.i-d-consultants.co.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Integrated Design Consultants, The Corner House, 18-20 West End Road, Contact: Senior Associate, Attn: Mr S J Owen, UK-Mortimer Common RG7 3TF. Tel.
+44 1189333933. E-mail: sowen@i-d-consultants.co.uk. Fax
+44 1189333934. URL: www.i-d-consultants.co.uk.
I.2)
TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes.
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:
Baylis Court School-Centre of Excellence for Art and Media.
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II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Works.
Execution.
Main site or location of works: Baylis Court School. Gloucester Avenue, Slough, Berkshire. SL1 3AH.
NUTS code:
UKJ11
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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):
Construction of a new Centre of Excellence for Art and Media at Baylis Court School, Slough, Berkshire.
A two storey building of approx 1 700 m
2, designed in the modern style with large internal spans and open spaces.
Specialist lighting and sound installations to the Drama and Dance Studios, and Media Suite.
External works to link the new building to the existing pedestrian and vehicular entrances and part remodelling of the existing car park provision to improve safety.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at
http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=61300.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
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:
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 3 500 000 and 3 750 000 GBP.
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 11 (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:
Performance Bond and Parent Company Guarantee (if applicable).
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
UK Government Department Funding is in place via the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
Payment of Certificates will be due within 28 days of certification. This will be an amendment to the terms of the JCT 2005 Standard Building Contract with Quantities (SBC/Q), with Sectional Completion.
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
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.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
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 a reference from their bank.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
(4) 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) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures.
(4) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.
All candidates will be required to demonstrate evidence of completed education projects on occupied school sites within the last three (3) years.
All candidates will be required to demonstrate evidence of completed education projects in excess of GBP 3 000 000 construction cost within the last three (3) years.
All candidates will be required to demonstrate evidence of working on two (2) stage tender works.
All candidates will be required to produce at least three (3) references for completed education projects within the last three (3) years.
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:
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: The construction works are required to commence in October 2009 to achieve a required completion of works in September 2010 to meet the school academic year. The works are to be procured on a two (2) stage tender basis to meet the planned commencement date.
IV.1.2)
Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
Envisaged number of operators 5.
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:
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
29.4.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
15.5.2009.
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 project is to be procured under a two-stage tender as follows:
Stage 1: Preliminaries and Overheads & Profit.
Stage 2: Sub-contract tender packages released during the detailed design phase (RIBA Stages E–F). The Contractor will be required to obtain at least three (3) valid tenders for each package which are to be opened and recorded in front of the Client.
Upon completion of each stage, the Client will have the right to terminate the works.
The Client is currently preparing applications for up to an additional GBP 2 000 000 further funding, which if approved will form a further phase of the works ongoing beyond the proposed completion date in September 2010.
The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations:
Slough Borough Council.
Property Services.
Town Hall.
Bath Road.
Slough.
Berkshire.
(MT Ref:61300).
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals:
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
6.4.2009.