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:
Next Wave - Bexhill on Sea - Seafront improvement works contract (B).
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II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Works.
Main site or location of works: Bexhill on Sea Seafront.
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 Next Wave Bexhill on Sea Seafront improvement works has been awarded GBP 1 000 000 in grant funding from CABE under the Sea Change programme for Cultural Regeneration in Seaside Resorts. Overall project value circa 5 000 000 GBP. The construction value of contract (B) circa 3 500 000 GBP.
Scope of works: construction services relating to the redevelopment of a grade II listed structure and the construction of an adjacent rowing boat house. An underground link is to be constructed between the 2 buildings. Civil engineering works required to the public realm immediately surrounding the above structures, includes the regrading of an existing ramp to provide a staired access, terracing of a public green area and localised resurfacing works to the promenade. All existing street furniture and railings to be replaced.
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:
No.
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope:
The Next Wave Bexhill on Sea Seafront Improvement Works has been awarded GPB 1 000 000 in grant funding from CABE under the Sea Change programme for Cultural Regeneration in Seaside Resorts. Overall project value circa 5 000 000 GBP. The construction value of contract (B) circa 3 500 000 GBP.
Scope of works: construction services relating to the redevelopment of a grade II listed structure and the construction of an adjacent rowing boat house. An underground link is to be constructed between the 2 buildings. Civil engineering works required to the public realm immediately surrounding the above structures, includes the regrading of an existing ramp to provide a staired access, terracing of a public green area and localised resurfacing works to the promenade. All existing street furniture and railings to be replaced.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 500 000 GBP.
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Starting: 1.9.2010. Completion: 1.6.2011.
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) will be required.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
Pre-tender questionnaire.
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:
Yes.
Pre-tender questionnaire.
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;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
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 3 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 the turnovers is available.
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 5 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) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) 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;
(e) the educational and professional qualifications of the 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;
(f) 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;
(g) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
(h) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
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: 6. Maximum number: 7
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Evaluation of pre tender 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 below:
1. Experience of between 5 and 10 projects of similar scope (type of works and environment). Weighting: 15.
2. Economically advantageous. Weighting: 40.
3. Demonstration of experience of temporary work design within Heritage sites (public listed buildings). Weighting: 20.
4. Demonstration of knowledge and implementation of quality assurance procedures. Weighting: 10.
5. Experience of co-ordinating and managing sub-contractors and consultants. Weighting: 10.
6. Track record of public engagement and communication. Weighting: 5.
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:
Next Wave Contract (B).
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: 13.4.2010 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
14.4.2010.
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
24.5.2010.
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:
Contract administrator is the lead consultant / architect for Next Wave Seafront improvement scheme.
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:
3.3.2010.