SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Shropshire Council
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
Attn: Nigel Denton, Head of Procurement
SY2 6ND Shrewsbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1743252993
E-mail: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
Fax +44 1743255901
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority www.Shropshire.gov.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: Democratic Services Manager, Shropshire Council
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
Attn: Democratic Services Manager, Legal & Democratic Services
SY2 6ND Shrewsbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1743252993
Fax +44 1743255901
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 No
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
CMC 019(1) - Provision of Community Equipment and Associated Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main place of delivery Shropshire.
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)
We are looking to manage the supply, installation and disposal of care and rehabilitation equipment and grab rails in service users' homes. Also maintain the equipment already situated within service users' homes.
The contract will be split into 2 lots:
Lot 1 - Adult care equipment.
Lot 2 - Children's care equipment.
Tenderers can apply for one or more lots.
The tender will be awarded for 2 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
33192600, 42416110, 42416300, 33196100
II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.8)Division into lots
Yes
tenders should be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Variants will be accepted
Yes
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope
II.2.2)Options
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Starting 1.1.2011. Completion 31.12.2014
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 1 TITLE Adult care equipment
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Maintain the supply, installation and disposal of care equipment in adult service users' homes.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 2 TITLE Children's care equipment
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
Manage the supply, installation and disposal of care and rehabilitation equipment in child service users' homes.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required
See tender documentation.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
See tender documentation.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Joint and severable 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: Enterprises wishing to tender must request a tender pack by writing or e-mailing (procurement@shropshire.gov.uk) to Nigel Denton, Head of Procurement, Shropshire Council at the address shown in para 1.1 quoting reference CMC 019(1).
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See 111.2.1.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
See 111.2.1.
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
Open
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
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
CMC 019(1)
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 13.10.2010
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
14.10.2010
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
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Until 1.1.2011
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 14.10.2010 - 12:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
Yes
estimated timing for further notices to be published: 4 years
VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conforming tenders to be submitted. Thereafter, variants may be offered but the contracting authority does not bind itself to accept any variants.
In the event of the tender response being inadequate in either the number of bids received or the quality of bids received, the contracting authority will move automatically to the negotiated procedure without a further notice. The contacting authority reserves the right not to award a contract or to award any option(s) it so wishes.
Enterprises invited to submit a tender should not assume that their selection implies any recognition or acceptance of their suitability to undertake the contract.
Closing date for receipt of tenders is on 14.10.2010 (12:00).
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: Shropshire Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers 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 in Section 1.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S1 2006 No 5) 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 and Wales).
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
27.8.2010