Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Manchester City Council
Corporate Procurement Service, Room 407, Town Hall
For the attention of: Mr. Colin Butterworth
M60 2JR Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.manchester.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: Manchester City Council
The Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST. Once registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents can be found on this website www.the-chest.org.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Manchester City Council
The Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST. Once registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents can be found on this website www.the-chest.org.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Manchester City Council
The Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST. Once registered, instructions and details for accessing /returning documents can be found on this website www.the-chest.org.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityRegional or local authority
I.3)Main activityGeneral public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe 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:CP/755/CB - Leisure Management Contract.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 26: Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Greater Manchester.
NUTS code UKD3
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)Manchester City Council is prepared to receive tenders for the Operation and Management of Community Leisure Facilities in the City of Manchester. The contract will be for a 3 year period with an option to extend for upto an additional 2 years commencing September 2014.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)92610000, 92000000, 92330000, 98100000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)LotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:The contract is for the Management and Operation of Leisure Facilities across the City Of Manchester which will initially consist of 10 facilities (following transition from old to new there will be 9). The successful contractor will be required to enter into lease agreements for each of the existing leisure centres.
Full details of the requirement can be found in the Services Specification contained within the invitation to tender documents which can be downloaded from the City Council's electronic tendering portal known as ‘The Chest' at www.th-chest.org , details of which can be found in section V1.3 (additional information) of this notice.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 and 10 000 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completionDuration in months: 36 (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:Participants will be advised if this is necessary during the procurement. Parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability may required by the Contracting Authority if considered appropriate.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
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 conditionsThe performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: As set out in the tender documents.
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersInformation and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As specified in the invitation to tender documents.
III.2.2)Economic and financial abilityInformation and formalities necessary for evaluating if the 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 of these turnovers is available.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As specified in the invitation to tender documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacityInformation and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As specified in the invitation to tender documents.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular professionExecution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen
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 criteriaThe 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)Information about electronic auctionAn electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:TC755
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contractno
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive documentPayable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate2.4.2014 - 19:00
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 upEnglish.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional informationParticipants are advised that as Leisure Services are a part B service this is a voluntary OJEU notice and as such is not subject to the obligations of the Procurement Directive but are nonetheless subject to general obligations of transparency, equal treatment and non-discrimination.
This is an open tender process and any interested party may tender.
The contract will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to an additional 2 years.
It is the Council's view that TUPE will apply to this Contract in respect of those employees of the current service provider assigned to the Services.
The contracting authority expressly reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this contract.
In no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidate and any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers.
The Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST www.the-chest.org.uk to conduct the procurement exercise. To gain access to the invitation to tender documents, tenderers will need to register their company details at the above website.
Once registered, tenderers will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the invitation to tender documents.
Tenderers will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents and accompanying documentation via the CHEST on-line portal by 19:00 hours on the 2.4.2014 as referred to in IV.3.4. Any supplier questions queries will also need to be submitted via THE CHEST website.
Under the agreement the provider will be required actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of, and surroundings of, the place of delivery of the agreement. Therefore selection and award criteria, specification requirements and contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal proceduresManchester City Council
The Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST www.the-chest.org.uk to conduct the procurement exercise.
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtainedThe Council is using the e-business portal known as THE CHEST www.the-chest.org.uk to conduct the procurement exercise.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:5.2.2014