Supply of kitchen units to council housing properties in the Falkirk area.
Contract notice
Supplies
Section I: Contracting authority
Falkirk Council
Municipal Buildings, West Bridge Street
Contact point(s): Purchasing
FK1 5RS Falkirk
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1324506566
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.falkirk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00184
Further information can be obtained from: Falkirk Council
Municipal Buildings, West Bridge Street
Contact point(s): Purchasing
FK1 5RS Falkirk
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1324506566
Internet address: http://www.falkirk.gov.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Section II: Object of the contract
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Falkirk District areas of operation.
NUTS code UKM26
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 5Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds four years: Market condition dictated duration.
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 750 000 GBPNOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=247649
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=247649
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.39141000, 39221000, 39221100, 39141400
Description of these options: Up to a further 2 year extension.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Number of possible renewals: 1
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Description of particular conditions: Under this procurement the contractor will be required to support the authority's economic and social regeneration objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
(1) an extract from the ‘judicial record' or equivalent issued by the legal or administrative authority of the country of origin, by a declaration on oath or by a solemn declaration made before a competent judicial or administrative authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, demonstrating that the bidder:
(a) is not bankrupt or being wound up, its affairs are not being administered by the court, it has not entered into an arrangement with creditors, it has not suspended business activities or is not in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is not the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, or for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or for an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has not been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicator (i.e. a matter which has already been conclusively decided by a court).
(2) a certificate issued by the competent authority in the Member State concerned, or a declaration on oath or by a solemn declaration made before a competent authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, to the effect that the bidder has fulfiled its obligations relating to the payment of taxes and social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which the bidder is established;
(3) a certificate, declaration under oath or solemn declaration providing proof that the bidder is enrolled on the professional or trade registers of this country of establishment, or where no such register exists a declaration under oath or solemn declaration that the exercises the particular profession or trade.
(2) Presentation of the bidder's 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 bidder is established;
(3) A statement of the bidder's overall turnover and the turnover related to similar activities covered by this contract for the 3 financial years.
(1) A statement of the educational and professional qualifications of the bidder's managerial staff and of those persons who will be responsible for carrying out the contract requirements;
(2) A list of the principal deliveries of supplies or services effected by the bidder in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, public or private, involved:
(a) where effected to public authorities, evidence to be in form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority;
(b) where effected private purchasers, delivery to be certified by the purchaser or, falling this, simply declared by the supplier to have been effected;
(3) A list of the works carried out by the bidder 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 necessary, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct.
(4) A statement of the tools, plant and technical equipment available to the bidder for carrying out the work.
Section IV: Procedure
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Ensure competative tendering exercise and best value deliver.
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below
1. Commercial. Weighting 70
2. Qualitative. Weighting 20
3. Benchtop Exercise. Weighting 10
Section VI: Complementary information
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 3 to 5 years from 1.5.2013.
(SC Ref:247649).