Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.2)Joint procurement
I.3)Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5)Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Extension of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway from North Pier to North Station.
Reference number: DN246259
II.1.2)Main CPV code
45234121
II.1.3)Type of contract
Works
II.1.4)Short description:
The Contracting Authority wish to undertake an extension of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway from North Pier to a terminus adjacent to Blackpool North Railway Station.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 10 000 000.00 GBP
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
34941200
34941300
34941600
34941800
34942000
34946000
34990000
44110000
45100000
45213300
45213350
45232400
45233121
45233125
45233140
45233160
45233220
45233221
45233223
45233290
45233291
45233293
45233294
45233300
45234115
45234116
45234126
45234160
45311000
45314000
45315300
45316100
45316110
45316200
45316211
45316212
45340000
48813200
71322000
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: UKD42
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Detailed design and construction of:- a) Approx 550 m of twin track, crossings, turnouts, drainage, ducts and trackbed, together with connections of the existing tramway track; b) Tram stops; c) Association highway works; d) The reconstruction of Talbot Square; e)the reconstruction of highway junctions; f) The OLE and associated electrical supply and control infrastructure; g) earthing and bonding. (‘The Works’).
II.2.5)Award criteria
Criteria below
Quality criterion - Name: Quality, programme, and technical merit / Weighting: 30 %
Quality criterion - Name: Social value / Weighting: 20 %
Quality criterion - Name: Compliance and compatibility / Weighting: 10 %
Price - Weighting: 40 %
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 10 000 000.00 GBP
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 16
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9)Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Envisaged minimum of candidates at Negotiation stage if required 3, maximum number of candidates at ISIT stage is 5. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of initial tender without conducting negotiations.
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to a Request to Participate questionnaire (‘RTP’) which is available from the Contracting Authority via the North West Supplier Portal The Chest. RTP responses must be returned to the Contracting Authority via The Chest before the deadline specified in section IV.2.2).
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.5)Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 24/04/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date: 02/05/2017
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
English
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 8 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
The Contracting Authority expressly reserve the right: (i) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by the publication of this notice; (ii) To make whatever changes they may see fit to the content, process, timing and structure of the tendering competition; (iii) Not to evaluate any RTP responses received after the relevant deadline; (iv) To award one or more contracts in respect of part only of the requirements covered by this contract notice; (v) To procure the whole or any of the requirements covered by this contract notice by any other means they may see fit (including by way of a new procurement process); and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by those candidates participating in the procurement process. Variant bids may be permissible within the parameters to be set out in the Invitation to Tender documentation.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
The High Court of Justice of England & Wales
London
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (‘Standstill Period’) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to the candidates. This period allows unsuccessful candidates to see further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before a contract is entered into. Unsuccessful candidates will have up to two working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and such additional debriefing will be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the Standstill Period. Such additional debriefing must be requested from the addressee specified in Section l. If an appeal regarding the award decision has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the regulations to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland.) Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contact has not been entered into as a result of the procurement process, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and the Court may award damages in favour of the claimant. The purpose of the Standstill Period is to allow persons to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before any contract is entered into.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
17/03/2017