UK-Stirling: refuse recycling services

Tender Details

Title	Description
Sector	Regional or local authority
Status	Contract notice
Market	Service contract
Procurement	Open procedure
Market Org	European Communities, with participation by GPA co
Award Criteria	The most economic tender
Date Published	31st Jul 2010
Country	UK
Reference	2010/S 147-227284
Main Activities	General public/services
Location	Perth & Kinross and Stirling
CType	Supplies, Services
Common Procurement Vocabulary	Refuse recycling services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Stirling Council Room 319, New Viewforth Planning Regulation and Waste Jim Beveridge FK8 2ET Stirling UNITED KINGDOM +44 08452777000-4069 beveridgej@stirling.gov.uk +44 1786442591 Internet address(es) General address of the contracting authority www.stirling.gov.uk/procurement Address of the buyer profile www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00146 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: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

Regional or local authority General public services

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Purchase of bulk glass (kerbside sorted).

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services Service category: No 27 Main place of performance Bandeath Industrial Estate, Throsk. NUTS code UKM27 Perth & Kinross and Stirling

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 council wishes to ensure best value for the glass collected via its kerbside recycling collection service. The glass is kerbside sorted, and is therefore clean and lacks contaminants. It is stored at Stirling Council’s recycling deport at Bandeath Industrial Estate, Throsk (Near Stirling) in 35/40 Cubic Yard skips, and will require an uplift frequency of one or more hook-lift skips per day (Monday to Friday) This tender is to facilitate an improvement in the revenue the council will receive, for the glass collected.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

90514000 Refuse recycling services

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

Yes

II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

II.2.1) Total quantity or scope

Contract is from 1.12.2010 until 31.3.2013 with two 1 year extension options up to a possible end date of 31.3.2015. This is a revenue contract with revenue to come into the council of an estimated 244 000 GBP over the entire duration of the contract.

II.2.2) Options

No

II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

Duration in months: 63 (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

III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating 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 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: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent; (2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process; (3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession; (4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession; (5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register; (6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process; (7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation; (8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established; (9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank; (2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice; (4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

III.2.3) Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years; (2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract; (3) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001; (4) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards; (5) Certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards; (6) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests; (7) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided; (8) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures; (9) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities; (10) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract; (11) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate; (12) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract; (13) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

III.2.4) Reserved contracts

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 below 1. Price. Weighting 60 2. Specification and quality. Weighting 20 3. Method statement/contract operating plan. Weighting 10 4. Company history and experience. Weighting 5 5. Health & safety. 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

SC/PRW/0733/011210/39(63)

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 16.9.2010

IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

23.9.2010 - 14:00

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 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

VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(SC Ref:190467)

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:

28.7.2010

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