CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Other (Please specify) Trust - Charity and Company Ltd by Guarantee

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education Other (Please specify) Conservation and restoration of Hay Castle and its envrionment.

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Hay Castle is sited in the heart of Hay-on-Wye within the Brecon Beacons National Park and was acquired by the Trust in 2011. The site incorporates a Scheduled Ancient Monument, a Grade 1 listed building and Grade 2 buildings, structures and extensions. The project is focused on revitalising and preserving the Castle and creating an economically and culturally vibrant centre for arts and education that will complement and support the market town of Hay-on-Wye and its environs, drawing visitors from around the world.

Hay Castle Trust is seeking to procure the services of specialist consultants to take the project through development phase to RIBA work stages 2 and 3 (formerly RIBA D) and appropriate consents and subject to successful funding bids through to delivery to practical completion RIBA work stages 3-7. The overall project construction cost is in the region of 2 500 000 to 4 000 000 GBP and the project will commence with a development phase in January 2015 completing in November 2015 with an expected delivery phase commencing in May 2016 and a start on site in October 2016. The works involved includes major structural repairs, specialist conservation, consolidation, contemporary design and extension and alterations and adaptations to the castle buildings to bring them back into sustainable use. The appointment of Architect Led Design Team is to be let in one lot.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=15373.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

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.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

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 Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

(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) 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.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

Stage 1 – Pre-Qualification Stage: All organisations responding to the contract notice will be given the opportunity to complete this PQQ, which shall be evaluated and a short list of Applicants will be invited to tender. It is intended that the shortlist will comprise a minimum of five and maximum of eight Applicants, who have met all mandatory requirements in parts A - K, and have scored highest in the evaluation in parts L and provided information requested in part M.

The weighted questions will be based on the answers provided in response to this Questionnaire. Responses to these questions will be scored as per the scoring matrix identified. The highest quality bid will be allocated the 100% weighting. All other bids will be scored on a prorated basis against the highest bid (e.g. tenderer’s quality divided by the highest bid quality multiplied by the 100% weighting).

A maximum of eight of the highest scoring Applicants will then be selected for the short list based on the Evaluation Panel’s assessment. Should any additional bidder’s score be equal to two or more bidders then all bidders of equal lowest quality will progress onto the short list.

The scores awarded for the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire will not be used in the subsequent selection process. The contract will be awarded on the basis of the Most Economically Advantageous Tender.

All Applicants who are not selected for the short list will be notified and given the opportunity for feedback.

Stage 2 – Tender Stage: Tender documentation will be issued to the shortlisted Applicants. The Selection Panel will consider the respective submissions when balancing the quality/price and selecting the best overall value for money. The weightings given to the submissions in respect of quality and price will be in the ratio of 70/30 (quality/price). The Trust will wish to hold clarification interviews with the prospective applicants.

If the Applicant's "quality" score (the score awarded for the Invitation to Tender) meets or exceeds a minimum quality threshold of 60%, the Tender pricing document shall be opened and scored. If the Applicant's "quality" score fails to meet the threshold score of 60% the application shall not be considered further and the Tender pricing document will remain unopened.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:15373)

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained