Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-26
Buyer: University of Lincoln
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 42160000 | 45259300 | 45261320 | 45261900 | 45261920
Submission deadline: 2018-08-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The university is procuring facilities management services for both hard services (Lot 1) and soft services (Lot 2).
The contract is primarily for use by the University of Lincoln but the Lincoln Science and Innovation Park (LSIP), a joint venture between the Lincolnshire Co-op and University of Lincoln, may also use it to appoint a contractor to fulfill their requirements. Please note this is discretionary element and there is no guarantee of award of the LSIP requirements.
The University is seeking to award a contract for hard facilities management services which encompasses a number of services including planned and reactive mechanical and electrical maintenance and building fabric maintenance.
The contract will run for a period of 5 years commencing 1.8.2019. There will be an option for the university to extend the contract by two extension periods of 2 years each (taking the maximum contract period to a total of 9 years).
There will be an option for the university to extend the contract by two extension periods of 2 years each.
The university is seeking to award a contract for soft facilities management services which encompasses a number of services including cleaning services, security services, porterage services, post room services and chauffeur services.
The contract will run for a period of 5 years commencing 1.8.2019. There will be an option for the university to extend the contract by 2 extension periods of 2 years each (taking the maximum contract period to a total of 9 years).
There will be an option for the university to extend the contract by 2 extension periods of 2 years each.
In support of the university's strategic objectives to have employable and successful graduates, the successful tenderer(s) on both lots will be required to deliver the careers and employability schedule included within the contract terms and conditions.
For the soft services Lot 2, the successful contractor will be required to pay staff allocated to the contract the real living wage pay rate as published by the Living Wage Foundation.
The university's delta e-tendering system will be used to open the tenders. This system does not allow tenders to be opened /viewed before the closing date and time.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period following electronic notification (minimum of 15 calendar days for any other means of communication) to applicants of the award decisions.
This notification will provide the information that tenderers are legally entitled to regarding the award decision. The standstill period provides times for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The public contracts Regulations 2015 provide aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).