Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-18
Buyer: Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71220000 | 71240000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71321000: Heating and ventilation design services
Submission deadline: 2018-02-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Procurement of multi-disciplinary design team and principal designer for the refurbishment of the London Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
A full description of the scope of services is included in Section 8 of the ITT which accompanies this Contract Notice.
Procurement of multi-disciplinary design team and principal designer for the refurbishment of the London Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
A full description of the scope of services is included in Section 8 of the ITT which accompanies this Contract Notice.
The procurement of the multi-disciplinary design team and principal designer is procured by the London Embassy in accordance with the Procurement Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan which requires that Afghan Government entities which are located outside of Afghanistan must conduct procurements in accordance with the rules and regulations of the host country. Therefore, the Services are being procured by the London Embassy in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("Regulations"). From an EU perspective, this meant that the London Embassy applied the provisions of the Regulations on a voluntary basis to the Procurement Process.
Economic operators participate in the Procurement Process entirely at their own risk and the London Embassy does not accept any liability in respect of costs incurred in relation to this Procurement Process.
The London Embassy shall not evaluate any Tenders received past the specified deadline, compliance with which is the sole responsibility of interested parties. Economic operators which alter their composition after submitting a Tender will be the subject of a re-evaluation. The London Embassy reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of the Procurement Process initiated by this contract notice and to make whatever changes the London Embassy deems appropriate to the content, process, timing and structure of this Procurement Process. The London Embassy reserves the right to terminate this Procurement Process at any time.
It is anticipated that the successful tenderer will be announced in March 2018. Under section II.2.7 of this notice, the duration of the contract is estimated to be 2 years. The duration included in this Contract Notice is an estimate only.
The lump sum price to be provided by the Bidders is for the provision of services for the entire duration of the project, and no additional costs will be claimable under the contract purely by reason of the duration of the project being extended beyond that estimate.
Visits are only available on 30 January and 31 January 2018 and must be requested by 17.00 hours GMT on 26 January 2018. A maximum of 5 persons per Bidder will be allowed to visit the London Embassy and full identification details must be provided in advance of the visit. There will be no possibility of repeat visits by Bidders, therefore, all members of the Bidder's team must attend at the allocated date and time. The London Embassy reserves the right to remove the possibility of visits for any reason and at any stage of the Procurement Process. Please note that emails should only be sent in respect of visits to the London Embassy and all other clarifications must be sent through the Question and Answer facility on www.mytenders.co.uk.
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