Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-02
Buyer: Caerphilly County Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: Gwent Valleys
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311100 | 71311210 | 71311220
Submission deadline: 2016-08-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Technical Surveys are to be outsourced between the aforementioned authorities, namely Caerphilly, Torfaen, Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent with the successful tenderer acting as consultant in the procurement and supervision of said surveys (with the exception of Monmouthsire County Council who undertake this part of the service themselves). The Technical Survey Database Management service will include both individual site work and area work packages, providing technical survey database management information to the Contracting Authorities.
Further details are set out within the specification requirements contained within the Instructions for Tendering Document.
Blaenau-Gwent County Borough, Caerphilly County Borough, Monmouthshire Borough, Torfaen County Borough.
4 Authorities in SE Wales are undertaking a collaborative procurement process for a Technical Surveys Database Management service. The Technical Survey Database Management service will include both individual site work and area work packages, providing technical survey database management information to the Contracting Authority, in-line with the service as detailed within the Specification Requirements (Invitation to Tender Document). The contract scope includes management of a contractor delivering scanner survey information across the whole highway network (several thousand km.). It will also involve delivery of associated reports to the client in either electronic or hard copy format for use with clients' asset management systems. The measurement of surface characteristics by specialist contractors may be carried out in several tranches. The database management function will focus on the effective coordination of contractor activities, assembling data for client review.
The Service Provider will be required to demonstrate compliance in regards to a web-based UKPMS accredited system being utilised for this contract which has passed an annual accreditation health check.
The contract will be based on the core clauses of the Institution of Civil Engineers' NEC3 Professional Services Term Contract (April 2013) with main option clause G (Term Contract), Dispute Resolution Option W1 and secondary option clauses, X2, X9, X10, X11, Y (UK) 3 and Z (and, for the avoidance of doubt, all other secondary option clauses shall not apply).
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