Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-15
Buyer: St Albans City and District Council
Country: UK
Region: Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32234000 | 42961100 | 50610000 | 79700000 | 79710000: Security services
Estimated value: 2500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Investigation and security services. Security services. Surveillance services. Alarm-monitoring services. Closed-circuit television cameras. Access control system. Repair and maintenance services of security equipment. Public Space CCTV Monitoring, Maintenance and Installation services with a requirement to provide personnel, to undertake 24 x 7 x 365 day monitoring of the Public Space surveillance systems installed throughout St Albans and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council areas with the possibility of extending the services to other contracting authorities within the county of Hertfordshire UK should capacity allow in the future.
The duration of the contract is 5 years plus up to 2 years extension subject to the agreement of both parties. The contracting authority may seek to explore the ability of the service provider to engage in possible commercial joint ventures with the contracting authority with a view to expanding or exploiting the service for commercial objectives although this is not an absolute requirement.
The value of 2 500 000 GBP entered in II.2.6 is the maximum value based on the options and extensions being taken up. The expected range is  1 350 000 GBP to  2 500 000 GBP.
The suitability criteria are set out in the selection questionnaire ("SQ") and instructions which can be obtained from the website address in section I.1.".
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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
The contracting authority is procuring the services on its own behalf, and on behalf of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. In addition, there is the possibility of procuring the services on behalf of other interested local authorities within the County of Hertfordshire, UK.
The contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. All information will be dealt with in accordance with that Act and information to which the Environmental Regulations apply will be dealt with in accordance with those regulations.
The contracting authority reserves the right not to proceed or not to award a contract for the whole or any part of proposed procurement. Neither the contracting authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in this contract.
This contract falls under "contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Services) under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Schedule 3 classification of security services as a Social and Other specific services. Therefore the contracting authority is bound by the regulations that relate to Social and other specific services.
The value of 2 500 000 GBP entered in II.2.6 is the maximum value based on the options and extensions being taken up. The expected range is  1 350 000 GBP to 2 500 000 GBP.
The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 day calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contact is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (as amended) provide for 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). Any such action must be started within 30 days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. The Court may extend the time limit for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than 3 months after that date. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages or, where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the contract to be ‘ineffective’.

Eligibility requirements: The suitability criteria are set out in the selection questionnaire ("SQ") and instructions which can be obtained from the website address in section I.1.".

Award value: 2500000