Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-03
Buyer: Southampton Solent University
Country: UK
Region: Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79710000: Security services
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The University has a tender opportunity for the provision of managed security and associated services for its campus locations.
Southampton Solent University is divided into 4 main sections — City Campus, City Residences, Warsash Campus and Satellite Sites.
The University anticipates that this Contract has a potential value of approximately 600 000 GBP to 1 200 000 GBP over the contract period including any extension to the contract and allowing for development and changes to the physical footprint of the University.
In evaluating the tenders, the University will seek the most economically advantageous offers in terms of the high level criteria listed below:
This tender will be conducted electronically and tender documents can be downloaded from the web portal (Intend) provided earlier in this notice. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/solent
Expressions of Interest must be by way of completion and return of the Invitation to Tender document via the Intend portal by the date/time specified in IV.3.4).
Request for clarifications can only be requested until 16:00 on 19.6.2016 via the In-Tend portal correspondence facility.
All responses must be uploaded onto this portal by no later than 12:00 Noon on the date specified in IV.3.4).
Failure to upload your response by this time may result in your exclusion from the tender process. If you are experiencing any technical difficulties when uploading on to the system, please ring +44 23 8201 3872 before the 12:00 deadline for investigation, calls received after this time will not be considered.
The total value of this contract taking into account the 2 year extension period and the changing University environment is anticipated to be between 600 000 GBP and 1 200 000 GBP.
The University is unable to make any guarantee as to the volume of work awarded under this contract — see Invitation to Tender document for further details.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds, warranties and other forms of appropriate security.
No special legal form will be required. In the case of organisations applying as a consortia or joint venture, full details for each member is required. It will be necessary for each member to sign an undertaking that they shall be jointly and severally liable, or to require a single provider to take primary liability for the performance of the contract.
The Service provider needs to be registered as an approved SIA Contractor, or be in process of achieving SIA Contractor accreditation. Evidence of this will be required.
This tender will be conducted electronically and tender documents can be downloaded from the web portal (In-Tend) provided earlier in this notice. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/solent

Eligibility requirements: The Service provider needs to be registered as an approved SIA Contractor, or be in process of achieving SIA Contractor accreditation. Evidence of this will be required.