Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-01
Buyer: Ipswich Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: Suffolk
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75241000 | 79700000 | 79710000: Security services
Submission deadline: 2017-03-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Regent Theatre, Corn Exchange and Town Hall including music indoor and outdoor, sporting and festival (maritime/food and drink).
Ipswich Borough Council has a requirement for event security at its Regent Theatre, Corn Exchange and Town Hall. Ipswich has also been well regarded for it's vibrant and active events programme offering the community a diverse range of free to attend, quality events for which security is also required.
The provision of event security personal at the premises mentioned in II.1.5) above for a period of 2 years with the possibility of a 1 year extension.
The authority many require a parent company guarantee if the contract is awarded to a subsidiary company. A performance bond may be required if the contract value exceeds 1 000 000 GBP.
Joint and several liability will be required if a group of economic operators is awarded the contract and a lead contractor must be appointed.
Economic operators who express an interest in the contract will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire. Tenderers must comply with the provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 and ensure that if and to the extent required by the Act personnel engaged in the provision of the services are licensed or otherwise authorised under the Act.
Relevant experience in providing similar services, technical qualification and accreditations, capacity and resources to provide the services. The authority will select economic operators to be invited to tender in accordance with regulations 57, 58 and 65 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The time limit stated in IV.3.4) is for returning the pre-qualification questionnaire. Requests to participate may only be made by obtaining the completing the pre-qualification questionnaire and returning it, with other documents requested in it, to the council stated in I.1.1) by 12:00 noon on Thursday 30.3.2017.
The address and time limit for the return of tenders will be stated in the tender documents, which will be sent to those candidates who are selected to participate.
All dates and time periods specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change them.
The authority reserves the right not to award the contract. It reserves the right not to proceed with all or any part of the project detailed in II.1) above and in no circumstances will it be responsible for any costs incurred by economic operators as a result for the publication of this notice or otherwise in connection with their tenders.
Full details of this tender can be found on the Suffolk Sourcing System — www.suffolksourcing.co.uk before viewing the tender, please refer to the Suffolk Sourcing System ‘User Guides’ which can be accessed via the Suffolk Sourcing Homepage. Suffolk Sourcing is an E-Tendering system jointly operated by Suffolk County, District and Borough Councils.
The authority will allow a standstill period of at least 10 days at the point the information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for an economic operator who has suffered or risks suffering loss or damage by a breach of the regulations to take proceedings in the High Court. Proceedings must normally be started within 30 days of the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have know that grounds for starting proceedings had arisen.

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators who express an interest in the contract will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire. Tenderers must comply with the provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 and ensure that if and to the extent required by the Act personnel engaged in the provision of the services are licensed or otherwise authorised under the Act. Please see the pre-qualification questionnaire. Please see the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Please see the pre-qualification questionnaire.