Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-18
Buyer: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45233000: Construction work for highways and roads | 45233100: Construction work for highways | 45233139 | 45233140: Roadway works | 45233141: Road-maintenance work
Estimated value: 1 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NUTS code: UKI33. Main site or place of performance: Kensington and Chelsea, London, UK. The main site for the performance of the services is the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. However, it is anticipated that other participating bodies may also call-off from the framework and require the services to also be performed in their own geographical area.
The Works shall be carried out within the area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and comprise without limitation a range of paving works, including York stone, artificial stone paving, granite kerbs and setts and ancillary work such as street furniture, posts and street nameplates.
The works comprise a combination of reactive and programmed maintenance works as well as some new installation works.
Paving schemes will include complete reconstruction of foot-ways based on an annual programme and minor works associated with building development and trench reinstatements.
Most of new paving work is carried with artificial stone paving and some with natural Yorkstone all these shall be hand pointed using templates to prevent staining of the stones. Stone shall be cut by use of mechanical discs or saws with dust control and full protection for the pedestrians, vehicles and property shall be provided.
Currently all new Yorkstone paving is supplied by the Council. However, the contractor will be required to provide a price for the supply of Yorkstone.
The contractor will be required to provide approved recessed frame and cover with Yorkstone infill where necessary, including all necessary saw cutting of flags to the outside perimeter and within the sections of the cover. This work will be carried out off site under a covered area.
The contractor will be required to employ mechanical means for the lifting of all kerb and paving stones where practicable, in accordance with health and safety regulations. Details of the lifting equipment will need to be submitted to the engineer for approval, in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive's guidelines.
a) Taking up and laying of natural York stone and artificial paving stones, block paviors, granite setts, granite kerbs, etc. as programmed or minor works. Some items, including York stone, will be supplied by the Council for laying by the contractor;
For emergency works, the successful tenderer will be required to mobilise the necessary resources within 2 hours and proceed with the works as instructed.
Applicants are referred to the ITT and the accompanying procurement documents for further details of the procurement and the contract.
The contract will be for a contract period of 5 years with the option exercisable by the Council to extend for a period or periods in aggregate of up to 3 years, with a maximum total contract period of 8 years.
Further information to appear in the invitation to tender. Parent company guarantee, bonds, deposits or some of the other form of appropriate security may be required for the contract and framework agreement and further details will appear in the procurement documents and final invitation to tender.
Joint and several liability. Should the successful tenderer be a consortium of companies, the lead partner will be responsible for completing the commission on behalf of the consortium and all payments will be made to the lead partner for services rendered by the consortium. Support partners will be required to complete a collateral warranty agreement in favour of the Contracting Authority.
The Council intends to award a separate contract and framework agreement to the same economic operator. The framework agreement acts as a secondary and separate component of this procurement. The purpose of the framework agreement is to enable a number of other participating bodies to benefit from this procurement by commissioning the works (or some of them) through awarding call-off contracts under the framework agreement. The participating bodies are as follows:

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Award value: 1