Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-05
Buyer: CORMAC Solutions Ltd
Country: UK
Region: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71250000 | 71300000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311100 | 71311210
Estimated value: 30000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: CORMAC Solutions Ltd, a Cornwall Council wholly owned company wishes to develop a mutually beneficial framework partnership with a single external service provider to provide the required range of engineering and technical related consultancy services. This contract is a ‘top-up’ services framework to support and provide additional capacity for in-house civil engineering and environmental design teams; commencing April 2017. The framework has an initial duration of 24 months with options for 2 12-month extensions. The maximum length of the framework will therefore be 4 years.
Primarily the County of Cornwall, but may include areas in South West England and the County of Nottinghamshire.
The appointed supplier will be required to supply engineering and technical services to CORMAC Solutions Ltd, CORSERV Ltd including other joint and independent ventures, Cornwall Council or their successors in title, other Cornwall Council wholly owned companies, the Nottinghamshire joint venture company Via East Midlands Ltd, and other public sector organisations and bodies (see below) in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly along with others, who may at a later date adopt the terms and conditions of this framework agreement. Whilst there is no guaranteed quantity or spend, the estimated value ordered through CORMAC Solutions Ltd, CORSERV Ltd, Cornwall Council and the family of wholly owned companies is likely to be in the region of 250 000 GBP to 3 000 000 GBP per annum. The potential estimated total value is likely to exceed this range if other organisations decide to participate.
The services will be for the whole of CORMAC Solutions Ltd, all directorates of Cornwall Council, plus Parish, Town and City Councils, and other public sector bodies (including Schools, Housing Associations / Housing Management Organisations, Police, NHS / Primary Care Truste etc.), who may at a later date adopt the terms and conditions of the framework agreement.
The intention is to let a 2 year framework agreement, with the option for a 1 year extension and subsequent option for a further 1 year extension. The maximum term will therefore be 4 years.
The intention is to let an initial 2 year framework agreement, with the option for a 1 year extension and subsequent option for a further 1 year extension.
(a) service providers must be able to demonstrate they are able to deliver the full range of services specified, and can demonstrate ability to coordinate multi disciplinary resources;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given:
— where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority,
— where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and,
In the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
(d) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
(e) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
(f) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

Award value: 30000000