Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-24
Buyer: Swindon Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: Swindon
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 8000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Civil engineering consultancy services. Structural engineering consultancy services. Environmental engineering consultancy services. Procurement of the highways & transport professional services consultancy. The initial contract period is for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year, total 4 years.
All tender documents are available in the attachments section on the tender advert on the South West Portal
The initial contract period is for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year, total 4 years.
This opportunity has not been split into lots as the Authority expects to achieve best value by keeping the services together.
Swindon Borough Council's estimated spend could be up to 9 100 000 GBP with a further estimated spend of 1 900 000 GBP from members of the South West Highway Alliance — Bristol City Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council, Gloucestershire County Council, Wiltshire County Council, Bournemouth Borough Council, Dorset County Council, Somerset County Council, Cornwall Council, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council, Devon County Council, Borough of Poole, North Somerset Council & South Gloucestershire Council (http://www.sw-ha.uk/members.html), for the duration of the contract including contract extension.
All criteria are stated within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to advance to the Invitation to Tender stage.
(a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established
(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available
All criteria are stated within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to advance to the Invitation to Tender stage.
Whilst the dates and times referring to the issuing of the Invitation to Tender in this notice represent Swindon Borough Council's best current assessment of the procurement timetable, they may be subject to change.
Swindon Borough Council reserves the right to withdraw from the procurement process and/or not to award any contract as a result of the competition called to by this notice. Swindon Borough Council shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidates in considering and/or responding to the procurement process.

Eligibility requirements: All criteria are stated within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to advance to the Invitation to Tender stage. All criteria are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder. (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established (c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available All criteria are stated within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to advance to the Invitation to Tender stage. All criteria are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder. All criteria are stated within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to advance to the Invitation to Tender stage. All criteria are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder.
(a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established (c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available All criteria are stated within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to advance to the Invitation to Tender stage. All criteria are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder.
All criteria are stated within the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to advance to the Invitation to Tender stage. All criteria are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder.