Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (acting jointly)
UK Parliament, Westminster
London
SW1A 0AA
Contact
Elli Nikolaou
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI32 - Westminster
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/BuyerProfiles
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
STC1177 - Provision of Specialist Lift Consultancy Services
Reference number
STC1177
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons acting jointly (the ‘Authority’) are inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations wishing to enter into a contract for the provision of specialist lift consultancy services. The appointed Consultant will support the Parliamentary Design Authority in its role as custodian of the lift engineering infrastructure on the Parliamentary Estate to review and update technical standards and a long-term strategy for lift modernisation. More specifically, the appointed Consultant shall be required to deliver specialist services which will include independent advisory support, to ensure the viability and quality of designs, as well as project support relating to refurbishment and maintenance programmes. The contract shall be let based on the NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
- 42416100 - Lifts
- 71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services
- 71321000 - Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings
- 71530000 - Construction consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI32 - Westminster
Main site or place of performance
Westminster
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
A non-exhaustive list of the services required to be delivered under the contract are summarised below:• Produce lift technical design briefs and design requirements for the Authority’s Lift projects, as well as work collaboratively with Lift delivery teams and prioritise the works on health and safety and business continuity objectives (as set out within the procurement documents). • Review and develop existing lift modernisation scope documents. • Produce feasibility studies to RIBA Stage 1 or equivalent, technical standards and engineering specifications. • Provide a technical design review of the proposals from Lift Delivery teams and monitor their work – this shall also include undertaking site inspections and witnessing.• Review lift traffic analysis from previous studies and project consultants and where necessary undertake new traffic analysis and propose optimum lift design strategy for the population and use patterns of the Parliamentary Estate.• Carry out whole of life costing with the view of ensuring that value for money is achieved by taking a holistic approach to design the lifts in relation to each other, traffic flow, building occupants, logistics, fire evacuation strategy, access control and security strategy, environment and sustainability, heritage and conservation and user priorities. • Undertake annual audits of the Authority’s Planned Preventative and Re-active Maintenance Contractor’s performance.The appointed Consultant’s staff shall have completed EOR/202 ‘Working Safely in an engineering environment – basic lift safety’, as required by BS7255 Safe Working on Lifts.The Authority reserves its position as to whether it will (or will not) enter into contractual arrangements. Subsequently, the publication of the procurement documents in no way commits the Authority to enter into any contractual relationship with the Tenderers or any other party.The Authority reserves the right to:- cancel, postpone, suspend or abort the selection and evaluation process at any stage of this procurement in its entirety;- vary the project timetable or procurement process, including without limitation, to introduce further submission requirements; and- amend, vary or digress from the process set out in the procurement documents. In the event of any change to the process, the Authority will inform all Tenderers of the change.The Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home Interested organisations must register on this site to respond. The use of the In-tend e-tendering portal is compulsory and will be the main means of communication and exchange of documents between the Authority and prospective Tenderers, although the Authority reserves the right at its sole discretion to communicate and/or exchange documents by other means.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The contract shall be let for an initial term of thirty-six (36) months with an option to extend post expiry of the initial term for any period or periods of up to two (2) years in twelve (12) or twenty-four (24) month blocks, such extension to be exercised at the Authority’s discretion.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract shall be let with an option to extend post expiry of the initial contract term for any period or periods of up to two (2) years in twelve (12) or twenty-four (24) month blocks, such extension to be exercised at the Authority’s discretion.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
The appointed Consultant’s proposed principal or lead staff must be at Associate level (minimum of 10 years lift industry experience and demonstrable stakeholder management experience) and professionally qualified and chartered with a UK recognised professional body e.g. RIBA, CIBSE or IET (or equivalent). All other staff must have lift or engineering specific qualifications.Further information on the selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria
Information on the selection criteria can be found in the procurement documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
The following minimum economic and financial standing requirements shall apply:a) a minimum turnover of £200,000.00 per annum for each of the last three (3) financial years; andb) a satisfactory risk assessment based on Dun & Bradstreet indicators as
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria
Information on the selection criteria can be found in the procurement documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
The appointed Consultant’s proposed principal or lead staff must be at Associate level (minimum of 10 years lift industry experience and demonstrable stakeholder management experience) and professionally qualified and chartered with a UK recognised professional body e.g. RIBA, CIBSE or IET (or equivalent). All other staff must have lift or engineering specific qualifications.
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The appointed Consultant will be required to comply with the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) pre-employment checks for staff they propose to fulfil for this contract. This will be in line with Cabinet Office guidance on BPSS and the Home Office code of practice on preventing illegal working.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Originally published as:
Date
19 April 2024
Local time
12:00pm
Changed to:
Date
26 April 2024
Local time
12:00pm
See the change notice.
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
19 April 2024
Local time
12:00pm
Place
Westminster
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.3) Additional information
The procurement documents shall be made available subject to the return of a duly signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) template, which can be accessed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home and submitted using the Correspondence tab on the In-Tend portal. The deadline for submitting the completed NDA template is 16:00 on Friday 8th March 2024. The Authority will aim to execute the signed NDAs and share the full tender pack with Tenderers within two (2) working days of submission of the NDA via the Correspondence tab of the In-Tend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Authority will operate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers to provide time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Unsuccessful tenderers shall be notified by the Authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why they were unsuccessful. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide that aggrieved parties who have been harmed, or are at risk of harm, by breach of the rules are to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).