Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
Contact
Miss Izabela Skowronek
izabela.skowronek@leics.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1163057878
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
Buyer's address
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=c40aa6be-c24f-ed11-811a-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=c40aa6be-c24f-ed11-811a-005056b64545
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Site remediation works at Firs Farm (Lutterworth)
Reference number
DN638842
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45112320 - Land-reclamation work
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.1.4) Short description
Leicestershire County Council is seeking to identify and appoint a single Supplier to remediate a site at Firs Farm “the Site” following the exit of a tenant and the identification of a significant quantity of waste (including but not limited to gypsum, organic animal sewage, animal carcasses and general mixed waste).
This is an Open Tender.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45112320 - Land-reclamation work
- 45112350 - Reclamation of waste land
- 45112360 - Land rehabilitation work
- 90510000 - Refuse disposal and treatment
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Main site or place of performance
Firs Farm, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6JH
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The overall aim of the contract will be to restore the site to a condition acceptable to the Environment Agency and the Council to prevent any future contamination of the land, neighbouring land or waterways and allow the site to be re-let by the Council.
Bidders will therefore be expected to manage all aspects of the site remediation including project management, health and safety, environmental assessments, the clearance of the waste via treatment or disposal, and where the replacement of any cleared contaminated soil with new replacement soil appropriate for the use of the site as a farm
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality incl. Social Value / Weighting: 65
Price - Weighting: 35
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £3,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
12
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
All requests for clarifications (whether in relation to this Notice, the requirements, or the procurement process) should be submitted as soon as possible using the “Messaging” facility on the www.eastmidstenders.org procurement portal. Any questions relating to the operation of the portal itself should be submitted to Due North using the contact details as below:
The Due North Technical Support Team:
You should email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com for all support issues. This will autolog a support ticket in the new PROACTIS Supplier Support Helpdesk.
http://proactis.kayako.com/default
On logging a ticket, if you have not already logged one before, you will be issued with a registration email that will give you instructions to allow you to log in, log, review and update your own tickets.
In emergency situations you can contact the Supplier Support Service Desk on +44 (0)330 005 0352 this should be by exception and not as a rule and you should already have logged a support ticket prior to your call. The Authority will respond to all reasonable clarifications as soon as possible through publishing the Tenderers' questions and the Authority's response to them on the e-tendering portal (Clarifications Log). If a Tenderer wishes the Authority to treat a clarification as confidential and not issue the response to all Tenderers, it must state this when submitting the clarification. If, in the opinion of the Authority, the clarification is not confidential, the Authority will inform the Tenderer and it will have an opportunity to withdraw it. If the clarification is not withdrawn, the response will be issued to all Tenderers. Clarification questions will be responded to as soon as possible and as they are received. Questions and responses will be circulated to all tenderers via the messaging facility on the portal.
Please note that any correspondence issued to you from the Authority, via the portal, will be sent to the person who is the named registered person on the portal for your organisation. If your organisation has registered multiple contacts, communication will be directed to the person who expressed an interest in this specific contract on behalf of your organisation. Tenderers are advised to make sure that this named registered person shares correspondence with all colleagues who are participating in this procurement. The Authority is not responsible if the named registered person does not share information and/or documents supplied to them via the portal.
If a Tenderer no longer wishes to participate in the procurement then they should “Opt Out”
on the portal.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
Date
12 December 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
12 December 2022
Local time
12:05pm
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure
Electronically via secure e-tendering portal. Date and time at IV.2.7. is indicative only. Opening by authorised Council Officer can take place at any point after the deadline specified at IV.2.6.
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
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
Leicestershire County Council (LCC) will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill
period at the point of information on the award of the contract, as communicated to
tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by LCC as soon as possible
after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful. If an
appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public
Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at
risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought
within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the
Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be
amended and may award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order for a fine to
be paid, and/or order the duration of the contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill
period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award
decision before the contract is entered into.