SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority URL: www.bham.ac.uk

Address of the buyer profile URL: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham

Further information can be obtained at:As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

Body governed by public law

Education

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities No

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Furniture Re-Upholstery Service.

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services

Service category: No 1

Main place of performance University of Birmingham.

NUTS codeUKG31

II.1.3) The notice involves

The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator

Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4

II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The University of Birmingham has requirement for Furniture ReUpholstery Services to maintain and improve the life of existing upholstered furniture across the University whilst being conscious of the need to reuse and recycle materials and resources.

Furniture included in this requirement includes furniture in use in office reception classroom lecture theatre and social facilities that require reupholstery and repair.

The University is seeking competitive tenders from suitably qualified Services Providers with the aim of establishing an agreement with a providers to supply a first class and cost effective service for the University.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

50850000 , 19243000 , 39150000

II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

Yes

II.1.8) Division into lots

No

II.1.9) Variants will be accepted

No

II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

II.2.1) Total quantity or scope

II.2.2) Options

No

II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

Payment of Invoices will be 30 days from date of Invoice.

III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

Limited Company, joint and several liability.

III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

No

III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Tenderers will be required to complete a Supplier Appraisal Questionnaire which will require that the provider submits the details below in addition to the other information set out in the Questionnaire, these can be obtained URL: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/
.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3) Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

As requested in the Supplier Appraisal Questionnaire.

III.2.4) Reserved contracts

No

III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

No

III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

No

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated No

IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA

IV.2.1) Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used

No

IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

FRAM262/11

IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

No

IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 14.10.2011

Payable documents No

IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

14.10.2011

IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

No

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Expression of Interest will be required in the form of a completed Supplier Appraisal Questionnaire. This document is available at URL: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/
.

VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

13.9.2011