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Greater Manchester Broadband Programme.

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Transport for Greater Manchester
2 Piccadilly Place
M1 3BG Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.tfgm.com

Electronic access to information: http://www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://www.the-chest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

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

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
Other: Transport and Economic Development
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Town Hall, Albert Square
M60 2LA Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM

Manchester City Council
Town Hall, Albert Square
M60 2LA Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM

Salford City Council
Town Hall, Chorley Road
M27 5DA Salford
UNITED KINGDOM

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Town Hall, Victoria Square
BL1 1RU Bolton
UNITED KINGDOM

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Town Hall, Knowsley Street
BL9 0SW Bury
UNITED KINGDOM

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Civic Centre, West Street
OL1 1UT Oldham
UNITED KINGDOM

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Municipal Offices, Smith Street
OL16 1LQ Rochdale
UNITED KINGDOM

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Town Hall, Edward Street
SK1 3XB Stockport
UNITED KINGDOM

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Council Offices, Wellington Road
OL6 6DL Ashton-under-Lyne
UNITED KINGDOM

Trafford Borough Council
Talbot Road
M32 0TH Stretford
UNITED KINGDOM

Wigan Borough Council
Town Hall, Library Street
WN1 1YN Wigan
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Greater Manchester Broadband Programme.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 5: Telecommunications services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Greater Manchester.
UKD3.
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Provision of Superfast and Ultrafast Broadband Infrastructure to enable the provision of broadband services to residential and business users across Greater Manchester.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

64200000, 64210000, 64227000, 32412000, 32412100, 32412110, 32424000, 32420000, 32425000, 32500000, 32570000, 32571000, 51000000, 71316000, 72220000, 72222000, 72315000, 72400000, 72410000, 72411000, 79340000, 79342000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
There is potential for the contract to cover projects with an estimated total value of between 5 000 000 and 40 000 000 GBP.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 5 000 000,00 and 40 000 000,00 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Starting 1.4.2013. Completion 30.6.2015

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
As set out in the tender documentation.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
As set out in the tender documentation.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Joint and several liability.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: As set out in the tender documentation.
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 the requirements are met: As set out in the tender documentation.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As set out in the tender documentation.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As set out in the tender documentation.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons 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
competitive dialogue
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 3: and maximum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the tender documentation.
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 yes
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)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
TfGM Reference Number: 1301
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
18.10.2012 - 10:00
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

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): ERDF.
VI.3)Additional information

TfGM is using the e-tendering tool, ProContract at www.the-chest.org.uk to conduct this procurement exercise. Interested suppliers must obtain a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) by registering an expression of interest in contract number NWCE-8XTKJV via the e-tendering tool, ProContract at www.the-chest.org.uk and follow the instructions for accessing and returning documents on this website.

Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed pre-qualification questionnaire and accompanying documentation via ProContract at www.the-chest.org.uk no later than 10:00 on 18.10.2012 as referred to in IV.3.4. Any clarification queries will also need to be submitted via ProContract at www.the-chest.org.uk website.

There is a possibility that the requirement may be split into Lots; however at this stage we are unable to determine the content and number of potential Lots.
If Lots are required these will be defined through the Competitive Dialogue process.
The Authority reserves the right to tender and award Lots or single requirements as deemed appropriate by the Authority.
Length of contract(s) and length of any subsequent contract extensions will be defined through the Competitive Dialogue process and it is envisaged that the maximum extension (if any) will be for 5 years.
The contract(s) will be governed by English Law.
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:
10.9.2012

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