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Published 1 Mar 2024, 16:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

STC1177 - Provision of Specialist Lift Consultancy Services

Official notice

Authority: The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (Acting Jointly)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Apr 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons acting jointly (the ‘Authority’) invited expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations wishing to enter into a contract for the provision of specialist lift consultancy services. The appointed Consultant would 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 would be required to deliver specialist services which included independent advisory support, to ensure the viability and quality of designs, as well as project support relating to refurbishment and maintenance programmes. The contract would be let based on the NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract.

CPV: Construction consultancy services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Lifts · Technical analysis or consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1A non-exhaustive list of the services required to be delivered under the contract…CancelledRenewalPublished value£500,000

A non-exhaustive list of the services required to be delivered under the contract were:

  • 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 reserved 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 reserved 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 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.
Delivery: London · Westminster
Extensions: The contract would 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. · 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.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    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

  • Economic & financial standing

    Information on the selection criteria can be found in the procurement documents.

    Minimum: 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
  • Technical & professional ability

    Information on the selection criteria can be found in the procurement documents.

    Minimum: 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, CI…

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
1 Mar 2024, 16:08 GMT
Last source update
29 Jul 2024, 17:35 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Apr 2024 – …
Authority reference
STC1177
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023665
Classification (CPV)
Construction consultancy servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesEngineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildingsLiftsTechnical analysis or consultancy services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0444db Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

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.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

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).

Publisher note: 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

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
19 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST

Timeline

19 Apr 2024 → 29 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    19 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    29 Jul 2024, 17:35 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Apr 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
    5 Apr 2024, 15:57 BST
    +7 days · was 19 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to cancelled
    29 Jul 2024, 17:35 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.219 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+7 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening tenders · IV.2.719 Apr 202426 Apr 2024+7 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (acting jointly)

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services UK Parliament, Westminster, London, London, SW1A 0AA Contact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court of JusticeReview body London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.