Official UK procurement notice
STC1177 - Provision of Specialist Lift Consultancy Services
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 publishedLot #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.
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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).
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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).
- Price
- 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0444dbFind a Tender
- 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 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- Bids opened19 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published29 Jul 2024, 17:35 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Apr 2024- Deadline moved to 26 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST5 Apr 2024, 15:57 BST+7 days · was 19 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to cancelled29 Jul 2024, 17:35 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 19 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2024 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening tenders · IV.2.7 | 19 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2024 | +7 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.