UK-Sheffield: lathes, boring and milling machine tools

2010/S 49-072512

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  University of Sheffield, Procurement Office, 10-12 Brunswick Street, Attn: Ms Y. Everitt, Sheffield S10 2FN, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail: y.everitt@sheffield.ac.uk [1].

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: https://www.in-tendhost.com/sheffield/ [2].

  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:

  143/YE Blisk mill machine.

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

  Supplies.

  Purchase.

  Main place of delivery: University of Sheffield, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

  NUTS code: UKE32.

• II.1.3)The notice involves:

  A public contract.

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:

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

  Supply, installation and commissioning of a machining centre to develop new milling and general machining strategies for the aerofoil fillet and annulus profile and also the blade tips on a Linear friction welded Blisks. The machine is required to mill Linear Friction welded Blisks within the LFW Blisk Commodity Group. Blisks within this group are made from Ti 6/4 or Ti 6246.

• II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

  42620000, 42623000, 42637000.

• 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:

  Yes.

• II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

  Supply, installation and commissioning of one system.

II.2.2)Options:

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

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:

• 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 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: As per stage documents.

• III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As per stage documents.

• III.2.3)Technical capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  As per stage documents.

• 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:

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

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)Type of procedure:

  Accelerated restricted.

  Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: The EU Commissions recognition of the need for accelerated procurement procedures as requested by the European Council in its conclusions of 12 December when the European Council invited the Commission to adopt a number of measures in response to the financial crisis.

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

  Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 12

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Proven track record of supplying and commissioning such equipment.

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

• 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:

  143/YE Blisk mill machine.

• 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:

  Price: 100,00 GBP.

  Terms and method of payment: An administrative charge of 100 GBP is applicable for the issue of tender documents. There will be no charge at the PQQ stage or for expressions of interest in order to view the technical specification, but suppliers who submit tender offers will be invoiced after the tender closing date.

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

  18.3.2010 - 14:00.

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)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

  No.

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

  No.

• VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  Expressions of Interest must be registered via the University of Sheffield e-tendering portal at: http://www.in-tendhost.com/sheffield [3].

  Tender reference for expressions of interest is 143/YE Blisk mill machine.

  An administrative charge of 100 GBP is applicable for the issue of tender documents. There will be no charge at the PQQ stage or for expressions of interest in order to view the technical specification, but suppliers who submit tender offers will be invoiced after the tender closing date.

  1. Suppliers should register and express an Interest on the In-Tend system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffield/; [4]

  2. After expressing an Interest, you will be sent an email with links to the Expression of Interest stage.

  3. Potential suppliers must upload supporting documentation to meet the criteria "Proven track record of supplying and commissioning such equipment" via the In-tend e-tendering site by the deadline of Thursday 18.3.2010 at 14:00 GMT.

  If you need technical help on submitting the supporting information by the deadline, please contact the helpdesk on +44 1332869400.

  4. Suppliers who are successful at the prequalification stage will be sent the ITT (invitation to tender) stage documents after this date. There will be an administrative charge of 100 GBP for the issue of tender documents.

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:

  8.3.2010.