Tender: UK-London: pet food

UK-London: pet food

2010/S 47-069196

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Metropolitan Police, Floor 8 Empress State Building, Earls Court, Contact: Mrs Herjeet Gill, London SW6 1TR, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail: herjeet.gill@met.police.uk.

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

  Regional or local authority.

  Public order and safety.

  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:

  Supply and delivery of dog food.

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

  Supplies.

  Purchase.

  Main place of delivery: Six sites in London.

  NUTS code: UKI.

• 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.

  Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:

  Estimated value excluding VAT:

  Range: between 500 000 and 1 050 000 GBP.

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

  A framework arrangement for the provision of dog food for The Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) Dog Support Unit (DSU) this consists of between 350 - 400 dogs at any one time. The majority of these are German Shepherds (and some Malinois) that are classed as General Purpose dogs used for tracking, searching, criminal work and public order situations. There are also a number of Spaniels and Labradors used for specialist searches. To maintain the operational effectiveness of working dogs, it is essential that they receive a diet that meets their nutritional and general health requirements. Our dogs range in age from puppies through to adult dogs coming up for retirement (at approximately 9 years old). We also operate the largest police dog breeding programme within the UK. It is anticipated that the successful Contractor(s) food will provide a whole life range, fixed formula diet. We currently feed a range of complete foods, from a sole manufacturer that meets the needs of all dogs. The supply and delivery of dog food consists of a range of food delivered direct to units within the Metropolitan Police District (which comprises of London boroughs). The specification will be provided to companies who are subsequently invited to tender. The MPA/MPS is seeking through this tendering process to set up a supply framework with a suitably capable contactor to provide these Goods for a two year term of 24 months and a unilateral option of the MPA/MPS to extend for further two 12 month periods. The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) reserves the right to accept whole or in part of any tender or none at all. MPA also reserves the right not to issue any ITT for this requirement or subsequent contract. This notice allows itself and all other UK police forces and law enforcement agencies (and their statutory successors and organisations created as a result of re-organisation or organisational changes) to use the services described under this notice. These will include: the Metropolitan Police Authority established under section 5B of the Police Act 1996; a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996; a police authority established under section 2 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; the Northern Ireland Policing Board; the National Policing Improvement Agency; and all non-geographic police forces and law enforcement agencies shown at http://www.police.uk/forces.htm. The MPA expenditure is estimated to be 500 000 GBP. It should be noted that there may be an additional estimated spend of up to 550 000 GBP should these police forces and law enforcement agencies utilise the framework. MPA cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this framework agreement.

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

  15713000.

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

  No.

• 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:

  Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

  Estimated value excluding VAT:

  Range: between 500 000 and 1 050 000 GBP.

• 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:

  Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

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

  Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

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

  Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

• 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: Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

• III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

• III.2.3)Technical capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

• 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:

  Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number: 10

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please refer to the pre qualification questionnaire published via Bluelight.

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:

  SS2/10/20.

• 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:

  2.4.2010 - 11:00.

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

  16.4.2010.

• 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:

  Yes.

  Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Approximately 2 to 4 years.

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

  No.

VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:

  Metropolitan Police Authority, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0NY, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail: Herjeet.Gill@Met.Police.uk.

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:

  4.3.2010.