Tender: UK-Leeds: road-surfacing machinery

UK-Leeds: road-surfacing machinery

2010/S 48-071110

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Leeds City Council,City Development, Civic Hall, Contact: Leeds City Council- Highway Services, Attn: John D Murphy, Leeds LS1 1JF, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1132475219. E-mail: john.murphy@leeds.gov.uk. Fax +44 1132477520.

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: http://www.leeds.gov.uk.

  Address of the buyer profile: http://scms.alito.gov.uk.

  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:

  Regional or local authority.

  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:

  Hire of highways type plant and equipment without operative for Leeds City Council 2010-2012.

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

  Services.

  Service category: No 12.

  NUTS code: UKE42.

• II.1.3)The notice involves:

  The establishment of a framework agreement.

• II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:

  Framework agreement with several operators.

  Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 25.

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2.

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

  Estimated value excluding VAT:

  Range: between 1 500 000 and 2 000 000 GBP.

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

  The basis of this contract is to provide Leeds City Council with a framework of suppliers who can provide competitive rates for the hire of a wide range of highway type equipment without an operative. the Council reserves the right to award each category within the price schedule to more than one provider.

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

  43312000, 43312100, 43312200, 43312300, 43312400, 43312500, 43315000.

• 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:

  As II.1.5.

  Estimated value excluding VAT:

  Range: between 1 500 000 and 2 000 000 GBP.

• II.2.2)Options:

  No.

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

  Starting: 6.9.2010. Completion: 31.8.2012.

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
• III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

  None.

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

  Payment arrangements detailed in the tender document.

• 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:

III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

• III.2.3)Technical capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Criteria defined in the pre qualification questionnaire.

• 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:

  Open.

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

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

• IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)Award criteria:

  Lowest price.

• 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:

  LCC11479.

• IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:

  No.

• IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 28.4.2010 - 12:00.

  Payable documents: no.

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

  28.4.2010 - 12:00.

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:

  Duration in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).

• IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:

  Date: 28.4.2010 - 12:00.

  Place: Leeds Civic Hall.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.

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:

  All requests for additional information should be made through http://scms.alito.co.uk. Should applicants have difficulty with the web site- contact should be made with the help desk +44 1132474001.

• VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:

• VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.

  Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should requested from addressee found in I.1.

  If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).

  Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into court may only award damages.

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:

• VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  9.3.2010.