Tender: UK-Shrewsbury: rock salt

UK-Shrewsbury: rock salt

2010/S 65-097296

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Shropshire Council
  Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
  Nigel Denton, Head of Procurement
  SY2 6NDShrewsbury
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1743252993
  procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
  +44 1743255901

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.Shropshire.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:Attn: Tel. Fax Democratic Services Manager, Shropshire Council
  Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
  Democratic Services Manager, Legal & Democratic Services
  SY2 6NDShrewsbury
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1743252993
  +44 1743255901

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

  Regional or local authority

  General public services

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities Yes

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  ZMC 178 - Framework for the secondary supply of salt for winter maintenance of highways and footpaths.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.

  NUTS code UKG22

• 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 3

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4

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

  estimated cost excluding VAT 800 000,00 GBP

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

  A framework for the secondary supply and delivery of salt to Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council for the winter maintenance of highways and footpaths.

  Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council are seeking to secure a supply arrangement from additional alternative suppliers (other than their principal supplier) to supply salt to deal with periods of extreme weather.

  The contract will be for a period up to 31 March 2014.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  14410000

• 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

  Excluding VAT 800 000,00 GBP

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Starting 15.6.2010. Completion 31.3.2014

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

  See tender documentation.

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

  See tender documentation.

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

  Joint and severable 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: See tender documentation.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See 111.2.1.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  See 111.2.1.

• 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

  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

  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

  ZMC 178

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

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 14.5.2010

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

  17.5.2010

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

  Until 15.9.2010

• IV.3.8)
  Conditions for opening tenders

  Date: 17.5.2010 - 12:00

  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: 4 years

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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  Conforming tenders to be submitted. Thereafter, variants may be offered but the contracting authority does not bind itself to accept any variants. In the event of the tender response being inadequate in either the number of bids received or the quality of bids received, the contracting authority will move automatically to the negotiated procedure without a further notice. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award a contract or to award any option(s) it so wishes. Closing date for receipt of tenders is 12 noon, 17 May 2010. Applicants wishing to tender for this requirement should request a tender pack in writing or by email to the Head of Procurement, Shropshire Council as set out in para 1.1 above.

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

  See V1.4.2 below

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Shropshire Council 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 the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the contact in Section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S1 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 and Wales). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages.

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

  See V1.4.2 above

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

  31.3.2010