Tender: UK-Carlisle: rock salt

UK-Carlisle: rock salt

2010/S 70-104993

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Cumbria County Council
  Strategic and Commercial Procurement Barras Lane
  Mr Leslie Hopcroft
  CA7 5NYCarlisle
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1228227757
  leslie.hopcroft@cumbriacc.gov.uk

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.cumbria.gov.uk

• 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 No

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  Road de-icing salt.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery As per the list of salt barns stated in the ITT all sites within the bounderies of Cumbria.

  NUTS code UKD

II.1.3)
The notice involves

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Framework agreement with several operators

  maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged 5

  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 3 000 000 GBP

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

  The supply of road de-icing salt for spreading on highways.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  14410000, 14420000

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

  No

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  Yes

  tenders should be submitted for one or more lots

• II.1.9)
  Variants will be accepted

  No

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

  Lot 1: Our requirement consists of 6 mm road de-icing salt as per the specification included in the ITT. The estimated requirement is in the region of 28 000 tonnes year 1, 23 500 tonnes year 2, 23 500 tonnes year 3, 23 500 tonnes year 4.

  Lot 2: Our requirement consists of dried sea salt as per the specification included in the ITT. 5 000 tonnes year 1, 5 000 tonnes year 2, 5 000 tonnes year 3, 5 000 tonnes year 4.

  Excluding VAT 3 000 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

TITLE Road de-icing salt

• 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

  6 mm road de-icing salt

• 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

  14410000

3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

TITLE Dried sea salt

1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

• 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

  14420000

3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION

5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

  Guarentees maybe required at the authorities discretion.

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

• 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

III.2.4)
Reserved contracts

• 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

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 below

  1. Price. Weighting 60 %

  2. Technical. Weighting 30 %

  3. Environmental. Weighting 10 %

• 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

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

  No

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

  Payable documents No

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

  1.6.2010 - 17:00

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: 2.6.2010 - 09:00

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  Submissions will be held under a time lock within the council e tendering system and the submissions can only be opened after the time limit for reciept has expired. This will be done a authorised person in member services.

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

  Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (NWCE 842 GUD) in the box labelled” contains” then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register Free link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you. If you experience any problems please contact Due North supplier support, tel. number +44 1670597120. Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sectorEconomic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority’s supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.

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:

  8.4.2010