Tender: UK-Wakefield: clay

UK-Wakefield: clay

2010/S 70-105022

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
  41 Industrial Park
  Contracts Department
  Alex Temprell
  WF2 0XEWakefield
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1924834861
  contracts@ypo.co.uk
  +44 1924834860

  Further information can be obtained at:Attn: Tel. Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
  41, Industrial Park
  Ed Smith
  WF2 0XEWakefield
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1924834863

  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 Yes

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  UK-Wakefield: pottery supplies.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery Wakefield, however, the provision may be required for UK wide.

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  The establishment of a framework agreement

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  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

  Range: between 600 000 and 800 000 GBP

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

  This tender is for the supply of clay, glazes, modelling tools and the supply and installation of kilns as used by the education market. Clay. Enamels and glazes.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  14221000, 44812100

• 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

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

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 600 000 and 800 000 GBP

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Starting 1.8.2010. Completion 31.7.2014

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

  Tenders must be priced in sterling and all payments will be made in sterling.

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

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

  (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

  (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

  (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

  (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

  (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

  (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

  (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)
Technical capacity

• 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

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

  Quality. Weighting 30 %

  Cost. Weighting 35 %

  Delivery. Weighting 20 %

  Sustainability. Weighting 5 %

  Customer Service. 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

  000049

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

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

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 12.5.2010 - 14:00

  Payable documents No

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

  17.5.2010 - 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

  Duration in month(s): 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1)
THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

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

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  GO reference: GO 10033115/01.

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:

  31.3.2010