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Tender: UK-Taunton: binders and related accessories

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UK-Taunton: binders and related accessories

2010/S 161-248479

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

    Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax UKHO
    UK Hydrographic Office
    Mr Brian Stenson
    Mr Brian Stenson
    TA1 2DNTaunton
    UNITED KINGDOM
    +44 1823320627
    brian.stenson@ukho.gov.uk
    +44 1823326885

    Internet address(es)

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

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

    Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

    Defence

    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 of Binders, uPVC Wallets & Media Packs.

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

    Supplies

    Purchase

    Main place of delivery UK Hydrographic Office, Admiralty Way, Taunton, TA1 2DN.

    NUTS code UKK23

  • II.1.3)
    The notice involves

    A public contract

  • II.1.4)
    Information on framework agreement

    Framework agreement with a single operator

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

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is a world leader in the provision of navigational charts and publications and enjoys an excellent reputation for the high quality of its products and services.The UKHO invites expressions of interest to establish a suitable Call Off Contracts for the supply and delivery of 3 lots which consists of uPVC Wallets, Binders and Media packs.

  • II.1.6)
    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    22850000, 22852000, 30197210, 19520000

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

  • 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

    The Authority wishes to establish a suitable Call Off Contracts for the supply of 3 lots which consists of Binders (Lot 1), uPVC Wallets (Lot 2) and Media packs (Lot 3).

    Excluding VAT

    Range between 150 000 and 200 000 GBP

  • II.2.2)
    Options

    No

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

    Starting 29.10.2010. Completion 28.10.2013

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO: 1

    TITLE Binders

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Supply of a number of different binders as specified in section 5.4.1 of the ITT document.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    22850000, 30197210

    • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

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

    5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO: 2

    TITLE uPVC Wallets

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Supply of uPVC wallets as indicated in section 5.4.2 of the ITT document.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    19520000

    • 3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE

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

    5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

    LOT NO: 3

    TITLE Media Packs

  • 1)SHORT DESCRIPTION

    Supply of a number of different Media Packs as specified in section 5.4.3 of the ITT document.

  • 2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)

    22852000, 22850000

    • 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

    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

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:

    (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 compulsory winding up the 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 contract 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 organization, 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.Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  • III.2.2)
    Economic and financial capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

    (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;

    (c) a statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information of these turnovers is available.Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (if applicable):These are the minimum requirements with further detail within the Invitation to Tender documents.

  • III.2.3)
    Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

    (a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;

    (c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator’s undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;

    (i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contracts;

    (j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (if applicable):These are the minimum requirements with further detail within the Invitation to Tender documents.

    • 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 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

    Yes

    An electronic auction will not be used for the award of the framework agreement. Institutions who are calling off from the framework agreement may use an electronic auction if undertaking further competition.

  • IV.3)
    ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
  • IV.3.1)
    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    HA294 004 633

  • 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

    27.8.2010 - 12:00

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

    16.8.2010

  • 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

    Duration in days 90 (from the date stated for receipt of 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: 3-4 Years

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

    No

  • VI.3)
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The whole tender process will be conducted electronically and suppliers will need to register their interest on-line at http://ukhocontracts.ukho.gov.uk. The tender documents will be issued, and will need to be returned, on-line.

    • 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:

    19.7.2010