Tender: UK-Warrington: hydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygen

UK-Warrington: hydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygen

2010/S 167-256160

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Sellafield
  Hinton House, Birchwood Park Ave
  Hinton House Room H420
  Dave Heyes
  WA3 6GRWarrington
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1925832821
  dave.heyes@sellafieldsites.com
  +44 1925835221

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority http://www.sellafieldsites.com

  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

  Body governed by public law

  Other

  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

  Replacement nitrogen generation plant.

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

  Supplies

  Purchase

  Main place of delivery Sellafield.

  Cumbria.

  NUTS code UKD

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  A public contract

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

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

  Design, manufacture, works test, assemble, deliver to site, install and commission a nitrogen generation plant.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  24111000

• 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

  Design and supply 2 plants as follows:

  Plant A to provide an intermittent nitrogen supply.

  Plant B to provide a continuous nitrogen supply or a single plant to fulfill both requirements.

  Excluding VAT 2 500 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

  Starting 1.3.2011. Completion 31.7.2012

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

  Parent company guarantees may be required at Sellafield Ltd’s discretion.

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

  Payment terms will be as stated in British Nuclear Group's tender documents.

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

  No legal form is required, but in the event of a group of contractors submitting an acceptable offer, it will be necessary to provide an undertaking that each company or firm will be jointly and severally responsible for the due performance of the contract.

• III.1.4)
  Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

  Yes

  Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.

• 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: Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.

• 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

  1. Compliance with design specifications and a demonstration that the tenderer has understood the specification requirement. Weighting 30

  2. Capability to install Nitrogen Generation Plant in a highly regulared and constrained working environment. Weighting 5

  3. Compliance with Sellafield Ltd Schedule and project management requirements. Weighting 30

  4. Health, safety and environment systems. Weighting 10

  5. Quality assurance systems. Weighting 5

  6. Price. Weighting 20

• 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

  A20001666-2000241814

• 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 29.9.2010 - 15:00

  Payable documents No

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

  8.10.2010 - 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 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

• IV.3.8)
  Conditions for opening tenders

  Date: 8.10.2010 - 12:00

  Place

  Hinton House.

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  Procurement personnel.

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

  Tenderers must register their interest, obtain further information for this contract and submit their tender response via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system which can be found at the following address https://ctm.sharedsystems.co.uk/sellafield.asp.

  Initial registration of your company is achieved by using the above site and then clicking on Company Registration.

  Use of CTM is not a qualification criteria but is Sellafield Ltd’s preferred method for submissions. Further details can be obtained regarding this contract and/or CTM through the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative detailed in this notice.

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

  E-mail: Tel. Sellafield Ltd
  Risley
  WA3 6GRWarrington
  UNITED KINGDOM
  dave.heyes@sellafieldsites.com
  +44 1925832821

  Body responsible for mediation procedures

  E-mail: Tel. Fax London Court of International Arbitration
  70 Fleet Street
  EC4 1EULondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  lcia@lcia.org
  +44 2079367007
  +44 2079367008

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The deadline for lodging an appeal shall be in accordance with the provisions of regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S.I 2006 No.5).

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

  As VI.4.1
  UNITED KINGDOM

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

  26.8.2010