Tender: Reigate: rescue and emergency equipment

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UK-Reigate: rescue and emergency equipment

2009/S 226-324437

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

Address: Organisation: Firebuy Limited,

70 Wray Park Road, Surrey

, Contact: Procurement Delivery, Attn: Michelle van Toop, Country code: UK-Reigate Postal code: RH2 0EJ. Tel. +44 1737733640. E-mail: michelle.vantoop@firebuy.gov.uk. Fax +44 1737733689.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.firebuy.gov.uk.

Address of the buyer profile: www.bluelight.gov.uk/opportunities,.

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.

Public order and safety.

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:

Water rescue craft framework.

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

Supplies.

A combination of purchase, lease, rental and hire purchase.

Main place of delivery: Anywhere in UK.

NUTS code: Location: "UNITED KINGDOM">UK.

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: 8.

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

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

Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 GBP.

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

Purchase, lease, rental, service and maintenance (to include hygienic cleansing) of flood and water rescue boats (powered and non-powered) outboard engines, stowage, trailers and ancilliary equipment and accessories.

Firebuy Limited wishes to establish a framework agreement for use by or on behalf of UK public sector bodies (and their statutory successors and organizations created as a result of re-organisations or organisational changes) These will include but not be limited to:

Central Government Departments & their Agencies ( a list of Executive Agencies can be found at http://www.cabunetoffice.gov.uk/ministerial_responsibilities/executive_agencies.aspx), Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) (a list of NDPBs can be found at Annex A to the Public Bodies Directory 2007 published by the cabinet office) which can be found at http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/documents/pdf/public_bodies_2007.pdf); NHS Bodies (ie Acute Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Primary Care Trusts, Care Trusts, NHS Hospital Trusts, Strategic.

Health Authorities, Mental Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts, NHS Scotland (including Scottish Ambulance Service) and its organisations and Special NHS Boards in Scotland(lists of such Authorities and Trusts can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/primarycaretrustlisting.aspx.

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/catorgs

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.html.

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/specialhbs.html,

Local Authorities (ie a local authority as defined in Regulation 3(2)to (5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006("the regulations") a list of such authorities can be foundat: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/directories/localcouncils/AToZof local councils/DG_AZ_LG,

Police & Emergency Service Authorities (ie fire authorities, fire and rescue authorities (a list of fire authorities.

Can be found at: http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/UKFRS.php)),police authorities and the Metropolitan Police Authority as defined by Regulation 3(1)(J) to (P) of the Regulations, Educational Establishments (ie schools maintained by local Powered by Bravosolution esourcing technology 16/20.

Authorities; Academies; City Technology Colleges; the Learning and Skills Council; further education.

Establishments, universities and registered social landlords(RSLs)(a list of RSLs can be found at http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.489).

Registered Charities as detailed at http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/.

Devolved Administrations including those detailed at http://scotland.gov.uk/Home,http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/,http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en,http://www.nio.gov.uk.

The Airport Operators Association as detailed at http://www.aoa.org.uk/about/interactive_map.asp.

Firebuy Limited intends to use an e-tendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Rescue and emergency equipment">35112000 .

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:

The actual quantities are not known because usage depends on the number of predicted incidents.

Health Authorities, Mental Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts, NHS Scotland (including Scottish Ambulance Service) and its organisations and Special NHS Boards in Scotland (lists of such Authorities and Trusts can be found at:

http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/primarycaretrustlisting.aspx.

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/catorgs

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/index.html.

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/specialhbs.html,

Local Authorities (ie a local authority as defined in Regulation 3(2)to (5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 ("the regulations") a list of such authorities can be found at: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/directories/localcouncils/AToZof local councils/DG_AZ_LG,

Police & Emergency Service Authorities (ie fire authorities, fire and rescue authorities (a list of fire authorities can be found at: http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/UKFRS.php)),police authorities and the Metropolitan Police Authority as defined by Regulation 3(1)(J) to (P) of the Regulations, Educational Establishments (ie schools maintained by local Powered by Bravosolution esourcing technology 16/20.

Authorities; Academies; City Technology Colleges; the Learning and Skills Council; further education.

Establishments, universities and registered social landlords(RSLs) (a list of RSLs can be found at http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.489).

Registered Charities as detailed at http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/.

Devolved Administrations including those detailed at http://scotland.gov.uk/Home,http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/,http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en,http://www.nio.gov.uk.

The Airport Operators Association as detailed at http://www.aoa.org.uk/about/interactive_map.asp.

Firebuy Limited intends to use an e-tendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.

II.2.2) Options:

No.

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

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract).

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

A deed of guarantee may be required at the discretion of the calling-off Authority in relation to the individual call-off contracts. the form of such deeds will be provided in the ITT.

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

This will be determined by the terms of the call-off contracts entered into pursuant to the framework agreements and will be stated within mini-competition requirements run by the calling-off authority which will not be limited to purchase price only.

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

Expressions of interest may be submitted by a single candidate or a consortium. if a candidate is a consortium, each member may be required to contract on the basis of joint and several liability. Firebuy reserves the right to disqualify any consortium which changes its composition after submitting a tender without the prior consent of Firebuy.

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

Yes.

The manufacturer of the product shall have a recognised Quality Management System such as ISO 9001: 2000 or equivalent.

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 separate Invitation to Tender (ITT) which you can only obtain from www.bluelight.gov.uk/opportunities. Click on the 'Login' link found at the top right of the screen, then enter the following reference number in the search criteria "contains": box: QTLE-7XYGFS, click on the tender opportunity title and select the "Register Interest" button.

If you are not already registered on the Bluelight ProContract eTendering system, you will need to do so by clicking on the "Register Free" link on the left hand side. Once your registration has been accepted you will then need to return to this tender opportunity, login and register your interest.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

III.2.3) Technical capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

See separate Invitation to Tender (ITT) which you can only obtain from www.bluelight.gov.uk/opportunities. Click on the 'Login' link found at the top right of the screen, then enter the following reference number in the search criteria "contains": box: QTLE-7XYGFS, click on the tender opportunity title and select the "Register Interest" button.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

The manufacturer of the product shall have a recognised Quality Management System such as ISO 9001: 2000 or equivalent.

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:

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: See separate Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) which you can only obtain from www.bluelight.gov.uk/opportunities. Contract Reference QTLE-7LGE4A.

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:

QTLE-7XYGFS.

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

Notice on a buyer profile

Notice number in OJ: ="119673-2009">2009/S 083-119673 of 30.4.2009.

IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

Payable documents: no.

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

8.1.2010 - 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:

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.

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:

Economic Operators wishing to express an interest in this tender opportunity, and obtain further information, must go to www.bluelight.gov.uk/opportunities, and click on the 'Login' link found at the top right of the screen, then enter the following reference number in the search criteria "contains": box: QTLE-7XYGFS, click on the tender opportunity title and select the "Register Interest" button.

Please note: The expressions of interest window for this tender opportunity will be open from 22.11.09 to 8.1.10.

Firebuy is not liable for candidates' or tenderers' costs in connection with this procurement procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, nor if the competition is cancelled or postponed.

VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The contracting authority, will incorporate a minimum 10 day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek a further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.

If an appeal regarding the award of contract cannot be resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). 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 contracting authority to amend certain documents. If the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.

VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

20.11.2009.

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