Tender: Belfast: related mining and quarrying products

UK-Belfast: related mining and quarrying products

2009/S 249-358300

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

Address: Organisation: Department of Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland, Attn: Kate Hegarty, Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail: Kate.hegarty@dfpni.gov.uk.

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:

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

General public services.

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:

DARD Supply and Delivery of Quarry Products.

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

Supplies.

Purchase.

Main place of delivery: Northern Ireland.

NUTS code: Location: "NORTHERN IRELAND">UKN.

II.1.3) The notice involves:
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:

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

Estimated value excluding VAT: 470 000 GBP.

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

DARD Supply and delivery of Quarry Products.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Related mining and quarrying products">14500000 .

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

Yes.

II.1.8) Division into lots:
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2) Options:
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:
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:
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:
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:

Lowest price.

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:

Project 1545.

IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:

22.1.2010 - 11:59.

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: 27.1.2010 - 15:00.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.

Authorised representatives of Supplies and Services.

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:

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content - Click the 'Express Interest' button in the 'Actions' box on the left-hand side of the page - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - You can now access any attachments by clicking the 'Settings and Buyer Attachments' in the 'Actions' box 3. Responding to the tender - You can now choose to 'Reply' or 'Reject' (please give a reason if rejecting) - You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then publish your reply using the publish button in the 'Actions' box on the left-hand side of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

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: Central Procurement Directorate, on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from Central Procurement Directorate (see 1.1). If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules 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 authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into].

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

18.12.2009.