Tender, utilities: Bath: aggregates

UK-Bath: aggregates

2009/S 249-359127

CONTRACT NOTICE – UTILITIES

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY

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

Address: Organisation: Wessex Water Services Ltd,

Claverton Down Road

, Contact: Ashley Mee, Bath Postal code: BA2 7WW, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1225526146. E-mail: ashley.mee@wessexwater.co.uk. Fax +44 1225430217.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting entity: www.wessexwater.co.uk.

Address of the buyer profile: www.wessexwater.co.uk.

Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for 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) MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY:

Water.

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:

Supply of Aggregates, Ready Mixed Concrete and Asphalt/Macadam products.

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

Supplies.

Purchase.

Main place of delivery: Wessex Water Operating Region.

NUTS code: Location: "SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)">UKK.

II.1.3) The notice involves:

The establishment of a framework agreement.

II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:

Framework agreement with a single operator

Duration of the framework agreement Duration in year(s): 5

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

Estimated value excluding VAT 12 500 000 GBP.

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

The supply of Aggregates, Ready Mixed Concrete and Asphalt/Macadam products.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Aggregates">14212200 , CPV code: "Concrete">44114000 , CPV code: "Asphalt">44113620 .

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:

No.

II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2) Options:

No.

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

Starting: 1.4.2010. Completion: 31.3.2015.

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:

Payment will be in accordance with the terms and conditions and payment schedule contained within the agreed contract.

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

Companies who are registered in the European Union.

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:
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

Wessex Water will not be liable for any costs incurred by the applicant in respect of this notice. Wessex Water reserves the right not to award an agreement or contract in connection with this notice.

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 reservedto a particular profession:

No.

III.3.2) Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:

No.

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:

Negotiated

Candidates have already been selected: no.

IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria:

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate.

IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used:
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:

CONS.084.

IV.3.2) Previous publication 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:

14.1.2010 - 17:00.

IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:

English.

IV.3.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.7) Conditions for opening tenders:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

No.

VI.2) CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS:

No.

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

A Pre - qualification questionnaire may be issued after the receipt of expressions of interest.

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 entity will incorporate a minimum of 10 calender day standstill period at the point information on the qualification is communicated to candidates. This period allows unsuccessful candidates to seek further debriefing from the contracting entity. Appellants have two working days from notification of the qualification decision to request additional debriefing and that the information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such information to be requested from the address in Section 1.1.

If an appeal regarding the qualification has not been resolved the Utilities Contracts Regulation (SI 2005 No6) 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. Any such action must be brought about promptly (generally within 3 months).

Where a qualification has not been determined the court may order the deferral of any decision or order the contracting entity to amend any document and may 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:

23.12.2009.