Tender: Bath: rock salt

UK-Bath: rock salt

2010/S 18-024991

CONTRACT NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

Address: Organisation: Medical & General Supplies (M&GS), DE&S,

Annexe A3, Block F, Foxhill

, Contact: MedGSC1b, Bath Postal code: BA1 5AB, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1225883267. E-mail: DESMedGS-Comrcl1b@mod.uk. Fax +44 1225884505.

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.

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:

UK - MedGSC1b/098 - Supply of bagged and loose rock salt.

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

Supplies.

Purchase.

Main place of delivery: Oxfordshire.

NUTS code: Location: "Oxfordshire">UKJ14.

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): 2.

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

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 GBP.

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

Rock salt. Supply and delivery of bagged and loose rock salt and bagged salt for water softening. All supplies must conform to the requirements of BS3247:1991 for rock salt and BS998:1990 for water softening salt. Delivery of bagged salt will be to Bicester but bulk rock salt will be direct to users mainly in Scotland, the North east and East. The contract will run for 1 year with the option to extend by 1 year.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Rock salt">14410000 .

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:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 GBP.

II.2.2) Options:

Yes.

Description of these options: Option to extend initial 1 year period of contract by a further year.

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

Starting: 30.8.2010. Completion: 29.8.2012.

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:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (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 for compulsory winding up or 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 judgement which has he 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 ay means which the contracting 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 organisation 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.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (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 3 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 on these turnovers is available,.

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;

(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;

(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;

(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;

(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

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:

Restricted.

IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:

Envisaged number of operators 6.

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.

Yes. A Reverse Auction, conducted using electronic means, may be used as part of the procurement process for this requirement. Specific relevant information on Reverse Auction usage will be given in the Invitation to Tender.

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

MedGS/C1b/098.

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

No.

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:

26.2.2010 - 10:00.

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

14.4.2010.

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: IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

Yes.

Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2012.

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

No.

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.

Advertising Regime OJEU: These contract opportunities are published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin. The award of any subsequent contract arising from such requirements is subject to the Public Contract Regulations 2006. Where advertising is necessary in the OJEU and the DCB, the content of the two adverts must be exactly the same. Tracker Reference: TKR-2010126-DCB-1412509 GO Reference: GO-2010126-DCB-1412510.

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

Address: Organisation: Medical & General Supplies (M&GS), DE&S.

Body responsible for mediation procedures:

Address: Organisation: Medical & General Supplies (M&GS), DE&S.

VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:

Address: Organisation: Medical & General Supplies (M&GS), DE&S.

VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

26.1.2010.