Contract award: Ayr: rock salt

UK-Ayr: rock salt

2009/S 174-250638

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE

Supplies

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

Address: Organisation: South Ayrshire Council,

Newton House, 30 Green Street Lane

, Contact: Corporate Services, Strategic Procurement, Attn: Andrew Shilliday, Country code: UK-Ayr Postal code: KA8 8BH. Tel. +44 1292612955. E-mail: Andy.shilliday@south-ayrshire.gov.uk. Fax +44 1292612954.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk.

Address of the buyer profile: http://publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00405.

I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

Regional or local authority.

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:

UK AYR - CE-19-09 - Supply & Delivery of Spreading Salt for Roads.

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

Supplies.

Purchase.

Main place of delivery: To deliver to various locations within the geographical boundaries of participating Councils.

NUTS code Location: "UNITED KINGDOM">UK.

II.1.3) The notice involves:
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

Supply and delivery of spreading salt for roads.

South Ayrshire Council, North Ayrshire Council, East Ayrshire Council, Inverclyde Council, West Dunbartonshire Council, Renfrewshire Council and East Renfrewshire Council do not bind itself to buy all or any of the goods as detailed in the tender documents, its is expected that the above named Councils will purchase the spreading salt to be delivered to depots and sites across the Councils as detailed in the pricing schedule of the tender documents.

Contractors may offer to supply any or all Authorities but must contract to supply all delivery locations within the Authority Area for which they quote.

II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Rock salt">14410000 .

II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

Yes.

II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s):

Value: 787 900 GBP.

Excluding VAT.

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

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

Open.

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

Lowest price.

IV.2.2) An electronic auction was used:
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the Contracting Authority:
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:

Contract notice

Notice number in OJ: ="169199-2009">2009/S 117-169199 of 20.6.2009.

SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT

CONTRACT NO: CE/19/09

TITLE: Supply and Delivery of Spreading Salt for Roads.

V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD:

1.9.2009.

V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:

2.

V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED:

Address: Organisation: Salt Sales Co.,

Fort Road

, Country code: UK-Carrickgfergus, Co. Antrim Postal code: BT38 9BT. E-mail: alwyn@irishsaltmining.com. Tel. +44 2893351151. Fax +44 2893364849.

V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT

Initial estimated total value of the contract:

Value: 1 400 000 GBP.

Total final value of the contract:

Value: 787 900 GBP.

V.5) THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS:
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations:

South Ayrshire Council;

North Ayrshire Council;

East Ayrshire Council;

Inverclyde Council;

West Dunbartonshire Council;

Renfrewshire Council;

East Renfrewshire Council;

(SC Ref:166362).

VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals:

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: South Ayrshire Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of 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 requested from the contact detailed in part 1.1 of the Contract Notice. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006 No1) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rule to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. 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 award decision before the contract is entered into).

VI.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

9.9.2009.