UK-Didcot: installation services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

DIDCOT

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:132328-2008

Publication Date:

May 22, 2008

Deadline:

Jul 16, 2008

Buyer:

STFC

Original Language:

English

Address:

STFC
DIDCOT , Oxfordshire
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.scitech.ac.uk

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 98/2008
, #
132328-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): STFC, Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Contact: Mrs Ruth
Taheri, Attn: As above, UK-Didcot OX11 0QX. Tel. (44-1235) 44 63 58.
E-mail: Ruth.Taheri@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk. Fax (44-1235) 44 59 43.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.scitech.ac.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:
Body governed by public law.
Other: Scientific Research.
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:
Specialist on-site pipe welding/fitting services for the ISIS Facility.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 12.
Main place of performance: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science
and Innovation Campus, UK-Didcot OX11 0QX.
NUTS code: 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): 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): ISIS is the
world's leading pulsed neutron/muon source, based at the Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory. Specialist pipe welding/fitting services are required
for on going installations of water/gas systems for low and high pressure
in a range of materials such as stainless steel/carbon steel, plastic and
copper. A high standard of coded welding is required with NDT such as
x-ray and helium leak testing.
Some of the work will be carried out in classified work areas (ionising
radiation) and emergency cover/call-outs may also be required.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 50900000, 45300000.
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: See point II.1.5.
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.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender
documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Lead contractor with joint and several
liability.
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: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See tender
documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See tender documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: See tender documents.
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:
No.
III.3.2) Legal entities 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: Open.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue: Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of
solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated below:
2. Technical capability. Weighting: 50 %.
3. Availability/Response times. Weighting: 20 %.
4. Cost. Weighting: 20 %.
5. Previous experience. Weighting: 10 %.
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:
RT2200.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 9.7.2008.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
16.7.2008 - 11:00.
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: 16.7.2008 - 11:00.
Place: STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Research Council Procurement staff.
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: The Council may award more than one
contract as a result of this tender depending on the areas of expertise.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: See VI.4.2.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: This authority 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 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 address in point I.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
aggreived 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 & 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.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: See VI.4.2.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 21.5.2008.

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