UK-Banbury: technical consultancy services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

BANBURY

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:162252-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 25, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 15, 2008

Buyer:

THE WASTE & RESOURCES ACTION PROGRAMME

Original Language:

English

Address:

THE WASTE & RESOURCES ACTION PROGRAMME
BANBURY , UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.wrap.org.uk

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 121/2008
, #
162252-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): The Waste & Resources Action
Programme, The Old Academy, Attn: Sindy Matthews, UK-Banbury OX16 0AH.
Tel. (44) 012 95 81 99 00. E-mail: sindy.matthews@wrap.org.uk. Fax (44)
012 95 81 99 11.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.wrap.org.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.
Environment.
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:
Technical Advisors Framework Contract.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: UK.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 120.
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): The purpose of
this invitation to tender is to create a list of contractors available on
a Technical Advisors Framework Contract.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74210000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Scope of work.
This framework contract will be set up in a series of twelve lots:
Lot 1 Aggregates Advisors;
Lot 2 Glass Advisors;
Lot 3 Materials Sorting Advisors;
Lot 4 Organics Advisors;
Lot 5 Paper Advisors;
Lot 6 Plastics Advisors;
Lot 7 Biodegradable and Compostable Polymer Advisors;
Lot 8 Waste Minimisation Advisors Packaging and Product Waste;
Lot 9 Waste Minimisation Advisors Food and Food Waste;
Lot 10 Wood Advisors;
Lot 11 Electrical and Electronic Products;
Lot 12 Sectoral Advisors.
This framework contract is likely to be the main way in which WRAP will
procure the services of such advisors.
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).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO Lot 1
TITLE: Aggregates Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list.
Aggregate processing equipment and recycling operations.
Recycled and secondary aggregate use in hydraulically and cement bound
applications.
Recycled and secondary aggregates in bitumen bound applications.
Recycled and secondary aggregates in unbound applications.
Aggregates standards, specifications and testing procedures.
Waste Management Licensing.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 14212200, 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 2
TITLE: Glass Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list.
Processing of recycled glass to remelt standards.
Glass product manufacture.
Glass wool insulation manufacture.
Glass reprocessing equipment.
Recycled content in glass products.
Glass markets.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 26110000, 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 3
TITLE: Materials Sorting Advisors (MSW, C&I and C&D streams only)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list for sorting technologies for separately
collected commingled/single stream recyclable materials.
Design of bulking and sorting facilities for dry recyclables.
Cost effective and efficient operations of bulking and sorting facilities.
Process design.
Process optimisation and de-bottle necking.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 4
TITLE: Organics Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list.
Operational efficiencies associated with running an organic waste
management facility and/or product blending facility.
Technologies associated with in-vessel composting and anaerobic digestion
facilities.
Organics recycling and market development in an international context,
especially relating to one or more of: Europe, North America, Asia or
Australia.
Use of composted products or digestates.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 5
TITLE: Paper Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list.
Collection of and systems for paper recycling;
Mill operations in one or more paper sectors;
Paper markets, including the recovered paper market;
Other applications and technologies associated with recovered paper;
The European paper industry.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 21120000, 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 6
TITLE: Plastics Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list:
Plastics (virgin and recycled) technology/equipment.
Supply chains;
Process design;
Process optimisation and de-bottle necking;
Cost control and reduction;
Quality assurance;
Plastic packaging design.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 25200000, 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 7
TITLE: Biodegradable and Compostable Polymer Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list:
Biopolymer technology/equipment;
Supply chains;
Process design and optimisation;
Cost control and reduction;
Quality assurance;
Health and safety;
Biopolymer packaging design;
Areas of expertise not covered in the above list but specifically relevant
to biopolymers.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 8
TITLE: Waste Minimisation Advisors - (Packaging and Product Waste)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require detailed knowledge of and the
ability to present, assess, advise, research and audit at least one of the
following:
Retail packaging design and production primary, secondary and tertiary,
including rapid prototyping and packaging systems relative to waste
minimisation and packaging optimisation;
Eco-design (including product reformulation), design for recyclability and
re-use and design for disassembly;
Scenario building and analysis;
International best practice in the retail sector in terms of product and
packaging waste including tooling, machinery and future technologies;
Retail waste management and minimisation research and analysis, including
waste auditing.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 9
TITLE: Waste Minimisation Advisors Food and Food Waste
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require detailed knowledge of and the
ability to present, assess, advise, research and audit at least one of the
following:
Product design, development and innovation (with reference to food and
packaging; particularly shelf-life preservation and enhancement);
Food and food factory technologies and engineering systems (including
formulation, processing, storage, preservation and packaging);
Plant physiology (particularly post harvest);
Supply chain optimisation (including auditing, quality control, shelf life
testing; waste reduction; from farm to fork);
Food industry supply contracts and other commercial arrangements (e.g.
retail promotional mechanics, take back clauses and contract penalties);
Food industry inventory control and tracking, demand forecasting and
logistics.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 10
TITLE: Wood Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list:
Wood technology/equipment;
Wood treatments and products;
Collection of and systems for wood recycling;
Wood markets, including the biomass market;
Other applications and technologies associated with recovered wood eg
incineration.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 02100000, 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 11
TITLE: Electrical and Electronic Products
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list:
Design, manufacture and marketing of electrical and electronic products.
Technical and operational aspects of recycling and reprocessing of
recyclates from WEEE;
Commercial knowledge of WEEE material outlet markets;
Expertise of the WEEE directive and its implementation in the UK and EU;
Expertise of the Batteries directive and its implementation in the UK and
EU.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
LOT NO Lot 12
TITLE: Sectoral Advisors
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This will require a high degree of expertise and
ability to provide independent advice in one or more of the topics in the
following non-exclusive list of high level sectors:
Commercial;
Construction;
Education;
Health;
Housing;
Industrial;
Leisure;
Process Engineering;
Retail;
Transport.
Tenderers for LOT 12 should clearly state in their tender the extent of
their expertise, breaking this down into sub sectors where applicable.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74210000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE:
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: Tenders must be
priced in sterling and payment will be made in sterling only.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Proposals will be considered from
single suppliers or consortium bidders. No special legal form is required
but in any collaborative bid one supplier will be deemed to be the prime
contractor.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Tenderers will need to
provided last published accounts or equivalent, sufficient to enable WRAP
to form a view of the Tenderer's financial status.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Description of relevant experience and
qualifications of the Tenderer and the Tenderer's key personnel.
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:
Yes.
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 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: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
FRA036.
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: 8.8.2008 - 14:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
15.8.2008 - 14:00.
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 month(s): 3 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 15.8.2008 - 14:00.
Place: WRAP Head Office, Banbury, UK.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
WRAP employees or authorised representatives of WRAP.
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 information detailed within this notice
is offered in good faith for the guidance of tenderers, but no warranty or
representation is given as to the accuracy or completeness of the
information provided and WRAP and its advisors shall not be under any
liability for any error, misstatement or omission. No aspect of this
procedure will constitute a contract or part of a contract. Tenderers
participate in the process on the understanding that the procedure may not
proceed for any reason.
Tenderers are asked to note that all tenders must be submitted in
accordance with the requirements stipulated within WRAP's Tender
Invitation Document (TID) and any tenders not submitted in accordance with
the requirements of WRAP's TID will be deemed non-compliant. WRAP reserves
the right not to follow up this tender in any way, and in particular not
to enter into any contractual arrangement with any of the Tenderers. WRAP
does not bind itself to enter into negotiations or accept any tender.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: UK-.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Appeals must be lodged within 10 days of the tender
closing.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 23.6.2008.

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