UK-Richmond: cartons, boxes or cases

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

RICHMOND

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:171871-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 5, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 2, 2008

Buyer:

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW

Original Language:

English

Address:

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW
RICHMOND , UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.kew.org

Notice Type: 2120
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 129/2008
, #
171871-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Richmond Surrey, Contact: Catherine Daniels,
Attn: Catherine Daniels, UK-Richmond TW9 3AB. Tel. (44-0) 20 83 32 50 00.
Fax (44-0) 20 83 32 51 97.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.kew.org.
Further information can be obtained at: Project Manager, The Great Plant
Hunt, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Richmond Surrey, Attn: Khairoun Abji,
UK-Richmond TW9 3AB. E-mail: k.abji@kew.org.
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.
Education.
Recreation, culture and religion.
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:
The Great Plant Hunt Treasure Chest and Contents Supply and UK Delivery.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: A delivery point suitable for onward UK delivery
services, TBA.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The aim of the
tender is the procurement of high quality book and toy/novelty products to
support a major UK education programme – ‘The Great Plant Hunt’. The Great
Plant Hunt is a primary school plant science learning initiative,
developed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and funded by the Wellcome
Trust. Kit box resources developed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will
be provided to every primary school in the UK in March 2009. The boxes,
containing teaching materials for every year group in Key Stages 1 and 2,
will enable children aged 5-11 to experience the variation and adaptation
characteristics of plants. The books and other teaching materials
available via the Great Plant Hunt project encourage primary school
children to "follow in the footsteps" of Charles Darwin by going on nature
walks in and around their school grounds. The aim is that children will
find out more about plants, think about the roles plants play in our
lives, and in the process learn key scientific skills.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 21211100, 22111000,
22100000, 22900000, 22300000, 78190000, 36520000.
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: Tooling, where necessary, and
manufacture of approximately 22,000 units of a school kit box with
contents, and logistics and shipment to the UK, including duty, all
clearances and delivery to the UK distribution point. The box and contents
are described in full in the PQQ.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 475 000 and 550 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
6.10.2008. Completion: 9.3.2009.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: RBG Kew reserves the right to
require any deposits, guarantees, bonds and insurance cover it deems
appropriate.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payment will be made
according to the contractual terms and conditions.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: If the contract is awarded to any
grouping of economic operators, it will be necessary for each member of
the grouping to undertake to be jointly and severally liable for the
satisfactory performance of the contract and all obligations owed to RBG
Kew under the contract.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
The scheduling for box delivery to UK schools is not negotiable - it is
imperative that the contractor ensures that the boxes are delivered by 9th
March 2009, including customs and clearance, ready for the UK distributor
point to deliver to schools on or before 16th March 2009. The full tender
will include penalties for late delivery. Any other specific conditions
will be set out in the PQQ and other contractual documentation.
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: Specifics
will be set out in the PQQ.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Specifics will be set
out in the PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Specifics will be set out
in the PQQ.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Specifics will be set out in the PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Specifics will be set out
in the PQQ.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
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 minimum number: 5.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Specific
criteria will be set out in the PQQ.
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.3.2) 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: 31.7.2008.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
2.8.2008.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 15.8.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
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: Potential providers are invited to register
their interest by the deadline specified at IV.3.4 above. All potential
providers expressing an interest will be required to complete a
pre-qualification questionnaire ("PQQ") on the basis of which a shortlist
will be drawn up and potential providers on that shortlist will be invited
to tender. The PQQ will be assessed firstly to confirm whether the
potential provider meets RBG Kew's minimum requirements as regards
economic and financial standing, and technical and professional ability.
Potential providers will also be asked to confirm that none of the matters
referred to in regulation 23 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006
("Regulations") (which may allow or require exclusion of the potential
provider) apply to them or, if they do, to provide details. Potential
providers meeting the minimum standards will be scored against criteria
set by RBG Kew which assess the strength of the potential providers'
financial position, their professional and technical standing and the
extent of potential providers' experience – including but not limited to
experience in relation to manufacture and publishing work, environmental
sustainability and/or where working with educational organisations have
been important.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: High Court, Royal Courts
of Justice, High Court Royal Courts of Justice The Strand, UK-London WC2A
2LL. Tel. (44-0) 20 79 47 60 00.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: RBG Kew will incorporate a ten calendar day standstill
period at the point at which notice of the award is communicated to
participants who expressed an interest, which may request debriefing. Such
a debrief should be requested from the person noted at I.1 of this Notice.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved, the Regulations provide for aggrieved parties to take action in
the High Court. Such action must be brought promptly (generally within
three months).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 2.7.2008.

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