UK-Durham: fruit vegetables

Request For Proposals

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

DURHAM

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:96665-2009

Publication Date:

Apr 7, 2009

Deadline:

May 12, 2009

Buyer:

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM

Original Language:

English

Address:

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
DURHAM, NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.durham.ac.uk

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Notice Type: 2120 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 67/2009, #96665-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): University of Durham,
Procurement Service, Mountjoy Block 4, Stockton Road, Attn: Mr Neil Petch,
UK-Durham DH1 3UZ. Tel. +44 1913344542. E-mail:
procurement.office@durham.ac.uk. Fax +44 1913344540.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.durham.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.
Education.
Other: Research.
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:
090305 - Dairy, Fruit & Vegetables and Bread.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: University of Durham - includes a number of sites
within Durham City and one site at Stockton-on-Tees. University of
Northumbria - number of sites within the Newcastle area.
NUTS code: UKC.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
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: 2 200 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The University
of Durham in conjunction with the University of Northumbria (referred to
as the Universities) requires a contract for the Provision of Dairy, Fruit
and Vegetables and Bread. The Universities preferred solution is to award
the contract as a framework agreement, however, the Universities reserve
the right to review all different solutions, if the preferred solution
does not prove to be the best value for money. The contract will be
initially for 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years on a
year by year basis (2+1+1). The extention will be based on performance and
the University's requirements.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 03221200, 15300000,
15500000, 15811100.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
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.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.9.2009. Completion: 31.8.2011.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Fruit and vegetables
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Purchase and delivery of fruit and vegetables.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 15330000, 15300000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Estimated cost excluding VAT: 1 800 000 GBP.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.9.2009 Completion: 31.8.2011.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Dairy
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Purchase and delivery of dairy related products.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 15500000, 15510000, 15511000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Estimated cost excluding VAT: 400 000 GBP.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.9.2009 Completion: 31.8.2011.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: Bread
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Purchase and supply of bread products. Please note
this does not include other bakery items.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 15811100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Estimated cost excluding VAT: Included in costs for
lots 1 and 2 GBP.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.9.2009 Completion: 31.8.2011.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Requested in Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: 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: Requested in
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Requested in
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Leave blank.
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: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 2. Maximum number: 3.
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:
090305.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 12.5.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
12.5.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 25.6.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 3.8.2009 - 12:00.
Place: As in 1 above.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Authorised University personnel.
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.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: As in section V1.4.2
below.
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 two 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 expiry of the standstill
period. Such additional information should be requested from the address
in section 1.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI
2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved 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 and 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 settling 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.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.4.2009.

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