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NL-Petten: the supply and maintenance of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack at the JRC-IE

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General Information
Country:   Netherlands
City/Locality:   PETTEN
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:268327-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 21, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 6, 2009
Buyer:   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
PETTEN, Alkmaar en omgeving
Netherlands
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Notice Type: C298 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 187/2009, #268327-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price


Update: Nov 21, 2009


Notice Type: C298 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 225/2009, #322081-2009
Referenced Document Number: 268327-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): European Commission, Joint
Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Westerduinweg 3, Attn: Marianka
Jelierse, NL-1755 LE Petten. Tel. +31 224565014. E-mail:
JRC-IE-PROCUREMENT@ec.europa.eu. Fax +31 224565607.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/callsfortender.
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:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
General public services.
Other: 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:
The supply and maintenance of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack at the
JRC-IE.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: The JRC-IE in Petten (Westerduinweg 3, 1755 LE
Petten, NETHERLANDS).
NUTS code: NL322.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The European
Commission (EC) through the Institute for Energy (IE) of the
Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Petten, Netherlands
(hereinafter: the Commission) has established and operates laboratories to
conduct research fuel cells through testing. The Commission seeks to
purchase 1 solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack housed in a gas-tight and
insulated casing or as an appropriate furnace (enclosure) including
ancillaries such as heaters, tubing, connectors and wiring (hereinafter:
the equipment) to perform tests under various operating conditions and
using a variety of different fuels as part of its research. The scope of
this call for tender is the manufacture, delivery, installation,
commissioning (including training), warranty and maintenance of the
equipment.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 38900000, 50000000.
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: Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 60 000 and 100 000 EUR.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 54 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: See tender documents.
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: Tenders can be submitted by groupings
of suppliers who will not be required to adopt a particular legal form
prior to the contract being awarded. However, a grouping of firms must
nominate 1 party to be responsible for the receipt and processing of
payments for members of the grouping, for managing the service
administration, and for coordination and safety. In the case of groupings
of contractors, the documents required and listed in the following point
III.2 may be supplied by every member of the grouping. A grouping of
suppliers may be requested to assume a legal form such as a consortium
after it has been awarded the contract.
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: 1) Tenderers
will not be eligible to take part in this contract award procedure if they
are in any of the exclusion situations listed in Articles 93 and 94 of
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25.6.2002 (OJ L 248 of
16.9.2002) as amended by Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006
of 13.12.2006 (OJ L 390 of 30.12.2006) as amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1525/2007 of 17.12.2007 (OJ L 343 of 27.12.2007). Tenderers must
also furnish the documents stipulated in Article 134(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23.12.2002 (OJ L 357 of
31.12.2002), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
1261/2005 of 20.7.2005 (OJ L 201 of 2.8.2005), by Commission Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 1248/2006 of 7.8.2006 (OJ L 227 of 19.8.2006) and by
Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 478/2007 of 23.4.2007 (OJ L 111 of
28.4.2007) (see tender documents). Should a contract be awarded, the
contractor may be requested to produce the supporting documents required
in Article 134(3) of the abovementioned Commission Regulation.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: 2) the presentation of
balance sheets or extracts from balance sheets for at least the last 2
years for which accounts have been closed, where publication of the
balance sheet is required under the company law of the country in which
the economic operator is established.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
3) a list of references regarding the supply and related maintenance of
comparable equipment performed in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates,
recipients and a short description of the equipment supplied and services
performed.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Ad.3) At least 3 references.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
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 will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
106024 — IE/2009/02/14/OC.
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: 4.11.2009.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
4.11.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: Spanish. Danish. German. Greek. English. French. Italian. Dutch.
Portuguese. Finnish. Swedish. Czech. Estonian. Hungarian. Lithuanian.
Latvian. Maltese. Polish. Slovak. Slovenian. Irish. Bulgarian. Romanian.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender: Duration in month(s): 9 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 10.11.2009 - 10:00.
Place: Institute for Energy, Westerduinweg 3, 1755 LE Petten, NETHERLANDS,
Building 308, room 122.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
The Commission within the awarding authority, plus 1 representative of
each candidate service provider, duly mandated, and having communicated in
writing at the latest 1 day in advance of the intention to be present, the
representative's name and function.
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 tender documents and any additional
information are available on a dedicated section of the contracting
authority's website: http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/callsfortender
In exceptional circumstances contacts may be made on the tenderer's
initiative not later than 29.10.2009, by e-mail to
JRC-IE-PROCUREMENT@ec.europa.eu in order (and only for this reason) to
clarify the nature of the contract (see letter of invitation). In so far
as it has been requested in good time and in accordance with tender
documents, the additional information will be made available
simultaneously to tenderers on the contracting authority's web site:
http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/callsfortender
The tenderers are invited to regularly check this Internet address where
answers to requests for additional information and to relevant questions
will be made available. It is the responsibility of the tenderers to check
updates and modifications during the tendering period.
A briefing by an on-site visit is scheduled to be held on 15.10.2009
(10:00) at the JRC-IE Petten site, which may be attended by 2
representatives per interested party, having informed Ms Jelierse in
writing (JRC-IE-PROCUREMENT@ec.europa.eu) 1 day in advance at the latest
of their intention to attend, of their names and functions. For security
reasons you must provide a current identity card or passport when you
enter the Petten site (driver's licence will not be accepted).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance
of the European Communities, rue du Fort Niedergrünewald, L-2925
Luxembourg. E-mail: CFI.Registry@curia.europa.eu. Tel. +352 4303-1. URL:
http://curia.europa.eu/. Fax +352 4303-2100.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or,
in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to knowledge.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Court of First Instance of the European Communities, rue du
Fort Niedergrünewald, L-2925 Luxembourg. E-mail:
CFI.Registry@curia.europa.eu. Tel. +352 4303-1. URL:
http://curia.europa.eu/. Fax +352 4303-2100.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 17.9.2009.


Incomplete procedure
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 29.9.2009,
2009/S 187-268327)
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy,
attention: Marianka Jelierse, Westerduinweg 3, 1755 LE Petten,
NETHERLANDS. Tel. +31 224565014. Fax +31 224565607. E-mail:
JRC-IE-PROCUREMENT@ec.europa.eu
Note:
The awarding procedure has been declared unsuccessful.
The tender received was unacceptable. The contracting authority decided to
cancel the open procedure and, in accordance with Articles 127.1(a) and
127.2 of the implementing rules of the Financial Regulation, reserves the
right to negotiate with the only tenderer that submitted an offer which
met the exclusion/selection criteria set out in the call for tender.
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