UK-Cardiff: agricultural supplies

Request For Proposals

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

CARDIFF

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:289300-2009

Publication Date:

Oct 17, 2009

Deadline:

Dec 1, 2009

Buyer:

THE WELSH MINISTERS

Original Language:

English

Address:

THE WELSH MINISTERS
CARDIFF, WALES
United Kingdom

Web Site:

http://www.wales.gov.uk/bovinetb

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Notice Type: 2110 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 201/2009, #289300-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global 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): The Welsh Ministers, TB tender
Team Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Contact: All queries to be
addressed via email to btbequipment@wales.gsi.gov.uk stating contract
number C97/2009/10, Attn: TB tender Team,Welsh Assembly Government,
UK-Cardiff CF10 3NQ. E-mail: btbequipment@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.wales.gov.uk/bovinetb.
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.
Economic and financial affairs.
Education.
Environment.
General public services.
Health.
Housing and community amenities.
Public order and safety.
Recreation, culture and religion.
Social protection.
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:
Handling and trapping equipment.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
NUTS code: UKL.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): 1. Background
The Welsh Assembly Government has a commitment to "vigorously pursue a
programme of bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication" in Wales. The
eradication programme is considering all aspects of bovine TB policy,
including cattle surveillance and controls, husbandry practices,
biosecurity and wildlife measures.
On 8.4.2008, Elin Jones, the Minister for Rural Affairs announced a
comprehensive plan of action to eradicate bovine TB in Wales. On
24.3.2009, the Minister announced her intention to establish an Intensive
Action Pilot Area (IAPA) in north Pembrokeshire where there would be
enhanced cattle surveillance and control measures alongside a
non-selective cull of badgers. A consultation exercise on the proposed
Tuberculosis Eradication (Wales) Order 2009 under the Animal Health Act
1981 began on 24.4.2009 and ended on 30.7.2009. The Order is concerned
with providing the Welsh Assembly Government with the authority to destroy
or vaccinate badgers and, if required, the necessary powers of entry to do
so. The order is likely to be scrutinised by the National Assembly for
Wales and if agreed, would come into force by the beginning of November
2009.
Preparatory action, including the procurement of services and goods to
deliver the project on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government, is being
initiated in advance of this date.
2. Aim
The Welsh Assembly Government is seeking to deliver a non-selective badger
cull in north Pembrokeshire, with the aim of eradicating bovine TB in the
area. The cull will be delivered using established techniques and
protocols to ensure that activities are co-ordinated, effective and
delivered to prescribed expectations.
3. Objectives:
The objective is to deliver an effective and efficient badger culling
operation within a predefined area in north Pembrokeshire. To meet this
objective the supply of handling and trapping equipment will be required.
Consortium bids from a group of individuals or companies are welcomed.
The contract will be awarded and final instruction to proceed will be
issued only after the Tuberculosis Eradication (Wales) Order 2009 is in
force.
4. Technical Requirements:
4.1. Security Vetting All members of staff that work on any part of the
IAPA project will be required to undergo security vetting by the Welsh
Assembly Government. The vetting will be appropriate to the relevant level
of security clearance required for each aspect of the work, and will need
to be successfully completed prior to involvement in the delivery of any
activities associated with the IAPA;
4.2. Equipment:
The method of restraint used in the IAPA will be cage trapping. Badgers
will be transferred from the trap into a separate holding cage for
shooting.
The primary requirement is the supply of traps and handling cages for the
trapping within the IAPA. This tender application is for the supply of
both items as a single lot.
It is essential for traps and cages to have the functionality allowing
them to be able to effectively interlock thereby providing a secure
mechanism and method to handle live and dispatched badgers, in accordance
with legal and health and safety requirements.
The welfare of trapped animals is paramount and the design and quality of
trap fabrication should be sufficient to minimise the risk of injury and
stress to the animal whilst restrained.
Operation of the traps and cages should be simple and easy. The materials
used in the construction must be durable given the adverse conditions in
which they will be used.
4.2.1 Specification for Trapping Cage:
— Full design of the trapping cage will be issued as part of the full
tender package,
— The size of the mesh used for the trapping cage has important
implications on welfare and must be 10 gauge (2.5cm x 2.5cm),
— The cage dimensions are to be 86cm x 36cm x 36cm,
— The metal should be galvanised and any sharp edges removed,
— The design should be sufficient to allow for easy handling by one
person;
4.2.2 Specification for Handling Cage
The design for this is not prescribed, however it should at least adhere
to the following criteria:
— The size of the mesh used for the trapping cage has important
implications on welfare and must be 10 gauge (2.5cm x 2.5cm),
— The metal should be galvanised and any sharp edges removed,
— They must be constructed in a way which allows for an easy and secure
method of interlocking to the trapping cage, to aid transferral of the
live animal,
— The cage must include a specially located shooting hole on its top side
(the precise location will be prescribed on award of contract),
— The cage should restrict movement of the badger sufficiently to allow
for clean despatch (by shooting) and easy removal of the carcass to a
secure bag,
— The cage design should allow for easy cleansing and disinfection.
Consideration should be given to incorporating a removable base, which
could include an absorbent disinfected mat (for safe removal of body
fluids),
— The design should be sufficient to allow for easy handling by one
person;
5. Delivery Requirements:
It is anticipated that, 3 000 traps will be required for the trapping
exercise although this may be increased to 6 000 as the TB Eradication
Programme develops. 50 handling cages will be required for despatching
trapped animals with a possible increase to 100 in the future.
It is expected that 1,000 of the traps will be provided within 3 months of
the contract being awarded followed by a further 1 000 traps within 6
months of the award of contract. The full 100 % of the traps will have
been provided within 9 months of the award of contract. The additional
traps and repairs may be required after completion of the original 3 000
traps, this will be agreed with the IAPA contract manager and the supplier
and any additional equipment will need to be completed within 2 years of
the contract award.
It is expected that 30 handling cages will be provided within 3 months of
the contract being awarded. The full 100 % of the handling cages will have
been provided within 6 months of the award of contract. The additional
handling cages and repairs may be required after completion of the
original 50 handling cages, this will be agreed with the IAPA contract
manager and the supplier and any additional equipment will need to be
completed within 2 yrs of the contract award.
The traps and handling cages will need to be transported to a
predetermined location.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 03144000, 77610000.
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: It is anticipated that, 3 000 traps will
be required for the trapping exercise although this may be increased to 6
000 as the TB Eradication Programme develops. 50 handling cages will be
required for despatching trapped animals with a possible increase to 100
in the future.
It is expected that 1 000 of the traps will be provided within 3 months of
the contract being awarded followed by a further 1 000 traps within 6
months of the award of contract. The full 100 % of the traps will have
been provided within 9 months of the award of contract. The additional
traps and repairs may be required after completion of the original 3 000
traps, this will be agreed with the IAPA contract manager and the supplier
and any additional equipment will need to be completed within 2 years of
the contract award.
It is expected that 30 handling cages will be provided within 3 months of
the contract being awarded. The full 100 % of the handling cages will have
been provided within 6 months of the award of contract. The additional
handling cages and repairs may be required after completion of the
original 50 handling cages, this will be agreed with the IAPA contract
manager and the supplier and any additional equipment will need to be
completed within 2yrs of the contract award.
The traps and handling cages will need to be transported to a
predetermined location.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 24 (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: The awarding authority
reserves the right to request parent company and/or other guarantees of
performance and financial liability.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payment terms will
be indicated in the contract documents. Tenders to be priced in Sterling.
Payment to 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: No special legal form required but
joint and several liability to be assumed by all group bidders before
acceptance.
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: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the
courts, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in
any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national
laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the courts or for an
arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar
proceeding under national laws or regulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct
by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can justify;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the
country in which he is established or those of the country of the
contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for
qualitative selection.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Further information will
be provided in the Tender Package.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Further information will be provided in the Tender Package.
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.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 1.
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:
C97/2009/10.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
1.12.2009 - 14:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
Other: English and Welsh.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 2.12.2009 - 10:00.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Welsh Assembly Government staff only.
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: If you require documentation in an
alternative format, please contact the named contact point in this
document who will be able to provide a more suitable format. For example,
Braille, large print, Word document or audio format.
Buy4Wales Reference Number: 18870.
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Telephone: All contacts to
be made via e-mail.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Head of Corporate
Procurement Services, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, UK-Cardiff
CF10 3NQ. E-mail: procurementMailbox-RuralAffairs&Heritage@Wales.GSI.Gov.UK
.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 15.10.2009.

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