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UK-Stornoway: rock salt

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   STORNOWAY
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:309876-2009
Publication Date:   Feb 18, 2010
Deadline:   Jan 12, 2010
Buyer:   COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR
STORNOWAY, Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
United Kingdom
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Notice Type: 2110 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 215/2009, #309876-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price


Update: Dec 4, 2009


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 234/2009, #333706-2009
Referenced Document Number: 309876-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price


Update: Feb 18, 2010


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 34/2010, #48061-2010
Referenced Document Number: 309876-2009
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): Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,
Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Contact: Technical Services, Attn: Donald
MacRae, UK-Stornoway HS1 2BW. Tel. +44 1851703773. E-mail:
dmacrae@cne-siar.gov.uk. Fax +44 1851705349.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00262.
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: Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar, Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Contact: Executive Department, Attn:
Chief Executive, UK-Stornoway HS1 2BW. Tel. +44 1851703773. E-mail:
dmacrae@cne-siar.gov.uk. Fax +44 1851705349. URL:
http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Tender for the Annual Supply and Delivery of Rock Salt.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Western Isles Area.
NUTS code: UKM64.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Comhairle nan
Eilean Siar being the Roads Authority for the Western Isles area is
seeking expressions of interest for the supply and delivery of road salt
for the winter period of 2009-2010.
Due to the geographical spread of the islands and the requirement for salt
in all areas it is common practice to hold stock at a number of locations
across the islands. Salt requires to be delivered to strategic port
locations with onward transfer to local salt piles. Tenderers will be
required to supply salt directly onto vehicles, supplied by the authority,
at the Piers. Quantities for deliveries range from 400 tonnes up to 4 000
tonnes with an average annual requirement for approx 8 000 tonnes.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
Search_Switch.aspx?ID=178265.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 14410000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: See tender documents.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: The Comhairle may at its option extend the
contract for a further 1 year period.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 9 (from
the award of the contract).
Number of possible renewals: 1.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 12 (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: None.
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: 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: See Tender
Documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See Tender Documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See Tender Documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
See Tender Documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See Tender Documents.
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:
2009 - 2010.
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: 18.12.2009.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
5.1.2010 - 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: 5.1.2010 - 14:00.
Place: Stornoway.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Annually.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Authority is a public authority within
the meaning of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (the Act).
All correspondence and documentation submitted will be subject to the
Authority's duties under the Act and may be disclosed in processing a
request for information made under the Act. The applicant should specify
whether any information submitted should not be disclosed because of its
sensitivity and should specify why the information is considered to be
sensitive. The Authority will then consult with the applicant in
considering any request for information deemed by the applicant and the
Authority as being sensitive before replying to such a request.
(SC Ref:178265).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar
days standstill period at the point of 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 2 working days from the
notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and
that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the
expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be
required from the contract in part I.1 of this notice. If an appeal
regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved The
Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006 No.1) provide for
aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach
of the rule to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Any
such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a
contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting 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: 5.11.2009.


Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Technical
Services, attn: Donald MacRae, UK-HS1 2BW Stornoway. Tel. +44 1851703773.
E-mail: dmacrae@cne-siar.gov.uk. Fax +44 1851705349.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 7.11.2009,
2009/S 215-309876)
RE: CPV: 14410000.
Rock salt.
Instead of: IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to
participate: 5.1.2010.
Read: IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to
participate: 12.1.2010 (14:00).
Other additional information
Reason: Due to public holiday, deadline extended.


Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Technical
Services, attn: Donald MacRae, UK-HS1 2BW Stornoway. Tel. +44 1851703773.
E-mail: dmacrae@cne-siar.gov.uk. Fax +44 1851705349.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 7.11.2009,
2009/S 215-309876)
RE: CPV: 14410000.
Rock salt.
Incomplete procedureThe awarding procedure has been discontinued.
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