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IRL-Dundalk: electricity

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Ireland
City/Locality:   DUNDALK
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:315051-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 13, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 21, 2009
Buyer:   LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL
DUNDALK, IRELAND
Ireland
Web Site:   http://www.louthcoco.ie

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2110 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 219/2009, #315051-2009
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): Louth County Council, County
Hall, Millennium Centre, Co Louth, Attn: Garrett Shine, IRL-Dundalk. Tel.
+353 429324345. E-mail: garrett.shine@louthcoco.ie. Fax +353 429334549.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.louthcoco.ie.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01586.
Further information can be obtained at: Louth County Council, County Hall,
Millennium Centre, Co Louth, Attn: Garrett Shine, IRL-Dundalk. Tel. +353
429324345. Fax +353 429334549. URL: http://www.louthcoco.ie.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Louth County Council, County Hall, Millennium Centre, Co Louth, Attn:
Garrett Shine, IRL-Dundalk. Tel. +353 429324350. E-mail:
garrett.shine@louthcoco.ie. Fax +353 429334549. URL:
http://www.louthcoco.ie.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Louth County Council,
County Hall, Millennium Centre, Co Louth, Attn: Garrett Shine,
IRL-Dundalk. Tel. +353 429324345. E-mail: garrett.shine@louthcoco.ie. Fax
+353 429334549. URL: http://www.louthcoco.ie.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local agency/office.
General public services.
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:
Tender for the supply of metered electricity and unmetered electricity to
Louth Local Authorities.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: County Louth, Ireland.
NUTS code: IE.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Tenders are
invited by Louth County Council, Dundalk Town Council and Drogheda Borough
Council for the supply of electricity to various facilities operated by
the Councils at locations throughout County Louth.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the eTenders Web Site at
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=105633.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 09310000, 65310000.
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: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Tenders are invited by Louth County
Council, Dundalk Town Council and Drogheda Borough Council for the supply
of metered electricity to various facilities operated by the Council at
locations throughout County Louth. These locations will all be referred to
as sites in this document. The sites are listed in spreadsheet files that
are available as part of the tender documents. The duration of each supply
contract shall be from 1st February 2010 up to 31.12.2011.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.2.2010. Completion: 31.12.2011.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO 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) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the
relevant State in which the candidate is established
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the
economic operator is established.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide a reference from their bank.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate
and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type
to the subject matter of this notice.
(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or
extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(1) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an
independent body attesting conformity to environmental management
standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
(EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by
an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with
quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards.
(3) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the
supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates
on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration
received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the
services were provided.
(4) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
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.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
21.12.2009 - 12:00.
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).
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Louth County Council, Dundalk Town Council
and Drogheda Borough Council are subject to the Freedom of Information
Acts 1997-2003. If the Tenderer considers that any information supplied is
either economically sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be
highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity specified. In such cases,
the relevant information will, in response to FOI requests, be examined in
the light of exemptions provided by the Acts.
Louth County Council, Dundalk Town Council and Drogheda Borough Council
will not be responsible for costs, charges or expenses incurred by the
tenderers, whether or not a final contract is awarded.
The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following
organisations:
Louth County Council is acting on its own behalf and on behalf of Dundalk
Town Council and Drogheda Borough Council, collectively known as "Louth
Local authorities".
(ET Ref:105633).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 11.11.2009.
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