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UK-Belfast: aluminium

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   BELFAST
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:30173-2010
Publication Date:   Jan 30, 2010
Deadline:   Mar 18, 2010
Buyer:   TRANSLINK
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   TRANSLINK
BELFAST, Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.translink.co.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2540 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 21/2010, #30173-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Negotiated procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE – UTILITIES
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Translink, 3 Milewater Road,
Attn: Michelle Carlisle, Belfast BT3 9BG, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44
2890354029. E-mail: michelle.carlisle@translink.co.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting entity: General address of the contract
entity – www.translink.co.uk and www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for 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) MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY: Railway
services
Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
Supply of aluminium, steel & nylon bar.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Northern Ireland.
NUTS code: UKN0.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Translink,
comprising of northern Ireland Railways, Metro and Ulsterbus is the all
embracing title for the integrated public transport operations in northern
Ireland. Translink requires a competent contractor(s) to supply and
deliver its aluminium (sheet metal and extrusions), steel (sheet metal and
extrusions) and nylon bar requirements to its engineering and
infrastructure locations throughout Belfast.
The initial contract will be for a period of 3 years with options to
extend for a further 2 periods of 1 year each.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 14721000, 19520000,
14622000.
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: See II.1.5.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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: Please refer
to www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Please refer to
www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to
www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated
Candidates have already been selected: no.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
005/0157/10.
IV.3.2) Previous publication concerning the same contract:
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
18.3.2010 - 15:00.
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
Other: 1. Browse to the eSourcing portal:
www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
2. Click the "click here to register" link
3. Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue"
4. Enter your correct business and user details
5. Note the username you chose and click "save" when complete
6. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please
keep this
Secure).
7. Login to the portal with the username/password
8. Click the "PQQs open to all suppliers" link. (these are PQQs open to
any registered supplier).
9. Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content
10. Click the "express interest" button in the "actions" box on the
left-hand side of the page. This will move the PQQ over to the "my PQQs"
page. (this is a secure area reserved for your Projects only).
11. Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking
the "settings and buyer attachments" in the "actions" box on the left-hand
side of the page.
12. You can now choose to "reply" or "reject" (please give a reason if
rejecting)
13. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen
instructions to complete the PQQ.
If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution help desk is
available Mon – Fri (8:00 – 18:00) on:
— Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk,
— Phone: 0800 368 4850 / Fax: 020 7080 0480 or download the PQQ manually
from Translink website at www.translink.co.uk/tenders and follow return
instructions.
N.B.: do not leave completing your PQQ / ITT response until the last
minute, late responses shall be rejected.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 1. Browse to the eSourcing Portal:
www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
2. Click the "click here to register" link
3. Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue"
4. Enter your correct business and user details
5. Note the username you chose and click "save" when complete
6. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please
keep this secure).
7. Login to the portal with the username/password
8. Click the "PQQs open to all suppliers" link. (these are PQQs open to
any registered supplier).
9. Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content
10. Click the "express interest" button in the "actions" box on the
left-hand side of the page. This will move the PQQ over to the "my PQQs"
page. (this is a secure area reserved for your Projects only).
11. Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking
the "settings and buyer attachments" in the "actions" box on the left-hand
side of the page.
12. You can now choose to "reply" or "reject" (please give a reason if
rejecting)
13. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen
instructions to complete the PQQ.
If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution help desk is
available Mon – Fri (8:00 – 18:00) on:
— Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk,
— Phone: 0800 368 4850 / Fax: 020 7080 0480.
N.B.: do not leave completing your PQQ / ITT response until the last
minute, late responses shall be rejected.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Please see section
VI.4.2.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Translink 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 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 see
section I.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved the utilities contracts regulations 2006 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 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. [the purpose of the standstill period referred to
above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award
decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 28.1.2010.
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