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UK-Gwynedd: related mining and quarrying products

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   GWYNEDD
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:47511-2010
Publication Date:   Feb 17, 2010
Deadline:   Mar 29, 2010
Buyer:   NORTH WALES PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   NORTH WALES PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP
GWYNEDD, WALES
United Kingdom
Web Site:   https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

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Notice Type: 2110 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 33/2010, #47511-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): North Wales Procurement
Partnership, Council Headquarters, Shirehall Street, Caernarfon, Attn:
Miss Zoe Fisher, Gwynedd LL55 1SH, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 7855255168.
E-mail: zoefisher@gwynedd.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk, Tender documents are available
on-line and to be returned to the above web address (please see further
information on accessing the tender documents in section "VI" of this
document)., Attn: Miss Zoe Louise Fisher.
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:
Regional or local authority.
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:
North Wales Collaborative Framework for the supply of Highways Quarry
Materials.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: North Wales.
NUTS code: UKL.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2 years with two
possible extensions each of 1 year.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The North Wales
Procurement Partnership is looking to establish a collaborative framework
agreement for the provision of Highways Quarry Materials.
The Partnership Unit is leading this collaborative procurement for
Highways Quarry Materials in order to establish a framework agreement
which will realise the maximum possible benefits in terms of value for
money and quality of service.
The Partnership, with the support of other contracting bodies, intends to
award the collaborative framework agreement available for use by all North
Welsh contracting Authorities and entities in the public sector including
but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non
Departmental Public Bodies, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Police
Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments and Registered
Social Landlords who have a need to purchase Highways Quarry Materials.
The following contracting authorities have already committed on a
non-contractually binding basis to this procurement: Gwynedd Council,
Conwy County Borough Council, Denbighshire County Council and Flintshire
County Council.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 14500000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The North Wales Procurement Partnership
is looking to establish a collaborative framework agreement for the
provision of Highways Quarry Materials.
The Partnership Unit is leading this collaborative procurement for
Highways Quarry Materials in order to establish a framework agreement
which will realise the maximum possible benefits in terms of value for
money and quality of service.
The Partnership, with the support of other contracting bodies, intends to
award the collaborative framework agreement available for use by all North
Welsh contracting Authorities and entities in the public sector including
but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non
Departmental Public Bodies, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Police
Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments and Registered
Social Landlords who have a need to purchase Highways Quarry Materials.
The following contracting authorities have already committed on a
non-contractually binding basis to this procurement: Gwynedd Council,
Conwy County Borough Council, Denbighshire County Council, Flintshire
County Council.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 24 months with two possible extensions of 12 months each (from the
award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO NWPP_07/01
TITLE: Roadstone and Concrete Aggregates
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Supply of Roadstone and Concrete Aggregates.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 14500000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Supply of roadstone and concrete aggregates
materials (ex-works and delivered), principally into the geographical
areas of Gwynedd (Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and A55-Anglesey), Conwy,
Denbighshire (North and South) and Flintshire. As purchase will be on an
ad-hoc basis with award to more than one supplier, the frequency and
number of call-offs cannot be quantified.
LOT NO NWPP_07/02
TITLE: Coated Materials
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Supply of Coated Materials.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 14500000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Supply of coated materials (ex-works and
delivered), principally into the geographical areas of Gwynedd (Arfon,
Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and A55-Anglesey), Conwy, Denbighshire (North and
South) and Flintshire. As purchase will be on an ad-hoc basis with award
to more than one supplier, the frequency and number of call-offs cannot be
quantified.
LOT NO NWPP_07/03
TITLE: Ready-Mix Concrete
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Supply of Ready-Mix Concrete.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 14500000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Supply of ready-mix concrete (ex-works and
delivered), principally into the geographical areas of Gwynedd (Arfon,
Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and A55-Anglesey), Conwy, Denbighshire (North and
South) and Flintshire. As purchase will be on an ad-hoc basis with award
to more than one supplier, the frequency and number of call-offs cannot be
quantified.
LOT NO NWPP_07/04
TITLE: Surface Dressing Stone Chippings
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Supply of Surface Dressing Stone Chippings.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 14500000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Supply of surface dressing stone chippings to be
delivered principally into the geographical areas of Gwynedd (Arfon,
Dwyfor, Meirionnydd) and Conwy. As purchase will be on an ad-hoc basis
with award to more than one supplier, the frequency and number of
call-offs cannot be quantified.
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: (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: (a) bank statement
and/or evidence of professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) balance sheets or extracts of balance sheets;
(c) statement of turnover for a maximum of the last three years.
Please see the ITT for further detail.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see ITT for
further detail.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(c) an indication of technicians or technical bodies involved;
(d) a description of technical facilities and measures used to ensure
quality;
(e) educational and professional qualifications of the supplier and staff
responsible for performing the contract;
(f) where appropriate, an indication of the environmental management
measures that would be applied when performing the contract;
(g) a statement of average annual manpower and number of staff in the last
3 years;
(i) details of any intended sub-contracting arrangements;
(j) where appropriate, samples, descriptions and photographs of products
and quality assurance certificates.
Please see the ITT for further detail.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see the ITT for further detail.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
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: 3.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: Lowest price.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: Yes.
Electronic Auctions are available to Contracting Authorities when
conducting mini-competitions off the framework agreement.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
NWPP_07.
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:
29.3.2010 - 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 months from the closing date (from the
date stated for receipt of tender).
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Administrative information.
The NWPP will be conducting this procurement using the Xchangewales
E-tendering portal.
The tender document is now available at
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.
For assistance with the site - email: help@bravosolution.co.uk, Phone: +44
8003684850.
Accessing the tender documents.
The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be
required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic
information about your Organisation and about the User performing the
Registration.
On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and
will receive a Password.
The Password will be sent by email to the email address that was specified
in the User Details section of the Registration page.
In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and
Password. Registration should only be performed once for each
Organisation.
Expressing interest in the tender.
You will then need to search for the correct project:-.
Project: 18983.
ITT: 30507.
Title: Highways Quarry Materials.
To Access the ITT you must “Express interest” by logging into the portal
with your username/password:
— click the “Open Access ITT” link,
— click on the relevant ITT to access the content,
— click the “Express Interest” button in the Actions box on the left-hand
side of the page. This will move the ITT into your My ITT’s page. (This is
a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— click on the ITT code, you can now access the Tender Documents by
clicking the Settings and Buyer Attachments in the Actions box.
Responding to the tender:
— you can now choose to Reply or Reject (please give a reason if
rejecting),
— you can now use the Messages function to communicate with the buyer and
seek any clarifications,
— note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions
to complete the ITT,
— there may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform
(there is detailed online help available),
— for your response to be accepted all sections specified within the
tender documents MUST be completed and uploaded.
Buy4Wales Reference Number: 20309.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 15.2.2010.
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