SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND
CONTACT POINT(S)
The Environment Agency
Sapphire East, 550 Streetsbrook Road
Contact: Midlands Procurement
Attn: Qumula Syed
B91 1QT Solihull
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1217115877
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1217115975
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
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
National or federal agency/office
Environment
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
24428 flood resistance measures framework
II.1.2)
Type of contract and
location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main place of delivery Midlands Region, England, potentially use
by whole of Environment Agency in England and Wales in medium to longer
term.
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)
The notice involves
The establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)
Information on framework
agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged 3
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement
estimated cost excluding VAT
Range: between 1 600 000 and 6 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)
Short description of the
contract or purchase(s)
The Environment Agency has been awarded money by the Midland
Regional Flood Defence Committee to deliver on-property protection to
residential dwellings that are at risk from fluvial flooding. This
contract will be utilised in the first instance by the Midlands region,
however there will be an option for other regions in the Environment
Agency to call‧off this contract if required.
We are looking for the following:
Provision of standard and bespoke flood resistance products tested
to BSi PAS 1188-1:2009 or equivalent.
Supply and install standard and bespoke flood resistance products
tested to BSi PAS 1188-1:2009 or equivalent.
Provide surveying services of properties and recommendations for
installation of products.
The products that we are interested in will be designed to protect
properties' flood-water-entry-thresholds; this includes: doorways,
windows, airbricks and services such as cable or telephone entry points.
We anticipate that products to Bsi 1188-1:2009 will be used in the
first instance; other products will be used once this option has been
exhausted and following survey recommendations.
II.1.6)
Common procurement
vocabulary (CPV)
44423000,
44212000, 71251000
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
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT
OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 48 (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
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
Each economic operator to be jointly and severally liable for the
performance of the contracts.
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: Evidence of economic and financial standing and
technical competence will be required, each applicant will be sent a
questionnaire.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial
capacity
III.2.3)
Technical capacity
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
No
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)
TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)
Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.1.2)
Limitations on the
number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged number of operators 5
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
24428
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s)
concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining
specifications and additional documents
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt
of tenders or requests to participate
27.5.2010
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of
invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
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
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening
tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No
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
The Environment Agency reserves the right to discontinue the
procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to
award a framework or contract, and does not bind itself to accept the
lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award
the framework or contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it
consider this necessary.
The Environment Agency shall not be liable for any costs or
expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the
completion and return of the information requested in this contract
notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender.
This framework is primarily intended to meet the needs of the
Environment Agency. The Agency may require the successful bidder(s) to
provide the goods/services on the same terms that are agreed as a result
of this tender to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs, and to its associated bodies including any Agencies and non
departmental public bodies. A full list can be found at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/about/partners/delivery/landscape/documents/081111DefrasPublicBodiesatMarch2008.pdf
Similarly the contractor may be required to supply the Scottish
Environmental Protection Agency, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency
and the Forestry Commission, including its Executive Agencies.
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for
appeal procedures
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The
Environment Agency 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,
with sufficient grounds, to consider a challenge against an award before
the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of a
contract has not been successfully resolved prior to the end of the
Standstill period the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5)
and the 2009 Amending Regulations provide for aggrieved parties who have
been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to bring
action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). 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
order the (prospective) ineffectiveness of a contract, where certain
serious rule breaches have occurred, in addition to any fine: The court
may instead provide for alternative penalties; either contract
shortening, fines, or both.
VI.4.3)
Service from which
information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS
NOTICE:
26.4.2010