Charter for Anglerfish Survey of the Northern North Sea

Marine Scotland invites a tender from demersal trawlers of overall length greater than 25.9 m (85 ft) to undertake a single trawl anglerfish survey of the northern North Sea.

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

Notice Type: SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1 Authority Name and Address

Official Name: The Scottish Ministers acting through the Scottish Government
Postal Address: Procurement, Marine Scotland, Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, 375 Victoria Road, Torry,
Town: Aberdeen	Postal Code: AB11 9DB	Country: UK
For the attention of: Bob McLeod	Telephone: +44 1224876544
E-Mail: bob.mcleod@scotland.gsi.gov.uk	Fax: +44 1224295511
Internet Address (URL): http://www.scotland.gov.uk

1.2 Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3 Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1 Title

Charter for Anglerfish Survey of the Northern North Sea

2.2 Description of the goods or services required

Marine Scotland invites a tender from demersal trawlers of overall length greater than 25.9 m (85 ft) to undertake a single trawl anglerfish survey of the northern North Sea.

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=277534.

The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a ‘Tender Submission Postbox’ facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=277534.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

2.3 Notice Coding and Classification

a) Commodity Codes

	Code		Description
	369999		other Transport

b) Delivery Location/Area

	Code		Location
	180		Outside Scotland

2.4 Total quantity or scope of tender

The charter will be of 10 days duration starting 18th October 2013 from Peterhead.

The survey is scheduled to sample 4 hauls per day and travelling in the region of 1200 nm in total.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1 Minimum standards and qualification required

see attached specification

4 Administrative Information

4.1 Type of Procedure

Single stage – Any candidate may submit a tender.

4.2 Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

0813H

4.3 Time Limits

a) Time-limit for obtaining documentation

b) Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
23-09-2013 Time 12:00

c) Estimated award date 27-09-2013

4.5 Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6 Tender Submission Postbox

The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Tender Submission Postbox facility. Further details are available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=277534

5 Other Information

5.1 Additional Information

(SC Ref:277534)

5.2 Additional Documentation

The following additional documents relating to this notice are available from the site:

0813HSpec

0813HCharterSpecimen

5.3 Publication date of this notice

09-09-2013