Grounds Maintenance Equipment Tender

This framework will be open to all UK public sector bodies.

United Kingdom-Braintree: Grounds-maintenance equipment

2015/S 042-071649

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Braintree District Council
Causeway House, Bocking End
Contact point(s): Essex Procurement Hub
For the attention of: Will Baxter
CM7 9HB Braintree
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1376551414
E-mail: procurement@braintree.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1376557792

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.braintree.gov.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Any Public UK Authority as per section II.2.1 of this notice
Any Public UK Authority as per section II.2.1 of this notice
Any Public UK Authority as per section II.2.1 of t
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Grounds Maintenance Equipment.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies
A combination of these

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

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 years: 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 500 000 and 10 000 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Grounds-maintenance equipment. This national framework agreement will be available to all UK public authorities(as listed within II.2). It is for for the supply of all types of grounds maintenance equipment from tractors gangmowers, mowers, rotovators, chainsaws, strimmers etc. This framework will be open to all UK public sector bodies. To express an interest in this framework please send an email containing your company name, contact point and email address to procurement@braintree.gov.uk referencing ‘PROC15-0107 Grounds Maintenance Equipment Framework’. Pre Qualification Questionnaires will be sent to all who express an interest AFTER the deadline of 12:00 on the 3.4.2014.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

43325100

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

This Framework Agreement as described above will be available to all UK public bodies. This includes local authorities, educational establishments, registered providers and emergency services, NHS bodies, central government departments and their agencies and also registered charities.
See the following websites for details:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentFind.aspx

http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php

http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/universities___colleges/

http://www.police-information.co.uk/police-directory/

http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/AZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm

http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/first.asp http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DI1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/DG_A-Z_LG http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.490

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browser/Labour-Market/

http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en,http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/az2.htm

http://www.police-information.co.uk/police-directory/index.php?cat=6&subcat=29

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs.php

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/aboutus/citizens_advice_offices.htm

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 500 000 and 10 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1Lot title: South East England / East Anglia

1)Short description

The supply of grounds maintenance equipment to the region above.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

43325100

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2Lot title: National

1)Short description

The supply of grounds maintenance equipment to the above area.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

43325100

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

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 governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

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 the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr

Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

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 minimum number 3

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

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)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

PROC15-0107

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

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

3.4.2015 – 12:00

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

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

To express an interest in this framework please send an email containing your company name, contact point and email address toprocurement@braintree.gov.uk referencing PROC15-0107 Grounds Maintenance Equipment Framework. Pre-Qualification Questionnaires will be sent to all who express an interest after the deadline of 12:00 on the 3.4.2014.

To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=133221545

GO Reference: GO-2015225-PRO-6394734.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

25.2.2015