Plant Health Inspection and Survey Services Tender
Framework for Plant Health Inspection and Survey Services in England, Scotland and Wales.
United Kingdom-Bristol: Technical inspection services
2018/S 179-405827
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
United Kingdom
E-mail: procurement.england@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS code: UK
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Framework for Plant Health Inspection and Survey Services in England, Scotland and Wales
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The Forestry Commission intend to award a framework principally for the provision of a Plant Health Inspection Service for controlled wood, wood products and bark entering Great Britain from abroad in order to protect Britain’s woodlands and trees from harmful pests and diseases. Some survey work is also included in the framework.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.1)Title:
Highland and Grampian (Port inspection work)
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Highlands and Islands
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot is for the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Inverness, Aberdeen and Montrose.
The contract area includes the following local government districts- Highland, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Angus.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Central Scotland (port inspection work)
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Scotland
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot is for the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports Grangemouth and Greenock.
The contract area includes the following local government districts- Perth and Kinross, Fife, Stirling, Dundee City, Clackmannanshire, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Falkirk, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian, Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Inverclyde.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Scotland except for West of Scootland (Protected Zone survey work)
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Scotland
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot does not include any port inspection work. The lot is principally for placing, preparing and maintaining Protected Zone plot traps.
The contract area includes the following local government districts- Highland (and excludes any work associated with Phytophthora ramorum Licensing and Audit inspections in the Highland area), Moray, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Angus, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, Fife, Dundee City, Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Falkirk, West Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian, East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Inverclyde and North Ayrshire.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
West of Scotland
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Scotland
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The lot area includes the following local government districts — Argyll and Bute, North and South Ayrshire, Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, Stirling, Perth and Kinross, Highland. The only areas where Phytophthora ramorum Licensing and Audit inspections will be carried out are Argyll and Bute and Highland.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
North West England and North Wales
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Wales, North West (England)
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot is for the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports around the Dee river estuary and Liverpool.
The contract area includes the following unitary authority areas — Carlisle, Allerdale, Copeland, Eden, South Lakeland, Lancaster, Craven, Wyre, Ribble Valley, Blackpool, Fylde, Preston, South Ribble, Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Rossendale, Burnley, Pendle, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, West Lancashire, Liverpool, Knowsley, St. Helens, Halton, Warrington, Trafford, Salford, Manchester, Tameside, Stockport, Chorley, Sefton, Wirral, Wigan, Oldham, Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Kirklees, Cheshire East, Chester West and Chester, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Calderdale and Wrexham.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
North East England
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
North East (England)
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot includes the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Teesport, Seaham, Hartlepool, Port of Sunderland and the Port of Tyne.
The contract area includes the following unitary authority areas — Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Stockton on Tees, Middlesbrough, South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland, County Durham, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland, Darlington, Scarborough, Ryedale, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Humber
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Yorkshire and the Humber
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot includes the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Hull, Barrowhaven, Flixsborough, Grove, Keadby, Grimsby, New Holland, Goole, and Immingham.
The lot area includes the local government districts of North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, City of Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, York, Selby, Doncaster, West Lindsey, East Lindsey, North Kesteven South Kesteven, Lincoln.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
North and South Thames
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Outer London – South, Outer London – East and North East, Outer London – West and North West
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot includes the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Tilbury, London Gateway and Thamesport.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Anglia
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
East of England
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot involves the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Felixstowe and Harwich.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Solent
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Bournemouth and Poole, Southampton
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot involves plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Poole, Southampton and Shoreham. The lot area includes the following counties of:
West Sussex, Hampshire, West Berkshire, Oxfordshire (part only), Dorset (part only, Wiltshire (part only), Greater London (part only).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Avonmouth (Severn) and South Wales
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Herefordshire, County of, Shropshire CC, Worcestershire, Somerset, Gloucestershire
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lots includes the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Portbury, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Barry and Avonmouth.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
South West England
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
South West (England)
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot includes the plant health inspection service of controlled wood products into the principle ports of Plymouth, Par, and Fowey.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
South Central England
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Staffordshire CC, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
There are no principle ports in this contract as the lot is land locked. This area has not previously been the subject of a Forestry Commission contract for plant health inspection work and is a new geographical lot for this framework.
Anticipated work includes:
— Phytophthora ramorum processor authorisation visits and audits,
— Inspection of imports of firewood at the first point of destination under the statutory notification scheme for firewood,
— Inspections of export goods in relation to issuing export phytosanitary certificates,
— Visits to logistic premises to check compliance of imported wood packaging materia.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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GO Reference: GO-2018914-PRO-13195909
VI.4.1)Review body
Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
Bloomsbury Square
London
WC1A 2LP
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
