Power Tools Tender

Framework to Supply Hand and Power Tools for Technology Suites, Education Authority.

United Kingdom-Omagh: Hand tools

2015/S 238-431990

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Education Authority NI
1 Hospital Road
Contact point(s): The Principal Procurement Officer
For the attention of: O’Donnell Hazel
BT79 0AW Omagh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2882411418
E-mail: hazel.o’donnell@eani.org.uk

Internet address(es):

Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Electronic access to information: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

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

Education

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

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

Libraries NI
Lisburn City Library 23 Linenhall Street
BT28 1FJ Lisburn
UNITED KINGDOM

NI Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee
Templeton House, 411 Holywood Road
BT4 2LP Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment
29 Clarendon Rd, Clarendon Dock
BT1 3BG Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM

Armagh Observatory
College Hill
BT61 9DG Armagh
UNITED KINGDOM

Armagh Planetarium
Castle Hill
BT61 9DB Armagh
UNITED KINGDOM

Middletown Centre for Autism
35 Rathtrillick Park
BT60 4HZ Middletown
UNITED KINGDOM

FE Southern Regional College
Patrick Street
BT35 8DN Newry
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

70031 — Hand and Power Tools for Technology Suites, Education Authority (182350).

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

Supplies
NUTS code UK,UKN

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

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: 150 000 GBP

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

Hand and Power Tools for Technology Suites to individual educational establishments within the Northern Ireland Education Authority Regions for the period 1.4.2016 to 31.3.2019 (with the option to extend for one further 12 month period) on a call-off as required basis.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

44511000, 44512000, 42676000, 42651000, 43830000, 30192200, 44511500, 31000000, 35113400, 44512800, 44512920, 44512900, 42113172

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: no

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:

Option to extend for 1 further 12 month period.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 150 000 GBP.

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 1
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)

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

Duration in months: 36 (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:

No deposits required. For guarantees see the Education Authority Western Region’s Conditions of Tender which are supplied with each set of tender documents.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

The Education Authority, which is a statutory body financed from Central Government Funds, pays suppliers’ invoices on a 2-weekly basis.

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

No special legal form required but each supplier will be required to become jointly and severally responsible for the carrying out of the contract before acceptance.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: See Tender Documents.

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: See Tender Documents.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: See Tender Documents.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
See Tender Documents.

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

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

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

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

Lowest price

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:

182350

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

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 18.1.2016 – 16:00
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

18.1.2016 – 16:00

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

Other: English.

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

in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 18.1.2016
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

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

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

Register your company on the eTendersNI portal (this is only required once): https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do and click the link to register.

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: CPD will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

4.12.2015