Rope Handling Services for Liverpool Cruise Terminal

To provide Rope Handling Services at Liverpool Cruise Terminal (LCT) for the cruise ship season, in line with the Berthing Plan operations, duties include but not limited depending on size of vessel.

United Kingdom-Liverpool: Shipping operations

2015/S 057-100221

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Liverpool City Council
Municipal Building, Dale Street
For the attention of: Ms Lyndsay Miles
L2 2DH Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1512254129
E-mail: lyndsay.miles@liverpool.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.the-chest.org.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic access to information: www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.the-chest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Liverpool City Council
Municipal Building, Dale Street
For the attention of: Ms Lyndsay Miles
L2 2DH Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1512254129
E-mail: lyndsay.miles@liverpool.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Liverpool City Council
Municipal Building, Dale Street
For the attention of: Ms Lyndsay Miles
L2 2DH Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1512254129
E-mail: lyndsay.miles@liverpool.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Liverpool City Council
Municipal Building, Dale Street
For the attention of: Ms Lyndsay Miles
L2 2DH Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1512254129
E-mail: lyndsay.miles@liverpool.gov.uk

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: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Rope Handling Services for Liverpool Cruise Terminal.

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

Services
Service category No 27: Other services

NUTS code UKD52

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

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

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

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

60640000, 34930000, 39541110, 42410000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)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:

To provide Rope Handling Services at Liverpool Cruise Terminal (LCT) for the cruise ship season, in line with the Berthing Plan operations, duties include but not limited depending on size of vessel:
Place Yokaham Fenders on pontoon Wall;
Forklift Driver;
Positioning of ship gangway;
Rope Handling operations on Pontoons (ship size 220 metres and below);
Rope handling operations using Mooring Dolphins (ship size 221 and above);
Royal Navy and Foreign Navy Ships.
This is a part B service and as such is not fully subject to the Directive 2004/18/EC, however in order to uphold the principles of an open, transparent and proportionate competitive process the Council has advertised this contract following notification to OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union)
Contract will commence on 3.8.2015 for an initial 3 year period, one further 12 month extension option is available.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 550 000 and 600 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

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:

Please refer to ITT documents.

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

Please refer to ITT documents.

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

Please refer to ITT documents.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: 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 the requirements are met: Please refer to ITT documents.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to ITT documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please refer to ITT documents.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Please refer to ITT documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please refer to ITT documents.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

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

Legal persons 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

Open

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

Envisaged number of operators: 0

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)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:

9UPM-EXB3B6

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: 14.5.2015 – 16:00
Payable documents: no

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

14.5.2015 – 16:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

19.3.2015

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

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 15.5.2015 – 10:00
Place: Liverpool City Council
Municipal Building, Dale Street
For the attention of: All tender to be submitted via the chest
L2 2DH Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOMNo.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Liverpool City Council Legal Representative.

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

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 appeals process will follow the EU remedies directives.

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

17.3.2015