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Tender for Aircraft Refuelling Services Stansted Airport

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 8:46

Tender for Aircraft Refuelling Services Stansted Airport

Operation and maintenance of Stansted Airport Limited Fuel Farm.

United Kingdom-Stansted: Aircraft refuelling services

2015/S 072-128161

Contract notice – utilities

Services

Directive 2004/17/EC

Section I: Contracting entity

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

Stansted Airport Limited
Bassingbourn Road, Essex
For the attention of: Tim Hooper
CM24 1QW Stansted
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 7901009146
E-mail: timothy_hooper@stanstedairport.com

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

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for 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)Main activity

Airport-related activities

I.3)Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities

The contracting entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting entities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Operation and maintenance of Stansted Airport Limited Fuel Farm, STAL/00192.

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

Services
Service category No 20: Supporting and auxiliary transport services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Stansted Airport.
NUTS code

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):

This is a voluntary notice for a services concession opportunity that has arisen for an appropriately experienced and qualified operator to take over the management, operation and maintenance of the Stansted Airport Limited Fuel Farm, commencing in August 2015. The Fuel
Farm handles the delivery of Jet A1 aviation fuel to all airlines and aircraft operators at Stansted Airport, from the point of delivery from the Government Pipeline and Storage System (GPSS) at the airport to delivery of fuel at aircraft stands. The Fuel Farm is currently handling about 600 m litres of fuel annually, and this volume is expected to rise over the next few years allied to overall airport aviation growth. The Fuel Farm is currently handling 100 % of aviation fuel requirements at the airport.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

63733000

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

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

II.1.8)Information about 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:

Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 5 000 000 and 20 000 000 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: 60 (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:
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:

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
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

Negotiated
IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate

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 entity:

STAL/00192

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

no

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

Payable documents: no

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

22.4.2015 – 09:00

IV.3.5)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.
IV.3.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.7)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:

This contract opportunity is a services concession contract. As such, the publication of a contract notice in respect of this opportunity is being undertaken by Stansted Airport Limited on a voluntary basis. Moreover, as services concession contracts are expressly excluded from the scope of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended), Stansted Airport Limited does not consider itself bound by those Regulations in any way. Any references to the EC Directive 2004/17/EC or the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) in the contract notice, Expression of Interest document, Pre-Qualification Questionnaire or any other tender documents should be read with this in mind. While Stansted Airport Limited is basing this tender process on the negotiated procedure provided for in the Regulations, it does not consider itself bound by the provisions regarding that procedure and reserves the right to depart from the negotiated procedure as provided for in the Regulations at any time.
Requests to participate must be made by completion and return of the Expression of Interest documentation by the date and time specified in IV 3.4.
The range given in II.2.1 is an estimate of the revenue over a 5-10 year contract period, the throughput during the contract period is unknown and therefore we cannot guarantee or provide an exact revenue figure.
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s):
Contact point(s): Via e-mail.
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:

9.4.2015