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UK-Plymouth: Outright Purchase of Pedestrian Mowers and Tractors

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Plymouth City Council
Strategic Procurement Unit, Civic Centre, Floor 5, Armada Way
For the attention of: Sue Trower
PL1 2AA Plymouth
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1752307967
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

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

Address of the buyer profile: www.devontenders.gov.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Devon Tenders
Internet address: www.devontenders.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Devon Tenders
Internet address: www.devontenders.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Devon Tenders
Internet address: www.devontenders.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:
UK-Plymouth: Outright Purchase of Pedestrian Mowers and Tractors
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Plymouth

NUTS code UKK41

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)

Tenders are invited for the supply and delivery of pedestrian mowers and tractors in three separate lots for the Council's Parks Services department. The details of the items required have been set out in the Specification in the Invitation to Tender. All machinery offered to comply with the appropriate regulations associated with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (as amended). Within the award criteria for Lot 1, the technical evaluation will include a trial of the proposed machinery offered. The trial will be formally evaluated and the scoring will be weighted as part of the technical evaluation. The trial of each type of machine will last for a period of one week and Tenderers will be expected to provide the machinery free of charge for this period. The trial will take place during July and August 2013 and will be undertaken by officers of the Council whose role it is to carry out the service. All Tenderers should contact Garry Stainer (Fleet & Garage Manager) on by the 28.6.2013 so arrangements can be agreed.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

16000000, 16310000, 16700000, 03100000

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:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 518 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 17 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Pedestrian mowers
1)Short description
Pedestrian mowers
16310000
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

16000000, 16310000, 16700000, 03100000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Tractors Type A
1)Short description
Tractors Type A
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

16000000, 16310000, 16700000, 03100000

3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Tractors Type B
1)Short description
Tractors Type B
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

16000000, 16310000, 16700000, 03100000

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:
Payment and the payment terms and conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
The Contracting Authority will consider bids from companies or from consortia/joint ventures. However, legal entities must be formed prior to contract award. The Council reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require a single contractor to take primary liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
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: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender and are as set out in Regulations 23 - 26 of the UK Public Contract Regulations 2006 (as amended).
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender and in accordance with Regulation 24 of the UK Public Contract Regulations 2006 (as amended).
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender and in accordance with Regulation 25 of the UK Public Contract Regulations 2006 (as amended).
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
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:
13140
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
2.8.2013 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
17.6.2013
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
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
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Plymouth City Council
Civic Centre
PL1 2AA Plymouth
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Plymouth City Council incorporates a minimum 10-calendar-day standstill period at the point information on the contract award is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address in point I.1 of this notice. Bidders should refer to the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2006 regarding remedies and seek independent legal advice.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
12.6.2013