52-2011 Electricity supply tender for Northern Ireland Local Government

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Newry and Mourne District Council
Greenbank Industrial Estate
Contact point(s): Through online Portal; www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/Procurement
For the attention of: David Barter
BT34 2QU Newry
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2830313233
E-mail:
Fax: +44 2830313288

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/Procurement

Electronic access to information: http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/Procurement

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/Procurement

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
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:
52-2011 Electricity supply tender for Northern Ireland Local Government
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies

NUTS code 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
Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 7

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 5
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds four years: Initially for 3 years but may extend the framework, as it is a restricted market controlled by the all island energy regulator we may extend the framework on an annual basis for a maximum of a further 2 years.
Therefore, potentially 5 years in total.
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Supply of electricity to Northern Ireland Local Government. The supply of electricity will be open to all local government bodies in Northern Ireland and the successful candidates from this framework will be invited to tender on a mini competition basis (ITQ) as the requirement arises during the validity of this framework. All competitions utilising this framework, must only be undertaken following attaining approval of the procurement group that administered and prepared this tender.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

09310000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

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
Accelerated restricted
Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: Volitile market place and only open to limited licensed suppliers approved by the regulator.
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
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: yes
Additional information about electronic auction: An electronic auction maybe used as a method of undertaking the mini competitions following the setup of the framework, although it is not intended for the initial mini competition we wish to reserve the right to use this method in the future.
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
52/2011 Electricity Supply Tender for Northern Ireland Local Authorities
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
6.2.2012 - 12:00
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
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
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 Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (Reg 32 Notice) when information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Council before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notice of the award decision to ask for additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from e-mail address: .

If a dispute about contract award has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, as amended, allow 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. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
20.1.2012