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Supply and Delivery of Industrial Gases.

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

South Lanarkshire Council
Council Headquarters, Almada Street
For the attention of: Linda Haggart
ML3 0AA Hamilton
UNITED KINGDOM

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: yes

City of Edinburgh Council
Waverly Court
Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM

East Ayrshire Council
London Road
Kilmarnock
UNITED KINGDOM

Scotish Borders Council
Newtown St Boswells
Melrose
UNITED KINGDOM

Stirling Council
Viewforth 14-20 Pitt Terrace
Stirling
UNITED KINGDOM

Argyll & Bute Council
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
UNITED KINGDOM

Fife Council
North Street
Glenrothes
UNITED KINGDOM

South Ayrshire Council
Wellingston Square
Ayr
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Supply and Delivery of Industrial Gases.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase

NUTS code UKM38

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

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: 800 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Gaseous fuels. Propane gas. Liquefied propane gas. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Gases. Industrial gases. Hydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygen. Medical gases. Gaseous inorganic oxygen compounds. Welding equipment. Welding accessories. Welding materials. Supply of cylindered and bulk industrial gases.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

09120000, 09122100, 09122110, 09133000, 24100000, 24110000, 24111000, 24111500, 24112300, 42662000, 44315100, 44315200

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:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Supply and Delivery of Cylindered Propane
1)Short description
Supply and Delivery of Cylindered Propane.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

09122100, 09122110

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: Supply and Delivery of Bulk Propane
1)Short description
Supply and Delivery of Bulk Propane (managed supply service).
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

09133000

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: Supply and Delivery of Welding, Cutting and Inert Gases
1)Short description
Supply and Delivery of Welding, Cutting and Inert Gases, in cylinders.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

24111000, 24111900, 24111100, 24321115, 24112100, 24111700

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:
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
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
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator.
(g) For public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract.
(i) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
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:
SLC/PS/FINCOR/12/057.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
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
30.5.2013 - 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
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
in days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of 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
VI.3)Additional information
The tender documents are available on-line only via Delta eSourcing, and can be obtained using the following Tender Access Code 23CH62AU68
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Hamilton:-Gaseous-fuels./23CH62AU68

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/23CH62AU68

GO Reference: GO-2013418-PRO-4740795
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:
18.4.2013