SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Sellafield
Hinton House, Birchwood Park Ave
Contact: Hinton House Room H420
Attn: Dave Heyes
WA3 6GR Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1925832821
E-mail: dave.heyes@sellafieldsites.com
Fax +44 1925835221
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority http://www.sellafieldsites.com
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Body governed by public law
Other
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
Replacement nitrogen generation plant.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main place of delivery Sellafield.
Cumbria.
NUTS code UKD
II.1.3)The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Design, manufacture, works test, assemble, deliver to site, install and commission a nitrogen generation plant.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
II.1.8)Division into lots
No
II.1.9)Variants will be accepted
No
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope
Design and supply 2 plants as follows:
Plant A to provide an intermittent nitrogen supply.
Plant B to provide a continuous nitrogen supply or a single plant to fulfill both requirements.
Excluding VAT 2 500 000 GBP
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Starting 1.3.2011. Completion 31.7.2012
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required
Parent company guarantees may be required at Sellafield Ltd’s discretion.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
Payment terms will be as stated in British Nuclear Group's tender documents.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
No legal form is required, but in the event of a group of contractors submitting an acceptable offer, it will be necessary to provide an undertaking that each company or firm will be jointly and severally responsible for the due performance of the contract.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject
Yes
Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.
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 requirements are met: Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
Tenderers will be required to provide information as requested via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system or via the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative, details of which are set out at section I.1 of this notice. These details are a mandatory requirement for being eligible to participate in the tender.
III.2.4)Reserved contracts
No
III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
No
III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the 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 below
1. Compliance with design specifications and a demonstration that the tenderer has understood the specification requirement. Weighting 30
2. Capability to install Nitrogen Generation Plant in a highly regulared and constrained working environment. Weighting 5
3. Compliance with Sellafield Ltd Schedule and project management requirements. Weighting 30
4. Health, safety and environment systems. Weighting 10
5. Quality assurance systems. Weighting 5
6. Price. Weighting 20
IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used
No
IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
A20001666-2000241814
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 29.9.2010 - 15:00
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
8.10.2010 - 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
Duration in days 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 8.10.2010 - 12:00
Place
Hinton House.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes
Procurement personnel.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
No
VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
No
VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Tenderers must register their interest, obtain further information for this contract and submit their tender response via Sellafield Ltd’s CTM system which can be found at the following address https://ctm.sharedsystems.co.uk/sellafield.asp.
Initial registration of your company is achieved by using the above site and then clicking on Company Registration.
Use of CTM is not a qualification criteria but is Sellafield Ltd’s preferred method for submissions. Further details can be obtained regarding this contract and/or CTM through the nominated Sellafield Ltd representative detailed in this notice.
VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Sellafield Ltd
Risley
WA3 6GR Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: dave.heyes@sellafieldsites.com
Tel. +44 1925832821
Body responsible for mediation procedures
London Court of International Arbitration
70 Fleet Street
EC4 1EU London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: lcia@lcia.org
Tel. +44 2079367007
Fax +44 2079367008
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The deadline for lodging an appeal shall be in accordance with the provisions of regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S.I 2006 No.5).
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
26.8.2010