Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Kent County Council
Commercial Services LASER Energy Buying Group Gibson Drive Kings Hill Kent
Contact point(s): Please see advertisement on www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk
For the attention of: Please see advertisement on www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk
ME19 4QG West Malling
UNITED KINGDOM
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
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Supply of Fixed Term Fixed Price Natural Gas.
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: Kent County Council (KCC) through its Energy Buying Group (LASER), wishes to create a UK wide, national procurement Framework Agreement for the provision of Fixed Term Fixed Price Natural Gas.
KCC will act as the Contracting Authority buying gas on behalf of participating local authorities, public and third sector organisations who are members of those organisations listed below.
The Agreement will be accessible to all members as defined by the EU Combined Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC, Local Authority Councils, Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships (RIEPs), the Police Service, the Fire and Rescue Service, the NHS & NHS Trusts (including the Ambulance Service), Third Sector Organisations, Registered Charities, Registered Social Landlords, Educational Establishments, Academic Centres, Coastguard Emergency Services, publicly funded organisations and publicly owned private companies. Access to this Agreement shall be subject to the agreement of the Contracting Authority.
Current members of the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships can be found at:
East Midlands: http://www.eastmidlandsiep.gov.uk.
London: http://www.capitalambition.gov.uk.
East: http://www.improvementeast.gov.uk.
North East: http://www.northeastiep.gov.uk.
North West: http://www.nwce.gov.uk.
South East: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/DG_4003647.
Information on other public bodies, third sector organisations, academic centres and publicly funded organisations can be found at: www.southeastiep.gov.uk / www.direct.gov.uk / www.edubase.gov.uk / www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk / www.police-information.co.uk / www.nhs.uk / www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk / www.espo.org/ojeu-framework-permissible-users www.charitycommission.gov.uk / www.idea.gov.uk / www.fireservice.co.uk / www.opsi.gov.uk /.
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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: 10
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 48
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 38 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Contracting Authority wishes to create a national procurement Framework Agreement and is inviting tenders for the Supply and Delivery of Fixed Term Fixed Price Natural Gas Supplies. It must be noted by tenderers that as all opportunities will be let competitively between those on the Framework Agreement inclusion on the Framework is no guarantee of business.
Tenderers should note that for indicative purposes only the following volumes have been included based on annual historical consumption data.
Total number of FTFP Sites 851, No of MPR 1,120, Volume =266,981,207kWh per annum.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
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: yes
Description of particular conditions: The Supplier agrees that there shall be no discrimination by it against any person with respect to opportunity for employment or conditions of employment, because of age, culture, disability, gender, marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation. The Supplier shall in all matters arising in the performance of the Agreement comply with the provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and any regulations made thereunder. The Supplier shall in all matters arising in the performance of this Agreement comply with the provisions of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. The Supplier must comply with all the provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2002 and shall ensure that they perform their responsibilities under this Agreement with due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relationships between different racial groups. Suppliers must hold a current and appropriate UK Supply Licence as issued by OFGEM.
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: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
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
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
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
Y11077
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
14.3.2012 - 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
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
in days: 60 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
Please note that the deadline for receipt of tenders is noon on 14.3.2012.
The estimated value is based on prices prevailing on the publication date of this Notice.
Tenderers should note that it will not be possible to respond to clarification questions after 8.3.2012.
This opportunity will be completed electronically via ProContract, a site run by Due North.
Interested organisations should go to www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk to express interest. Once you have successfully expressed interest via the portal you will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will be able to access and download the invitation to tender documentation and any other relevant information. This email should be retained, as it will contain your direct link to the ProContract portal, for information purposes only the link is www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf DO NOT USE THIS LINK NOW.
Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract, no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path may result in the tender submission being disregarded.
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:
3.2.2012