Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Sarn Mynach
Llandudno Junction
LL31 9RZ
UK
Contact person: Sian Morgan
Telephone: +44 3000258940
E-mail: Sian.Morgan014@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Marine Evidence Framework Agreement
Reference number: C194/2018/2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90700000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Welsh Government is looking to procure a Framework Agreement for the provision of Marine Evidence consultancy and specialist services.
The Framework will relate mainly to the marine area but also includes some freshwater fishery aspects.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
4 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
Suppliers are permitted to provide an independent bid for;
- a single lot
- multiple lots
- all seven of the lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Fisheries Science
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
73000000
79330000
03311000
03312000
98361000
72300000
71353100
71354400
98360000
73110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Assessing stocks of recreational, commercial and potential commercial value and those given protection as having wider conservation value under national or international legislation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential 1 year extension - total duration including extension is 4 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Marine and coastal ecology and biodiversity
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
73000000
79330000
03311000
03312000
98361000
72300000
71353100
71354400
98360000
73110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Services to include Biodiversity science, including intertidal and subtidal marine species (including mobile species, e.g. fish, marine mammals and birds) ecology and taxonomy.
Marine ecosystem structure, functioning and resilience: status and trends; connectivity; sensitivity adaptability and vulnerability; pressures / impacts (e.g. fishing activity, aquaculture, underwater noise, non-native species), impacts (including cumulative impacts) and mitigation; enhancement and restoration.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential 1 year extension - total duration including extension is 4 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Marine chemical, physical and biological characteristics and processes
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
73000000
79330000
03311000
03312000
98361000
72300000
71353100
71354400
98360000
73110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Services to include:
Water quality.
Hydrodynamics.
Geodiversity, including: geomorphology; sediment classification, contamination, budgets and transport and the compilation and analysis of side-scan and multibeam sonar data, including supporting data collection by the Client’s fishery protection vessels.
Land-sea interaction.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential 1 year extension - total duration including extension is 4 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Coastal and marine spatial management
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
73000000
79330000
03311000
03312000
98361000
72300000
71353100
71354400
98360000
73110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Services will include:
Marine planning.
Marine licensing.
Marine Protected Area (MPA) management.
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM).
Integrated marine governance.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential 1 year extension - total duration including extension is 4 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Non-living and living resource management – policy and practice
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
73000000
79330000
03311000
03312000
98361000
72300000
71353100
71354400
98360000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Services to include:
Ecosystem-based fisheries management, including Regulating Orders.
Fisheries regulations.
Marine and freshwater aquaculture, including Several Orders.
Other resources such as bait, seaweed and aggregates.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential 1 year extension - total duration including extension is 4 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 6
II.2.1) Title
Socio-economic science
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
73000000
79330000
73110000
03311000
03312000
98361000
98360000
72300000
71353100
71354400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Socio-economic research will study human aspects associated with changes to the marine environment and policy. It will seek to understand links between marine space, human health and well-being.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential 1 year extension - total duration including extension is 4 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 7
II.2.1) Title
Plan, project, regulatory and policy impact assessments
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90700000
73000000
73110000
79330000
03311000
03312000
98360000
72300000
71354400
71353100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Services to Cover:
Water Framework Directive, or equivalent UK directive.
Marine Strategy Framework Directive, or equivalent UK directive.
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
The Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (as defined in the Environment (Wales) Act 2016).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential 1 year extension - total duration including extension is 4 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As detailed within the tender documents.
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 35
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/06/2019
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
21/06/2019
Local time: 14:00
Place:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
If there is a recurrent procurement a notice will be issued in conjunction with the expiration of this contract.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
E-TENDER INFORMATION:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User
performing the Registration.
- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.
- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”
- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the
Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
HOW TO FIND THE ITT:
- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
- The etender references for this contract are: project_41861 and itt_74680, itt_74681, itt_74682, itt_74683, itt_74684, itt_74685, itt_74686.
- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest
button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the
‘Attachments’ area.
- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named
person at the top of this notice.
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=83371
Framework Accessibility: Subject to prior written approval of the Client, the Framework may be accessed by various departments of the Client and other Public Bodies. These bodies are listed as: any local authority or Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority; Natural Resources Wales; the Environment Agency (England), Natural England, the Marine Management Organisation; the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Northern Ireland); the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science; the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the Government departments: Marine Scotland; the Food Standards Agency; the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Isle of Man Government.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=92196
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
As listed in the Tender Documents
(WA Ref:92196)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Welsh Government
Sarn Mynach
Llandudno Junction
LL31 9RZ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000258940
Internet address(es)
URL: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/05/2019