CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Hartlepool Borough Council

Middlesbrough Council

Newcastle City Council

North Tyneside Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

South Tyneside Council

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Sunderland City Council

Durham County Council

Darlington Borough Council

Northumberland Shared Service

Northumbria Police

Gateshead Council

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

NEPO203 Framework for Rock Salt.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Supply of Rock Salt in bulk and bagged quantities to Authority sites as detailed within the tender documents. The tender has been lotted by region and then further by commodity. The framework will run for 24 months with the option to extend for 2 x 12 month periods.

NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). This means that NEPO may provide central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities.

The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members within the North East region. A list of member organisations is available at: www.nepoportal.org

This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members throughout the North East region. A list of current NEPO Associate Members is available at: https://www.qtegov.com/systems/nepocms.nsf/vLiveDocsTitle/Current%20Associate%20Members

NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout the North East region (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services.

Please see the following websites for further details:

— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

— http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml

— http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php

— http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net

— https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england

— apps.deni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.aspx

— https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

— http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/

— http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/

— http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/

— http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx

— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm

— https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

— http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/dsd_contact_us/dsd_our_offices.htm

— http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-336664

— http://www.police.uk/forces.htm

— http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html

— http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm

— http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs

— http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html

— http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx

— http://www.oscr.org.uk/

— http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7175736

— http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx

— http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644

Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

NEPO203

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The Framework Contract has been established as a ranked list, whereby the Contracting Authority will issue a Call — Off Order directly from the first ranked Contractor that can fully meet their requirements without re-opening competition. Contractors appear in this notice in order of their ranking based on the outcome of the Award Questionnaire evaluation and pricing evaluation with the highest ranked being the bidder with the highest score.

If the first ranked Contractor notified the Council that it is no longer able to supply under the Framework Contract, or if the first ranked Contractor is unable to fulfil a Contracting Authorities full requirements, the Contracting Authority may then place an order directly with the next ranked Contractor on the Framework who can fully meet their requirements.

In addition, during emergency periods and/or periods of unforeseen high demand, or where the products required differ from the products specified within the Pricing Schedule, Authorities will have the ability to run a further competition for their precise requirements, adhering to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for re-opening competition. All awarded suppliers will be included within the mini competition and mini competitions must be in line with the call off criteria specified within the tender documents.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice