CONTRACT 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

Other (Please specify) trust port — statutory authority

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 Other (Please specify) marine transport

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

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

Port of London Authority, Denton Wharf, Mark Lane, Gravesend, Kent, UK. DA12 2PL.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

This notice seeks expressions of interest from economic operators experienced in fibre reinforced plastic/polymer commercial vessels construction to the current version of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) ‘The Workboat Code’ (brown), Small craft codes — Publications — Gov.uk as amended, and capable of meeting the contracting entity's qualification requirements, as set out in this notice. This notice calls for tenders, for the build of 2 vessels, from those boat builders identified by the contracting entity as qualifying and invited to tender. The purpose of the contract is the build and delivery to Denton Wharf, Gravesend, UK of 2 vessels built sharing the same hull design. The first being a Vessel Traffic Control Launch and the Second being a Commercial Dive Support Boat. The hull design will be a Catamaran with length overall of no less than 13m and no more than 16m and a beam overall of between 5m and 6m but no more than 6m. Propulsion will be via standard propeller shafts and screw propellers driven by marine diesel inboard engines (Diesel Hybrid systems will be considered) such as those manufactured by John Deere, Volvo or Scania (or equivalent). The vessels must have a maximum continuous speed of 20 knots and a cruising speed of 15 knots. The hull form and hydrodynamic characteristics, ideally displacement or semi-displacement and low wash, must allow for operation in sea area 3 (up to 20 nautical miles from a safe haven) with acceleration at the helm position, in such state, of no more than 0.8g. However, the hull and weather deck shall be constructed to a sufficient strength standard for operation in sea area 2 (up to 60 nautical miles from a safe haven). A maximum water draft of 1.2m and the maximum air draft (mast lowered) of 3.5m. Further details will be given in separate specifications, 1 for each boat.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or 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

The successful tendering economic operator (boat builder) will be required to have in place bank guarantees or other equivalent measures as agreed by the contracting entity (payable in the UK in GB Pounds) to be provided covering each stage payment, to ensure performance of the boat building project to the agreed programme and quality thus ensuring that the vessel meets the contracting entity's performance specification requirements. As payments are made the economic operator will clearly identify and mark paid for items as the property of the Port of London Authority.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

The contract is to be a fixed price contract, priced in GB pounds. Stage payments will be made by BACS transfer in GB Pounds, payable upon presentation of invoices for each stage and will be submitted on completion of each corresponding stage of the vessel build programme. There will be a retention sum of 5 % of the vessel's overall cost for each vessel. The retention sum will be held for 12 months from the date of delivery of that vessel and the cost of unresolved defects deducted from the retention before payment of the final sum. The programme for stage payments and invoice payment arrangements will be subject to negotiation and agreement between the successful economic operator (boat builder) and the contracting entity.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

The contracting entity may, if the contract is ultimately awarded to a consortium, require the winning consortium to form a legal entity before entering into the contract.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Economic operators who wish to enter tenders for this contract must meet the contracting entity's qualification requirements by completing a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and submit an expression of interest to the contracting entity stating how they meet the qualification requirements. The contracting entity will issue the boat build specifications, conditions of contract and invite tenders from those economic operators that the contracting entity chooses from the list of qualifying boat builders. The contracting entity's terms and conditions of contract for ship building will apply to the contract and the contract will be subject to English Law under the jurisdiction of English Courts. Intellectual property rights for the specification will remain at all times vested in the Contracting Entity. Intellectual property rights in the vessel design will remain with the successful tenderer. (PQQ available on PLA website: www.pla.co.uk).

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Economic operator interested in this contract must be members UK Shipbuilders' and Shiprepairers' Association or similar equivalent trade association for their country of operation. The technical principal of the economic operator must be registered as a European Engineer (EurEng) or UK Chartered Engineer (CEng) or similarly qualified professional appropriate to the country of the economic operator in the business of boat building.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

DF/04/2016

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

Expressions of interest from economic operators, with explanation of qualification — requirements for which are set out elsewhere in this notice — are to be received by the contracting entity by 10:00 British Summer Time on 16.5.2016. Invitations to tender, together with the specification for the vessel, draft conditions of contract and other statements of requirements will be sent out to qualifying economic operators in the week commencing Monday 13.6.2016. Tenders for the contract should be submitted by economic operators and received in writing (by post or by electronic mail) by the contracting entity no later than 10:30 BST on Friday, 16.9.2016.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

To receive attention, appeals or requests for mediation must be logged with the body responsible by 10:30 BST, 10 days after announcement of the contract award.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice