Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
6 Forest Road Garvagh
Derry
BT51 5EF
UK
E-mail: collaboration.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs NI
Dundonald House
Belfast
BT4 3SB
UK
E-mail: collaboration.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Daera — Forest service — Supply and Delivery of 6 Wheeled Thinning Harvester
II.1.2) Main CPV code
16300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
DAERA (Forest Service) require the supply and delivery of a 6 wheeled thinning harvester (tender includes the provision of repair and spare parts). The harvester must be delivered to Forest Service Area Workshop, Pubble, Tempo, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh no later than 31.3.2018.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
555 840.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
16340000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DAERA (Forest Service) require the supply and delivery of a 6 wheeled thinning harvester (tender includes the provision of repair and spare parts). The harvester must be delivered to Forest Service Area Workshop, Pubble, Tempo, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh no later than 31.3.2018.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/02/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
John Deere Forestry Limited
Ballyknocken
Wicklow
Glenealy
IE
E-mail: hughesjoe@johndeere.com
NUTS: IE
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 55 840.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract performance will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the. public purse is not getting VFM. If satisfactory levels of contract performance are not met they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in. CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may. be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance (COUP). and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a COUP will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions. being undertaken by COPE on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of 12 months from the. date of issue of the certificate.” VI.4).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is. communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/02/2018