Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Rothamsted Research Ltd
West Common
Harpenden
AL52JQ
UK
Contact person: Mark Adams
Telephone: +44 1582763133
E-mail: rres.purchasing@rothamsted.ac.uk
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.rothamsted.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.rothamsted.ac.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/tender-documents
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Company Limited by Guarantee
I.5) Main activity
Other: Scientific / Agricultural Research
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Supply of self-propelled forage harvester with real-time crop analysis
Reference number: 2018/0001
II.1.2) Main CPV code
16340000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The machine required is to be a self-propelled forage harvester with rotary crop head and hay pickup options. The spout must be capable of housing Near Infra-Red (NIR) technology to analyse whole crop moisture and constituents in real time. The proposal should include the necessary components to optimise safety, reliability, quality, efficiency, economy and operability.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
275 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK4
Main site or place of performance:
Rothamsted Research Ltd
North Wyke
Okehampton
Devon
EX20 2LU
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The machine required is to be a self-propelled forage harvester with rotary crop head and hay pickup options. The spout must be capable of housing Near Infra-Red (NIR) technology to analyse whole crop moisture and constituents in real time. The proposal should include the necessary components to optimise safety, reliability, quality, efficiency, economy and operability.
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
Start:
26/02/2018
End:
31/03/2018
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
See tender documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
See tender documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
See tender 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
See tender documents.
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
12/02/2018
Local time: 12:00
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: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
12/02/2018
Local time: 14:00
Place:
Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Procurement Manager.
Head of North Wyke Site Operations.
Head of Farms.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Rothamsted Research Ltd
West Common
Harpenden
AL52JQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1582763133
E-mail: mark.adams@rothamsted.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.rothamsted.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Rothamsted Research Ltd. will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or contructive knowledge of a breach.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/01/2018