Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority
3 St Patricks Avenue, County Down
Downpatrick
BT30 6DW
UK
Contact person: Construct.Info
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: Construct.Info@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 is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2921588
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2921588
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2921588
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NIFHA 2921588 Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority (NIFHA) Integrated Consultant Team (ICT) Framework Agreement 2020 (Open)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71311000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This framework agreement is for the provision of construction related professional services by a Consultant and its supply chain, collectively referred to as an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). It is envisaged that the services will primarily be civil/marine engineering related Professional Services to NIFHA the ICT, including but not limited to:
• harbour structures, marine works and navigational channels;
• quay wall repair and protection in working commercial harbours;
• coastal defences;
• public health/food industry engineering;
• planning regulation;
• infrastructure and services such as roads, water and sewage;
• building maintenance and services;
• studies, e.g., hydrometric, hydraulic, bathometric and environmental.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
900 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71311000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
Main site or place of performance:
NIFHA’s three operation sites are:
• Ardglass Harbour,
• Kilkeel harbour,
• Portavogie Harbour. However, ICTs may be required to deliver projects in other parts of N.Ireland if required.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This framework agreement is for the provision of construction related professional services by a Consultant and its supply chain, collectively referred to as an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). It is envisaged that the services will primarily be civil/marine engineering related professional services to NIFHA the ICT, including but not limited to:
• harbour structures, marine works and navigational channels;
• quay wall repair and protection in working commercial harbours;
• coastal defences;
• public health/food industry engineering;
• planning regulation;
• infrastructure and services such as roads, water and sewage;
• building maintenance and services;
• studies, e.g., Hydrometric, Hydraulic, Bathometric and Environmental.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
900 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
This framework agreement will be awarded for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a period of Three further individual 1 year periods. The framework agreement may be terminated at any time as deemed necessary by the contracting authority.
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:
Refer to tender documentation.
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
The economic operators’ performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the contracting authority will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures:
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures. If an economic operator has received more than one current notice of written warning or a notice of unsatisfactory performance, the contracting authority, at its discretion, can consider an economic operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: . https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies.
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 a single operator.
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:
31/07/2020
Local time: 15:00
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
31/07/2020
Local time: 15:30
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
Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery Procurement Operations Branch
303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
E-mail: construct.info@finance-ni.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: this procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide 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. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/06/2020