CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
	Electricity
	Exploration and extraction of gas and oil
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels
	Water
	Postal services
	Railway services
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
	Port-related activities
	Airport-related activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

Liverpool2 Cantilever Rail Mounted Gantry Container Cranes.

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)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Contracting Authority is seeking to better understand the market for suitably qualified and experienced suppliers who can deliver the, Design, Fabrication, Assembly, Delivery, Installation, Testing and Commissioning, Operating and Maintenance Training, Spare Parts supply, Technical support, and Warranty management, of up to twenty seven (27) Cantilever Rail Mounted Gantry Container Cranes (CRMG) to the Port of Liverpool for use at the new Container Terminal on the river Mersey.

The cranes must be capable of lifting all types of shipping containers over a span of up to 13 containers wide, stacking containers, six high, of various industry sizes up to 9feet 6inches, and have a minimum of 70 tonne below a spreader. They must be automated and be able to operate remotely and be capable of interfacing with an IT Terminal Operating System (TOS).

Variant design for the cranes, which meets the defined performance specification and available footprint, will be considered.

The cranes will be installed and commissioned in phases, with the first ten (10) cranes being installed and commissioned during the January - March 2015.

The date for the installation and commissioning of the remaining cranes will be subject to further confirmation.

The cranes will be located at Port of Liverpool.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.I.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

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)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

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

VI.2)

Additional Information

Contractors will be required to demonstrate their capacity, through the PQQ process, to deliver the cranes to the defined programme.

The selection process will be firstly by registering an expression of interest which shall be deemed to be requesting a pre-qualification questionnaire at the email address indicated, by the date indicated in point IV.3.3 for receipt of requests for documents.

Electronic copies of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire will be issued on 02.4.2013.

The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire must be completed and submitted by the date and time indicated in point IV.3.4).

Applicants shortlisted from a qualitative assessment of the PQQs submissions will be invited to tender. The Invitation to Tender will be issued to the prequalified contractors on the date as indicated in point IV.3.5).

The Contracting Authority shall not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by the candidates or tenderers and accepts no liability for any costs, charges or expenses irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award all or any part of this contract. All dates and time periods specified in the notice are only provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these.

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