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

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

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) Fire and emergency planning

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

London.

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)

The Authority wishes to procure, test and implement a vehicle telematics and equipment tagging system for use on its frontline fleet of firefighting appliances. A needs assessment and market consultation have been carried out as part of the FIRED-uP project. The framework agreement is divided into three lots:

Lot 1 - Supply of telematics hardware and software for firefighting vehicles.

Lot 2 - Supply of equipment tagging system.

Lot 3 - Systems integration.

It is intended to appoint a single operator (company, consortium or other grouping) in respect of each Lot.

The Authority's precise requirements in terms of functionality, performance measures, reports and other parameters will be refined in the course of dialogue meetings with the selected participants. The System will be subject to acceptance testing by the Authority as part of the pilot phase prior to any wider implementation within the fleet. The performance indicators for the pilot will be agreed with the successful operator(s) appointed to the framework.

The framework will allow for multiple contracts to be awarded by LFB and other designated users of the framework. Publication of this notice and associated documents does not commit the Authority or any other party to establish the framework agreement or to award any contract.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all 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

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

A performance bond or guarantee including a parent company guarantee may be required.

III.1.2)

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

Payment will be made in accordance with the contract documents.

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 Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or require a single entity to take primary liability or to require each party to accept joint and several liability. Further information is provided in the contract documents.

III.1.4)

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

As set out in the contract documents.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

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

Undertakings wishing to be considered for participation in the competitive dialogue are required to complete the pre-qualification questionnaire which can

be downloaded free of charge from the Bluelight Portal (www.bluelight.gov.uk).

In order to download the questionnaire please express an interest in the

contract. The questionnaire details the relevant selection and exclusion

criteria.

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

As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.

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

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?

FIRED-uP project Ref: ENT/CIP/11/C/N02C011

VI.3)

Additional Information

Candidates are required to register and express their interest through the Bluelight Portal (www.bluelight.gov.uk). It is free to register and candidates should receive notification of acceptance of their registration within 48 hours.Please be aware emails from the Portal may be quarantined by email filters.

The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs incurred by undertakings during this procedure. The Authority reserves the right to cancel this process at any time at its absolute discretion.

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:

Proceedings must be brought within 30 days of the date on which the economic operator knew or ought to have known of the breach of duty owed to it by the contracting authority unless the court considers there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings can be brought.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

The scope of Lot 1 includes the provision of sensors and data logging equipment to be fitted onto pumping appliances to capture vehicle-borne and auxiliary systems data, secure storage and transmission of this data, and flexible backend software to analyse the data and generate reports. It also includes priced options for installation and additional data capacity.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

The scope of Lot 2 includes the provision of durable passive tags to be fitted on items of operational equipment and the associated hardware and software for scanning, inventory and exception reporting. Data must be provided in a format which can be readily integrated with other systems. Priced options for installation, active tags for certain items and additional data capacity are included.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

The scope of Lot 3 includes all services necessary to make the system functional and to deliver against the Authority's expectations. This includes advising on compatibility and interoperability both between Lot 1 and Lot 2, and between the vehicle telematics system and existing architecture, including mobile data terminals and, potentially, its mobilisation and incident management systems.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots