Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Defra Network eTendering Portal
17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
UK
Telephone: +44 2072385921
E-mail: Melanie.Swain@defra.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/
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://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Project 30072 — Farmer-delivered, East Sussex Badger Vaccination Pilot
Reference number: 30072
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The authority is looking for a contractor to act as a managed service provider to deliver a large scale, farmer-delivered badger vaccination pilot over a five (5) year period.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
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:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
East Sussex.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The authority is looking for a contractor to act as a managed service provider to deliver a large scale, farmer-delivered badger vaccination Pilot over a five (5) year period.
The contractor will establish sub-contracting arrangements with delivery partners (predominantly farmers) to deliver vaccination services on a two hundred and fifty (250) square kilometre contiguous area of East Sussex with a reservoir of bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
This Pilot aims to deliver vaccination in East Sussex, an area that is unlikely to take part in a future cull and provide information to support vaccination as a badger control tool.
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
Duration in months: 60
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.1.2) 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
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
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 178-431070
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
09/12/2020
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: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
09/12/2020
Local time: 12:01
Place:
Sealed Parallel Opening of Tender Documents via Bravo e-Tendering System
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
Defra
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
London
WCA 2LL
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Defra Group Commercial
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/10/2020