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

Other (Please specify) UK Internal Drainage Board

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) Functions relating to UK internal drainage boards

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

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Within the boundaries of Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board and Ancholme Internal Drainage Board area as defined by tender documents.

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)

Scunthorpe & Gainsborough Water Management Board (S&GWB) and The Ancholme Internal Drainage Board (AIDB) have commissioned North Lincolnshire Council (NLC) to undertake a formal tender exercise on its behalf to procure contractor(s) to deliver the watercourse maintenance services commencing July 2014.

Services Include, but not limited to:

- Flail Mowing – grass, weeds and other growths;

- De-weeding – of grass, weeds and other growths;

- De-silting – of gravel, silt and weed growth;

- Reporting and recording;

- Piling – Installation of timber toe piling and boarding;

- Brashing – Removal of tree/bush/hedge/ overgrowth;

- Hand labour.

The contract will be awarded on the basis of the following lots:

Lot 1 – Flail Mowing of Banks, Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed and Clearance of Culvert – Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board areas.

Lot 2 – Flail Mowing of Banks, Desilting of Watercourses and Clearance of Culverts – Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board areas.

Lot 3 - Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed, Flail Mowing and Clearance of Culverts in District A – Ancholme Internal Drainage Board areas.

Lot 4 - Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed, Flail Mowing and Clearance of Culverts in District B – Ancholme Internal Drainage Board areas.

Tenders are invited in hard copy format only. Interested parties may request invitation to tender documents by contacting North Lincolnshire Council either in writing at:

Nigel Dexter

Strategic Procurement Unit

North Lincolnshire Council

Civic Centre

Ashby Road

Scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire

DN16 1AB

or e-mail nigel.dexter@northlincs.gov.uk or call +44 1724296885.

The deadline for the receipt of tenders is 12:00 noon 9.12.2013.

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

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

As stated in tender documents.

III.1.2)

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

As stated in tender 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

Joint and Several Liability.

III.1.4)

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

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

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

As stated in tender documents.

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

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

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

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?

VI.3)

Additional Information

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:

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Flail Mowing of Banks, Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed and Clearance of Culvert – Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board areas.

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

Flail Mowing of Banks, Desilting of Watercourses and Clearance of Culverts – Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board areas.

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

Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed, Flail Mowing and Clearance of Culverts in District A – Ancholme Internal Drainage Board areas.

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

Removal of Aquatic Vegetation from Bed, Flail Mowing and Clearance of Culverts in District B – Ancholme Internal Drainage Board areas.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots