Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
North East Procurement Organisation (Central Purchasing Body)
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle
NE1 3AF
UK
Contact person: Laura Kyle
Telephone: +44 1912613916
E-mail: laura.kyle@nepo.org
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
Address of the buyer profile: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Durham County Council (Framework Contract Participant)
County Hall, Durham
Durham
DH1 5UL
UK
E-mail: help@durham.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.durham.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH
UK
E-mail: customerservices@gateshead.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gateshead.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Hartlepool Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Victoria Road
Hartlepool
TS24 8AY
UK
E-mail: customer.service@hartlepool.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.hartlepool.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Middlesbrough Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Albert Road
Middlesbrough
TS1 9FX
UK
E-mail: contactcentre@middlesbrough.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.middlesbrough.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Barras Bridge
Newcastle
NE1 7RS
UK
E-mail: csc@newcastle.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.newcastle.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
North Tyneside Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Quadrant, Silverlink North, Cobalt Business Park
Newcastle
NE27 0BY
UK
E-mail: contact.us@northtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
South Tyneside Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road
South Shields
NE33 2RL
UK
E-mail: customerhelp@southtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.southtyneside.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Stockton Borough Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Municipal Buildings, Church Road
Stockton
TS18 1LD
UK
E-mail: customer.comments@stockton.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.stockton.gov.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Sunderland City Council (Framework Contract Participant)
Civic Centre, Burdon Road
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
UK
E-mail: enquiries@sunderland.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.sunderland.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
www.nepo.org
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NEPO507 Supply of Catering Disposables.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
39222100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is inviting responses from tenderers for a framework agreement for the supply of Catering Disposables to be delivered direct to establishments.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
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
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is inviting responses from tenderers for a framework agreement for the supply of Catering Disposables to be delivered direct to establishments. Establishments include Schools and Education facilities and Civic Buildings. As the Framework Contract is a framework the Council makes no guarantee that any orders will be placed under the Framework Contract by the Council or any of the Contracting Authorities. Quantities will be specified in the Call-Off Contract between each Contracting Authority and the Supplier. The procurement exercise will consist of an initial tender evaluation followed by an e-auction for the pricing element of the evaluation.
https://procontract.due-north.com
Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted.
If you require assistance on submitting your Invitation to Tender (ITT) please contact the system support team via email at ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com or use the online ticket system at http://proactis.kayako.com. For urgent enquiries, please call 0330 005 0352.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Discount Off-Catalogue
/ Weighting: 10.00 %
Quality criterion: Social Value — Economic
/ Weighting: 10.00 %
Quality criterion: Social Value — Environmental
/ Weighting: 10.00 %
Price
/ Weighting:
70.00 %
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
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 Contract will be a direct replacement of the existing NEPO Framework Contract for the Supply of Catering Disposables.
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Tenderers wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender system. Candidates must register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register?openform
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
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As stated within the procurement documents.
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 several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 2
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
Additional information about electronic auction:
The E-Auction will be run in-house by NEPO. No fees will be levied to you by NEPO. You must, however, comply with the rules of the E-Auction which will be set out in detail prior to the online event. This ITT will be run under Statutory Instrument 5 — The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Tenderers should note that this tender process complies with EU Directive 2015 / 18.
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:
16/11/2016
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: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
16/11/2016
Local time: 14:00
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Legal representatives of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council to authorise opening of tenders for NEPO officers at 14:00 on the tender submission deadline day.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
48 months from Contract Award date as stipulated within Invitation to Tender documentation.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org.
This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list.
NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services.
Please see the following websites for further details:-
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm
http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml
http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php
http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net
https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scottishschoolsonline/
http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure
http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx
http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts
http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1
https://www.dsdni.gov.uk/contact
https://www.dfpni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-336664
https://www.police.uk/forces/
http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html
http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm
http://www.scotland.police.uk/
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm
http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland
http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html
http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/
http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx
http://www.oscr.org.uk/
http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7175736
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx
http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx
http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644
A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:
http://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissable-users
Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance.
Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO)
Guildhall, Sandhill
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 1912613916
E-mail: laura.kyle@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
North East Procurement Organisation
Guildhall, Sandhill
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 1912613916
E-mail: laura.kyle@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO)
Guildhall, Sandhill
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 1912613916
E-mail: laura.kyle@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/10/2016