Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
South Tees Site Company Ltd
Teesside Management Office
Redcar
TS10 5QW
UK
Contact person: Nicola Turner
Telephone: +44 1793867005
E-mail: fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk
NUTS: UKC12
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.uksbs.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public Procurement
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
FM19239 Supply of Gaseous Nitrogen
Reference number: FM19239
II.1.2) Main CPV code
24111800
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
To supply gaseous nitrogen to the South Teessite Company (STSC) from the BOC plant where it shall be compressed into the BOC pipeline for delivery.
The supply of gaseous nitrogen is required in order to maintain a nitrogen blanket within the coke oven gas main. Supply is required for a maximum of 2 years after which time no nitrogen will be needed as the main will be cleaned and unused.
The nitrogen is supplied by a single air separation unit (ASU) which is owned, operated and maintained by BOC. Competition is absent as the pipeline is purpose built to supply the site, and there are no other potential suppliers with such a facility. Nitrogen is needed in order to ensure that pyrophoric materials in the coke oven gas main remain safe and do not ignite.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 317 600.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
24111800
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC12
Main site or place of performance:
South Tees Site Company Ltd
Teesside Management Office, Redcar, TS10 5QW.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
To supply gaseous nitrogen to the South Teessite Company (STSC) from the BOC plant where it shall be compressed into the BOC pipeline for delivery.
The supply of gaseous nitrogen is required in order to maintain a nitrogen blanket within the coke oven gas main. Supply is required for a maximum of 2 years after which time no nitrogen will be needed as the main will be cleaned and unused.
The nitrogen is supplied by a single air separation unit (ASU) which is owned, operated and maintained by BOC. Competition is absent, as the pipeline is purpose built to supply the site, and there are no other potential suppliers with such a facility. Nitrogen is needed in order to ensure that pyrophoric materials in the coke oven gas main remain safe and do not ignite.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Regulation 32 (2) b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons; and
Regulation 32 (2) b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:
(iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FM19239
Title: FM19239 Supply of Gaseous Nitrogen
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The BOC Group Ltd
The Priestly Centre, 10 Priestly Road, The Surrey Research Park
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 7XY
UK
NUTS: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 317 600.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Swindon
SN2 1FF
UK
E-mail: policy@uksbs.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.uksbs.co.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Swindon
SN2 1FF
UK
E-mail: policy@uksbs.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.uksbs.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/10/2019