Forestry Commission: Tree Grading Machine - Delamere Forest

UK-Bristol: Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Forestry Commission, acting through Forestry England (hereinafter referred to as Forestry England)
       620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3000676156, Email: procurement.england@forestryengland.uk
       Contact: Christine Hunt
       Main Address: www.forestryengland.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes

   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:
      Other activity: Forestry

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Tree Grading Machine - Delamere Forest            
      Reference number: FEE/0785

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         16600000 - Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES

      II.1.4) Short description: CONTRACT AWARDED -
Install & maintain a fixed machine to grade and count forest nursery trees into a range of size classes between 10 – 100 cm in height and within defined root collar diameters. These need to be segregated into set numbers according to desired specifications. High volumes of trees must be processed as quickly as possible. For full details of our needs, please read the separate specification document.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 398,990
                  
         Currency:EUR            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            16600000 - Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery.
            51520000 - Installation services of agricultural and forestry machinery.
            51522000 - Installation services of forestry machinery.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: CONTRACT AWARDED - Install & maintain a fixed machine to grade and count forest nursery trees into a range of size classes between 10 – 100 cm in height and within defined root collar diameters. These need to be segregated into set numbers according to desired specifications. High volumes of trees must be processed as quickly as possible. For full details of our needs, please read the separate specification document.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality Criteria / Weighting: 70%
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30%
            

      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: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-026245
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: FEE/0785    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Tree Grading Machine - Delamere Forest

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 14/01/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             SMO BV, 09 0203988
             Nieuwendorpe 14, Oost-Vlaanderen, Eeklo, 9900, Belgium
             Tel. +32 473693799, Email: dieter.vandewalle@smo.be
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 398,990
         Currency: EUR

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Forestry England
          620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom
          Email: procurement.england@forestryengland.uk
          Internet address: www.forestryengland.uk

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Chartered Institute Arbitrators
          12 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          Head of Procurement, Forestry Commission
          620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom
          Email: procurement.england@forestryengland.uk

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 02/02/2022