Braintree District Council : Grounds Maintenance Equipment

UK-Braintree: Grounds-maintenance equipment.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Braintree District Council
      Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7 9HB, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1376551414, Fax. +44 1376557792, Email: procurement@braintree.gov.uk, URL: www.braintree.gov.uk
      Contact: Essex Procurement Hub, Attn: Will Baxter

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: Yes

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SUPPLIES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Grounds Maintenance Equipment
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SUPPLIES
         A combination of these

         Region Codes: UK - UNITED KINGDOM         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system: The notice involves the setting up of a framework agreement                                                        

      II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:      
            Framework agreement with several operators

         Duration of the framework agreement:
            Duration in year(s): 4             
         Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
                                    
            Range between: 2,500,000 and 10,000,000
            Currency: GBP
                  
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Grounds-maintenance equipment. This national framework agreement will be available to all UK public authorities(as listed within II.2). It is for for the supply of all types of grounds maintenance equipment from tractors gangmowers, mowers, rotovators, chainsaws, strimmers etc. This framework will be open to all UK public sector bodies.To express an interest in this framework please send an email containing your company name, contact point and email address to procurement@braintree.gov.uk referencing "PROC15-0107 Grounds Maintenance Equipment Framework". Pre Qualification Questionnaires will be sent to all who express an interest AFTER the deadline of 12:00 hours on the 3rd of April 2014.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         43325100 - Grounds-maintenance equipment.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: Yes          
         If yes, tenders should be submitted for: One or more lots

      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      This Framework Agreement as described above will be available to all UK public bodies. This includes local authorities, educational establishments, registered providers and emergency services, NHS bodies, central government departments and their agencies and also registered charities. See the following websites for details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentFind.aspx, http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.phphttp://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/universities___colleges/,http://www.police-information.co.uk/police-directory/, http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/AZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm, http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/first.asp, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DI1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/DG_A-Z_LG, http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.490,http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browser/Labour-Market/, http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en,http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/az2.htm, http://www.police-information.co.uk/police-directory/index.php?cat=6&subcat=29, http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs.php, http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/aboutus/citizens_advice_offices.htm.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 2,500,000 and 10,000,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: South East England / East Anglia

      1)Short Description:      
      The supply of grounds maintenance equipment to the region above.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         43325100 - Grounds-maintenance equipment.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 2
      Title: National

      1)Short Description:      
      The supply of grounds maintenance equipment to the above area.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         43325100 - Grounds-maintenance equipment.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
                  
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 3   
   IV.2)Award Criteria
      IV.2.1)Award criteria:      
         The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
            The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

      IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PROC15-0107      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:



         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 03/04/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: Not Provided      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: Not Provided         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
   VI.3)Additional Information: To express an interest in this framework please send an email containing your company name, contact point and email address to procurement@braintree.gov.uk referencing PROC15-0107 Grounds Maintenance Equipment Framework. Pre Qualification Questionnaires will be sent to all who express an interest AFTER the deadline of 12:00 hours on the 3rd of April 2014.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 25/02/2015

ANNEX A

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
         1: Contracting Authority
      Any Public UK Authority as per section II.2.1 of this notice
      Any Public UK Authority as per section II.2.1 of this notice, Any Public UK Authority as per section II.2.1 of t, United Kingdom