Natural History Museum: The Natural History Museum Framework Agreement for Specimen Transportation Services

UK-London: Transport services (excl. Waste transport).

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Natural History Museum
      Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 02079425416, Email: j.baker@nhm.ac.uk

      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:
      Body governed by public law

   I.3) Main activity:
      Education
      Other: National Museum

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: The Natural History Museum Framework Agreement for Specimen Transportation Services
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 20

         Region Codes: UKI - LONDON UKI1 - Inner London UKI2 - Outer London         
      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
            maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 6
         Duration of the framework agreement:
            Duration in year(s): 4                   
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Transport services (excl. Waste transport). The Natural History Museum Framework Agreement for Specimen Transportation Services
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport).
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Not Provided      
      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:
      Not Provided      
      
      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

      1)Short Description: Not Provided


      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport).
         
      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: No       
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
      Not Provided      
      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   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: 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:
                Not Provided
   
   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: Not Provided
   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: NHM TE TFA 2016      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

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


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 21/03/2016
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 29/03/2016      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Not Provided
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Not Provided      
   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.

The Museum has been touring its groundbreaking exhibitions since 1990 and we are currently adding a number of new, specimen-rich shows to our offer, and therefore wishes to set up a four year framework agreement to provide specialised specimen crating and/or transport services in one or all of the following lots:

Lot 1: Specimen and exhibition moves within the UK

Lot 2: International moves, co-ordination of the complete logistics associated with packing and transporting specimens between the Museum’s UK sites and international hosting venues;

Lot 3: Crate production, co-ordination of the complete logistics associated with crate building according to the Museum’s specification;

Lot 4: Provision of warehousing facilities, for the storage of packed and/or packed crates.

Interested parties are required to complete and submit a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. Once Questionnaires have been evaluated, shortlisted suppliers will be invited to tender. Please note that the Invitation to tender documents are available for download IN DRAFT FORM (subject to change before Invitations to Tender are dispatched) and FOR INFORMATION ONLY at the Pre-Qualification stage and interested parties are only required to submit a completed questionnaire rather than a full tender submission, unless and until they are shortlisted for the next stage.
Submission of Completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaires. This tender will be managed via the e-tendering service of Delta-e-Sourcing. Potential suppliers are required to register at: www.delta-esourcing.com where they may download, complete, and then submit their completed Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) using the following access code: 5XNG8KDV2P
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=190513384
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      The Chartered Institue of Arbitrators
      12 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP, United Kingdom

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               The Chartered Institue of Arbitrators
         12 Bloomsbury Square, London, London, WC1A 2LP, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 02079425416, Fax. +44 2074044023, Email: info@ciarb.org, URL: http://www.ciarb.org/

      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: 19/02/2016

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