Construction Contract Leads

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

DAERA - Forest Service

Pubble, Tempo

Enniskillen

BT94 3NB

Contact

collaboration.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk

Email

Collaboration.CPD [at] finance-ni.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

I.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

DAERA – Forest Service – Supply and Delivery of an 8 Wheeled Thinning Forwarder including Repairs and Spare Parts (ID 4996775)

Reference number

ID 4996775

II.1.2) Main CPV code

• 16600000 - Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description

DAERA – Forest Service has a requirement for Supply and Delivery of an 8 Wheeled Thinning Forwarder, including Repair and Spare Parts provision to back up the Forest Service Workshops.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £280,000

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

• 16820000 - Parts of forestry machinery
• 16800000 - Parts of agricultural and forestry machinery

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

• UKN - Northern Ireland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

DAERA – Forest Service has a requirement for Supply and Delivery of an 8 Wheeled Thinning Forwarder, including Repair and Spare Parts provision to back up the Forest Service Workshops.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

120

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

The Contract will commence upon award of contract will remain in force for a period of 10 years which will cover repairs and supply of parts but can be extended for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months each.

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

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

Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be..... regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting..... what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to.. improve.... If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance the matter will be escalated to.. senior... management in Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and your performance does.. not improve... to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your.. expense as... provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of.. Unsatisfactory... Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may,.. in accordance... with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be excluded from future public procurement competitions for. a. period of up. to.. three years.

Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about the 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

23 October 2023

Local time

3:00pm

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 21 January 2024

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

23 October 2023

Local time

3:30pm

Place

Clare House

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure

CPD Representatives

Section VI. Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for review/appeal or mediation procedures.

Belfast

Country

United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended)... and,... where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information is... communicated... to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the.. unsuccessful. tenderers to... challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

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