CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Award of WHaM South Direct Production Larch Long Term Contracts

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

South and Mid Wales

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Award of the contract for NRW. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) harvests approximately 800,000 m3 over bark standing (obs) of timber from Welsh Assembly woodlands each year.

Of this, 330,000m3 is harvested by Direct Production i.e. NRW commissions the harvesting to roadside with their own harvesting machines or engages contractors to carry out the work. The remaining 440,000 m3 is sold as Standing Sales.

Wales Harvesting & Marketing Strategy sets the proportion of the larch harvest to be felled using service contracts to sell to sawmills in Wales and the roadside larch programme is 50000m3/year. The roadside larch timber has already been committed to road-side sales contracts for the next 5-10 years. The roadside larch timber is typically located on steep ground and sites frequently have complex constraints.

WHaM South needs to secure the services of 3 contractors for 5-years and give them a timber commitment by volume. This will ensure that competent suppliers will commit to using modern efficient equipment on NRW land to ensure our fulfilment of NRW sales contracts.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

NRW00060

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

Please note that the value is an estimated figure due to the nature of a Contract framework agreement so this value is not guaranteed. This contract was originally divided into 3 lots but NRW have only awarded Lot 1.

(WA Ref:41430)

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice