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

A number of Welsh Local Authorities listed in the specification

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Framework for The Supply & Maintenance of Mobile Catering Furniture

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

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

WALES

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Pembrokeshire County Council are the lead authority in terms of this framework arrangement on behalf of the Welsh Purchasing Consortium (WPC). Consequently all documentation was issued by them. The Framework Agreement enables the participating Authorities, together with any other specified Employers to appoint providers of Mobile Catering Furniture and the subsequent servicing, repair and maintenance. The initial scoping exercise used to gauge the level of interest resulted in Eight Authorities stating that they were potentially ‘interested’ in participating in this framework. These were:

- Neath Port Talbot CBC

- Pembrokeshire CC

- Vale of Glamorgan CBC

- City & County of Swansea

- Caerphilly CBC

- Carmarthenshire CC

- Merthyr Tydfil CBC

- Bridgend CBC

All other WPC member Authorities as listed below did not respond to the Scoping but may choose to use this Framework agreement in the future.

- Blaenau Gwent CBC

- Monmouthshire CC

- Cardiff City & County Council

- Ceredigion CC

- Torfaen CBC

- Newport City & County Council

- Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC

- Powys CBC

- Wrexham CBC

- Denbighshire CC

- Flintshire CBC

The Framework was awarded to two suppliers and covers the items listed in the Specification. Please note that there is no guarantee on the number of individual authorities who will subsequently contract via this framework.

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

WPC/PEM/1415/089

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract 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 V: Award of contract

Contract 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

(WA Ref:34915)

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

Pembrokeshire County Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from I.1.

VI.3.3)

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

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice