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

Maintenance of Navigation Aids - Dee Estuary

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

River Dee and its estuary known as the Dee Conservancy

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) wish to appoint a Contractor to provide those services, which will be undertaken strictly in accordance with the Dee Conservancy Harbour Master’s instructions. The Contractor will have detailed knowledge of the Dee Conservancy and be experienced in undertaking the various activities referred to in that environment.

The services may be summarised as:

- Establishing and removing fixed and floating aids to navigation,

- Undertaking scheduled maintenance and unplanned repairs of fixed and floating aids to navigation.

- Provide an emergency call–out capability to respond to requests from the Harbour Master or Waterways manager for urgent inspection and/or repair of all installed aids to navigation,

- design, fabrication and installation of equipment to specification as required by the Harbour Master.

- conducting scheduled inspections,

- providing and operating a suitable vessel to transport the Dee Conservancy Harbour Master on all parts of the Dee Conservancy.

- providing and operating a suitable vessel to enable the Harbour Master undertake bathymetric survey work throughout the Conservancy area.

- Receiving and storing, in appropriate secure premises within the area, spare buoys, their moorings and other items of equipment.

The Contractor will be required to provide all the appropriate resources necessary to conduct these and other marine services safely and efficiently.

The services to be provided by the Contractor are further described under two categories:

1.0 Scheduled Marine Services,

and

2.0 Unscheduled Marine Services.

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

NRW00027

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 VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

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

VI.2)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:35607)

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