CONTRACT 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

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

Execution		Design and execution
Execution, by whatever means

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

Wrexham County Borough

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Wrexham County Borough Council intends to deliver maintenance work and new project work for civil engineering and highways schemes up to the value of GBP125,000 per scheme across the Authority’s respective administrative area.

The Authority anticipates procuring a wide range of highway and civil engineering works under the Framework, which may cover (but will not be limited to) the following:

Preliminaries

Site Clearance

Fencing

Drainage and Service Ducts

Earthworks

Road Pavements including, sub-base, basecourses, surfacing and,cold milling

Kerbs, Footways and Paved Areas

Traffic Signs and Markings

Street Lighting Columns, CCTV Masts

Electrical Work for Street Lighting and Traffic Signs

Structural Concrete

Brickwork, Blockwork and Stonework

Landscape and ecology

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

As detailed in the invitation to tender documentation.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

As detailed in the invitation to tender documentation.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

As detailed in the invitation to tender documentation.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

As detailed in the invitation to tender documentation.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

PROC-15-40

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:36851)

The Contractor shall ensure that all contracts with Subcontractors and Suppliers which the Contractor intends to procure following the Award date, and which the Contractor has not, before the date of this Contract, already planned to award to a particular Subcontractor or Supplier, are advertised through the Sell2Wales portal (www.sell2wales.co.uk) and awarded following a fair, open, transparent and competitive process proportionate to the nature and value of the contract.

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

In delivering this Framework Agreement for Highways and Civil Engineering Minor Works, Wrexham County Borough Council is committed to pursuing Community Benefits which will contribute to the social, economic and environmental well-being of the wider community. The pursuit of Community Benefits through tender exercises and subsequent contracts/frameworks ensures the Council achieves the best value for the money we spend. Further details are included within the invitation to tender documention.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

Wrexham County Borough 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. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into]

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Works under this LOT will incluce the following:-

Preliminaries

Site Clearence

Fencing

Drainage and Service Ducts

Earthworks

Kerbs, Footways and Paved Areas

Traffic Signs

Landscape and Ecology

Please note this will be for works under the value of GBP30,000.00.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

A total estimate value of works going through this LOT of GBP2.8million over the life of the framework agreement.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Works under this LOT will incluce the following:-

Structural Concrete

Expansion Joints and Sealing of Gaps

Brickwork, Blockwork and Stonework

Please note that this is for works under the value of GBP30,000.00.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

A total estimate value of works going through of GBP200,000.00 over the life of the framework agreement.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Works under this LOT will incluce the following:-

Preliminaries

Site Clearance

Fencing

Drainage and Service Ducts

Earthworks

Kerbs, Footways and Paved Areas

Traffic Signs

Structural Concrete

Expansion Joints and Sealing of Gaps

Brickwork, Blockwork and Stonework

Landscape and Ecology

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

A total estimate value of works going through this LOT of GBP1million.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Works under this LOT will incluce the following:-

Road Pavements – General

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Estimated value of works going through of GBP800,000.00 over the life time of the framework agreement.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Works under this LOT will incluce the following:-

Road Markings

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Estimated value of works going through this LOT of GBP1million over the life time of the framework agreement.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Works under this LOT will incluce the following:-

Road Lighting Columns and Brackets, CCTV Masts and Cantilever Masts

Electrical Work for Road Lighting and Traffic Signs

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Estimate value of works going through this LOT is GBP2.2million over the life time of the framework agreement.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots