UK-Bury St Edmunds: tree-cutting services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

BURY ST EDMUNDS

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:289431-2008

Publication Date:

Nov 7, 2008

Deadline:

Dec 10, 2008

Buyer:

ST EDMUNDSBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

ST EDMUNDSBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL
BURY ST EDMUNDS , Suffolk
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 217/2008
, #
289431-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): St Edmundsbury Borough
Council, P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact: Procurement, Attn: Eddie
Gibson, UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284 75 73 10. E-mail:
eddie.gibson@stedsbc.gov.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA1209.
Further information can be obtained at: St Edmundsbury Borough Council,
P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact: Procurement, Attn: Eddie Gibson,
UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284 75 73 10. E-mail:
eddie.gibson@stedsbc.gov.uk. URL: www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
St Edmundsbury Borough Council, P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact:
Procurement, Attn: Eddie Gibson, UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284
75 73 10. E-mail: eddie.gibson@stedsbc.gov.uk. URL:
www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: St Edmundsbury Borough
Council, P.O. Box 122, Western Way, Contact: Procurement, Attn: Eddie
Gibson, UK-Bury St Edmunds IP33 3YS. Tel. 01284 75 73 10. E-mail:
eddie.gibson@stedsbc.gov.uk. URL: www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Arboricultural Services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 1.
Main place of performance: Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and surrounding
area.
NUTS code: UKH14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Council
wishes to appoint a contractor to perform all maintenance required to
trees under the Council’s ownership and supervision, in accordance with an
agreed Schedule of Rates.
The Council has approximately 150 000 trees under its supervision as of
1.4.2008. This number is not expected to alter by more than +/- 10 % over
the life of this contract.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 77211400, 77211500,
77341000, 77000000, 77300000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 300 000 and 400 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Contract Extension.
Number of possible renewals: 1
in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated
timeframe for subsequent contracts: in months: 24 (from the award of the
contract).
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.4.2009. Completion: 31.3.2012.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those
accounts relating to their business.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (1) A statement of the candidate's
average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3
years.
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their
managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for
providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the
contract;
(3) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract.
(4) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number:
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
TREE09.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document:
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
10.12.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 19.12.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (MT Ref:59927).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.11.2008.

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