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Operis OJEU Newsletter Service This service is free and is available to anyone who registers on our OJEU subscription page or calls us to register. The information in this newsletter is drawn from the Official Journal of the European Union. IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination or copying of the information contained in the message is prohibited. While Operis Group plc has used its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information contained in this message is accurate, up to date and complete, it accepts no liability to the addressee or to any other person for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions contained in the message. While Operis has taken reasonable steps to ensure that this message (and any attachments or hyperlinks contained within it) are virus free it is the responsibility of the addressee to ensure they are virus free and Operis accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage caused by receipt or use thereof. PROJECT
TITLE: UK-Coventry: refuse and waste related services Project number: 2009/S 189-272531 Type: CONTRACT NOTICE - Services SECTION I: CONTRACTING
AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND
CONTACT POINT(S): Internet address(es): General address of the
contracting authority: www.coventry.gov.uk. Address of the buyer
profile: www.coventry.gov.uk/buyerprofile. Further information can
be obtained at: Project Transform Project Office, c/o Warwickshire County
Council, PO Box 43, Shire Hall, Attn: Kalen Wood, UK-Warwick CV34 4SX. Tel. +44 1926412628. E-mail:
projecttransformoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk. URL: www.projecttransform.info. Specifications and
additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a
dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Project Transform Project
Office, c/o Warwickshire County Council, PO Box 43, Shire Hall, Attn: Kalen
Wood, UK-Warwick CV34 4SX. Tel. +44
1926412628. E-mail: projecttransformoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk. URL:
www.projecttransform.info. Tenders or requests to
participate must be sent to: Project Transform Project Office, c/o
Warwickshire County Council, PO Box 43, Shire Hall, Attn: Kalen Wood,
UK-Warwick CV34 4SX. Tel. +44
1926412628. E-mail: projecttransformoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk. I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING
AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES: Regional or local
authority. General public services.
Environment. The contracting
authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes. SECTION II: OBJECT OF
THE CONTRACT II.1) DESCRIPTION II.1.1) Title attributed to the
contract by the contracting authority: UK-Coventry: project
transform - long-term residual waste treatment contract. II.1.2) Type of contract and
location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. Service category: No 16.
Main place of
performance: NUTS code: UKG . II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract. II.1.4) Information on framework
agreement: II.1.5) Short description of the
contract or purchase(s): Coventry City Council
together with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and Warwickshire County
Council (the "Partners") are seeking (subject to value for money
and affordability considerations) a contractor (or consortium of contractors)
to enter into a long-term PFI/PPP contract for the provision of a solution
for the treatment and disposal of residual waste. This may include (but is
not limited to) the design, build, operation and/or financing of a waste
treatment facility (or facilities). However, the Partners reserve the right
to adopt a contract structure that best meets their respective needs. The
Partners have identified a site within the ownership of the Partners which is
considered suitable for the solution and can be considered by Applicants when
putting forward their solution, although Applicants will be free to put
forward other sites for the project. The Partners' site is located off the The Partners do not
intend to specify a particular technology for the solution and will,
therefore, consider any technology solution that meets the Partner's
requirements which will be assessed in accordance with the evaluation
criteria/methodology for the project. The potential for the solution to cater
for commercial and industrial waste as well as waste from other public sector
organisations may be explored during the Competitive Dialogue Procedure. For further details
refer to II 2.1 and V1.3. CPV descriptions: Refuse and waste related
services. Refuse disposal and treatment. Non-hazardous refuse and waste
treatment and disposal services. Household-refuse disposal services. Other
building completion work. Sewage, refuse, cleaning, and environmental
services. Clinical-waste disposal services. Installation services of waste
incinerators. Refuse transport services. Waste disposal site construction
work. Waste-treatment plant construction work. Demolition, site preparation
and clearance work. Ash disposal services. Recycling equipment. Steam, hot
water and associated products. Electricity supplies. Electricity.
Construction works for sewage treatment plants, purification plants and
refuse incineration plants. Refuse-incineration plant construction work.
Waste transfer station. Construction works for recycling station. Operation
of a refuse site. Refuse recycling services. Refuse incineration services.
Urban solid-refuse disposal services. Household-refuse disposal services.
Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services. Refuse disposal
and treatment. II.1.6) Common procurement
vocabulary (CPV): 90500000, 90513100,
45252000, 90513400, 45111000, 90524200, 51135110, 90512000, 45222100,
45252300, 90530000, 90514000, 90510000, 90513000, 90513200, 45232470,
90513300, 09320000, 09310000, 45450000, 45222110, 90000000, 45213270,
31682000, 42914000. II.1.7) Contract covered by the
Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. II.1.8) Division into lots: No. II.1.9) Variants will be
accepted: Yes. II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE
CONTRACT II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The Partners are seeking
(subject to value for money and affordability considerations) a contractor
(or consortium of contractors) to enter into a long-term PFI/PPP contract for
the provision of a solution for the treatment and disposal of residual waste
which may include (but is not limited to) the design, build, operation and/or
financing of a waste treatment facility (or facilities) (the
"Contract"). However, the Partners reserve the right to adopt a
contract structure that best meets their respective needs. The project is
anticipated to include the handling of all treatment outputs, rejects and
residues from the solution including (but not limited to) the marketing and
sale of recyclable materials, compostable materials, other materials
recovered, transfer, loading and onward transport to final destinations
including the provision of landfill for residues to the extent necessary. The Partners reserve the
right to explore with the participants during the procurement process the
potential for marketing any energy (heat and/or power and/or electricity)
produced by the solution to neighboring users and/or to the Partnership
and/or to the National Grid and/or to other users. The procurement is not
intended to include any of the collection or delivery functions to the
solution. However, as a matter of flexibility, the Partners may wish to
include some ancillary waste management services such as (but not limited to)
transfer stations and bulking and haulage operations. The Outline Business
Case ("OBC") for the project estimates that, by way of guidance
only, the solution might deal with approximately 305 000 tonnes of residual
waste per annum by the year 2040 (please refer to the Partners' OBC for more
details - refer to link in section V.I.3). This tonnage is not
guaranteed or warranted by the Partners nor is it an indication of future
trends. Applicants will be invited to take their own view of the likely
tonnages and waste growth and the capacity of the solution will be discussed
during the Competitive Dialogue Procedure. The expectation is that financing
for the project will be predominantly, if not wholly, procured from private
finance however the Partners reserve the right to provide or procure capital
contributions and/or finance for the project from other sources including
(but not limited to) prudential borrowing and/or the European Investment Bank
and/or the Treasury Infrastructure Financing Unit. Whilst the Partners
anticipate the Contract will be for a period of approximately 25 years with
an option to extend the service period for up to five further years, the
actual contract period will be determined by best value considerations during
the Competitive Dialogue Procedure having regard to financial market
conditions. For the avoidance of
doubt, a 25 plus 5 years duration is indicative only and is not intended to
specify the maximum or minimum length of the Contract. The Partners estimate
that the value of the contract will be in the region of 1 055 000 000 GBP.
This is provided by way of estimate only and depends upon the solution put
forward. The Partners reserve the right to invite variant solutions and
further details are set out in the Information Memorandum. Estimated value
excluding VAT: 1 055 000 000 GBP. II.2.2) Options: Yes. Description of these
options: The Partners may discuss with Applicants during the Competitive
Dialogue Procedure the possibility of being granted option(s) to extend the
Contract for a period of about five (5) years (subject to the caveats outlined
in section II.2.1). The time duration in section II.3 includes any possible
extension but is subject to the caveats on duration in section II.2.1. II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT
OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in months: 435
(from the award of the contract). SECTION III: LEGAL,
ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO
THE CONTRACT III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees
required: The Partners reserve the
right to require guarantees, parent company guarantees (in a form acceptable
to the Partners), direct agreements, deposits, bonds or other forms of
appropriate security. Further details will be set out in the project
documentation. III.1.2) Main financing
conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant
provisions regulating them: Payment and the payment
terms and conditions will be set out in the Project Agreement and the Payment
Mechanism. The Project Agreement and the Payment Mechanism will be based on
the WIDP/Defra Model Form (as set out in the WIDP Residual Waste Procurement
Pack). The payment terms and conditions will be discussed with Applicants
during the Competitive Dialogue Procedure and further information will be
provided in the project documents. III.1.3) Legal form to be taken
by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Requests to participate
will be accepted from companies groupings of economic operators (consortia).
In the event of a successful consortium bid, the Partners may specify that
the consortium takes a particular legal form and/or require that a single
consortium member takes primary liability or that each member undertakes
joint and several liability irrespective of the legal form adopted, where a
subsidiary company is used, the ultimate parent company may be required to
provide a guarantee in respect of the performance of the Contract. Full
details of the proposed contracting structures must be provided at the Pre-
Qualification stage. III.1.4) Other particular
conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject: Yes. This project is being
procured under the Private Finance Initiative. Specific particular conditions
to which the performance of the Contract is subject will be set out in the
project documentation to be issued to Applicants as part of the project
documents and in particular may relate to social and environmental issues. 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: Please refer to
the project documentation issued with the PQQ. Minimum level(s) of standards
required: In accordance with Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and
Regulation 24 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the
PQQ. III.2.2) Economic and financial
capacity: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to
the project documentation issued with the PQQ. Minimum level(s) of
standards possibly required: Minimum level(s) of standards required: In
accordance with Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 24 of the
Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the PQQ. III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to the
project documentation issued with the PQQ. Minimum level(s) of
standards required: In accordance with Articles 48 - 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC
and Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in
the PQQ. Minimum level(s) of
standards possibly required: Minimum level(s) of
standards required: In accordance with Articles 48 - 50 of Directive
2004/18/EC and Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as
set out in the PQQ. III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No. III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO
SERVICES CONTRACTS III.3.1) Execution of the service
is reserved to a particular profession: No. III.3.2) Legal entities should
indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible
for the execution of the service: Yes. SECTION IV: PROCEDURE IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive dialogue. IV.1.2) Limitations on the
number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum
number: 3. Maximum number: 8 Objective criteria for
choosing the limited number of candidates: As stated in the PQQ. 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 yes. 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: PS/PT01. IV.3.2) Previous publication(s)
concerning the same contract: No. IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining
specifications and additional documents or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt
of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 5.11.2009 - 12:00. Payable documents: Price: 20 GBP. Terms and method of
payment: The E-box Document portal will be used to distribute documents
throughout the procurement process. Access during the Pre qualification stage
is free - however from PQQ onwards there will be a monthly charge per user of
approximately 20 GBP, this will be payable directly to E-box for the duration
of the procurement process. IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt
of tenders or requests to participate: 9.11.2009 - 17:00. IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of
invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: IV.3.6) Language(s) in which
tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English. IV.3.7) Minimum time frame
during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: IV.3.8) Conditions for opening
tenders: SECTION VI:
COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT
PROCUREMENT: No. VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A
PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS: No. VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please note that all
dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified
in this notice are approximate only and the Partners reserve the right to
change any or all of them. Coventry City Council and Solihull Metropolitan
Borough Council are currently disposing of their residual waste at an
existing energy from waste facility ("EfW Facility") located in For access to the secure
E-Box portal Applicants should register an interest by sending an email to
projecttransformoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk (the email address in Annex I).
Please indicate in the email the name(s), address(es), contact telephone
number(s) and email address(es) of the bidder's lead officer(s). In response,
the bidder will receive an email from E-Box with instructions on enrolment
and access to the secure portal. This will enable the bidder to download all
relevant project documentation. For further details regarding the E-Box
portal, please refer to Part 1 - Section 7 of the PQQ. All Applicants are
invited to attend a bidders' conference to take place on the 19.10.2009 in Warwickshire.
Please contact the Partners at the email address in Annex I for further
details and to register your attendance. Further information, including the
OBC, is available on the Project Transform website at:
www.projecttransform.info. Applicants are advised
that the Partners are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the
Act). If a bidder considers that any of the information supplied as part of
this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial
sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when providing this
information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be
disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. The Partners
shall take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a
request pursuant to the Act which relates to the information provided by the
interested party. However, if the information is requested the Partners may
be forced to disclose such documentation, irrespective of a bidder's wishes.
Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality
encompassing all the information provided in the response. The Partners shall not
be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by Applicants and
accepts no liability for any costs, charges or expenses, irrespective of the
outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
The Partners reserve the right to not award any or part of this contract. GO Reference: GO
09092931/01. VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL VI.4.1) Body responsible for
appeal procedures: Please see VI.4.2. VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on
deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with Regulation 32
(Information about Contract Award Procedures and the application of the
standstill period prior to contract award) and Regulation 47 (Enforcement of
Obligations) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. VI.4.3) Service from which
information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained: VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 29.9.2009. |
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