United Kingdom-Belfast: Fuels

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (15/S 217-396637/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Award criteria: Most economic bid
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/17/EC
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1) Name addresses and contact point(s):
Translink
Milewater Road
Belfast
Postal code: BT3 9BG
United Kingdom
For the attention of: William Moore
Email: william.moor@translink.co.uk
Internet Address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.translink.co.uk
Electronic access to information:
Address of the buyer profile:
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate:
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Main activity:
Railway services, Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus and bus services
I.3) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:
The contracting entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting entities: no
Section II: Object of the contract:
II.1) Description:
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:
008/0126/15 Supply of liquid fuel.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northern Ireland.
Nuts code: UKN
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS):
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the specific contract:
The following is provided in good faith and is intended only as a preliminary background explanation to the Translink Group’s requirement it does not purport to be all inclusive. Supply of Liquid Fuel 2016-2018 Translink, on behalf of Ulsterbus Limited, Citybus Limited t/a Metro, NI Railways Co Limited and Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, known as the Group, invites applications through the submission of a PQQ to be selected to tender for the provision of liquid fuels to the Group, for a period of 24 months from 1.4.2016 with an option to extend for a further 24 months on a 12 month basis. Indicative annual volumes for each fuel are:
— ULSD 10 ppm for road use c. 25 m litres pa;
— ULSD 10 ppm for off road use c. 12 m litres pa;
— 28 sec Kerosene (Heating) c. 1 m litres pa.
Bulk deliveries will be required to Group sites across Northern Ireland. It is anticipated that an Invitation to Tender will be issued to successful PQQ applicants no later than 11.12.2015, to be returned no later than 15:00 on 14.12.2016. The Group reserves the right to award the Contract(s) to 1 or more applicants. The Translink Group reserve the right to accept part of any Tender from 1 or any number of Tenderers and may change the contracting strategy at any time. Once you have selected the action to ‘Express Interest’ you should view the CFT documents, then once you have completed your PQQ click on the ‘tender’ option in the menu and follow the instructions.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 09100000
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): YES
II.1.8) Lots:
The contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.9) Information about variants:
Variants will be accepted: NO
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract:
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Translink, on behalf of Ulsterbus Limited, Citybus Limited t/a Metro, NI Railways Co Limited and Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, known as the Group, invites applications through the submission of a PQQ to be selected to tender for the provision of liquid fuels to the Group, for a period of 24 months from 1.4.2016 with an option to extend for a further 24 months on a 12 month basis.
Indicative annual volumes for each fuel are:
— ULSD 10 ppm for road use c. 25 m litres pa;
— ULSD 10 ppm for off road use c. 12 m litres pa;
— 28 sec Kerosene (Heating) c. 1 m litres pa.
Bulk deliveries will be required to Group sites across Northern Ireland.
It is anticipated that an Invitation to Tender will be issued to successful PQQ applicants no later than 11.12.2015, to be returned no later than 15:00 on 14.1.2016.
The Group reserves the right to award the Contract(s) to 1 or more applicants.
II.2.2) Information about options:
Options: yes
Description of these options: Original contract for 24 months from 1.4.2016 with an option to extend for a further 24 months on a 12 month basis.
II.2.3) Information about renewals:
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:
Duration in months: 48 (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:
If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on

III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on

III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on

III.1.4) Other particular conditions:
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: These will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on
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 the requirements are met: These will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: These will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation

III.2.3) Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:These will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation
III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts:
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts:
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession:
III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service:

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure:
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
NEGOTIATED
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): NO
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) Information about electronic auction:
IV.3) Administrative information:
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity:
The Translink Group file reference 008/0126/15 eTenders NI project reference 146600
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No
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:
04.12.2015 – 12:00
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
EN
IV.3.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: The Translink Group may make a call for competition at the end of the fixed contract period or after option(s) have been taken up; the Translink Group reserve the right to make a call for competition at any point deemed appropriate by the Translink Group and may make no call for competition should the requirement no longer be classified by the Translink Group as recurring.

VI.3) Additional information:
Let’s work together:
Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TranslinkB2B for opportunites worth 30 000 GBP or more.
Check out our website at www.translink.co.uk/Corporate/Procurement/

VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Please see section VI.4.2)
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not Applicable
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:The Translink Group will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 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).
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Please see section VI.4.2)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 05.11.2015