United Kingdom-Belfast: DAERA VSAHG — Supply and delivery of bovine identity tagging and tissue sampling system

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 041-089254/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Postal address: Upper Newtownards Road
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT4 3SB
Country: United Kingdom
Email: www.patrice.gilpin@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
to the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: DAERA VSAHG — Supply and delivery of bovine identity tagging and tissue sampling system
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 03341000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Veterinary Service Animal Health Group (VSAHG) requires a Contractor to supply and deliver an Identity Tagging and Tissue Sampling System for use in live bovine animals in field conditions that will take a tissue sample as the tag is connected and also visibly identify the animal to which the tag is connected to.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 129000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
03321100

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Veterinary Service Animal Health Group (VSAHG) requires a Contractor to supply and deliver an Identity Tagging and Tissue Sampling System for use in live bovine animals in field conditions that will take a tissue sample as the tag is connected and also visibly identify the animal to which the tag is connected to.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:After the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for up to 1 year each.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: After the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for up to 1 year each.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2018-04-04 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2018-07-03
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2018-04-04 Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
Contract Monitoring:
The successful Contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal / mediation procedures.
Town: N/A
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal / mediation procedures.
Town: N/A
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2018-02-27