United Kingdom-BELFAST: Supply and Delivery of Spare and Replacement Parts and Specialist Engineering Services for Voith Schneider Propulsion Systems

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-004089/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
Postal address: CLARENCE COURT,10-18 ADELAIDE STREET
Town: BELFAST
Postal code: BT28GB
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Kellie Batey
Telephone: +44 28925047876
Email: kellie.batey@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Supply and Delivery of Spare and Replacement Parts and Specialist Engineering Services for Voith Schneider Propulsion Systems

Reference number: DAC-0138
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 34900000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
DfI Roads, Consultancy Services operates the Strangford Lough Ferry Service using two roll on roll off (ro-ro) ferries, the MV Portaferry II and the MV Strangford II. Both vessels have Voith Schneider Propulsion equipment installed.The propulsion unit control system on the Strangford II is also manufactured by Voith Global. This contract will be for the continued procurement of spare parts and engineering services to facilitate maintenance and repair of the Voith equipment directly from Voith Turbo Ltd. and will will minimise delay in delivery when parts and engineering services are required urgently.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:350000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Spare parts and engineering services to facilitate maintenance and repair of the Voith systems

II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without prior publication(in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2022-02-01
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Voith Turbo Limited
Town: SURREY
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME: yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices

Section VI: Complementary informationVI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
Town: BELFAST
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
DfI will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated. 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 to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 (Northern Ireland).

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2022-02-13

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for
competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
1.Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article
32 of Directive 2014/24/EU
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
absence of competition for technical reasons

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
Regulation 32(5)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 enables the Department to negotiate a contract directly with one or more economic operators, where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics, which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance.