United Kingdom-Birmingham: Highways England Winter Fleet Replacement (2021-2024)

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2020/S 127-312056/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Highways England
Postal address: The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Town: Birmingham
Postal code: B1 1RN
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Steven Williams
Telephone: +44 3004702217
Email: Steven.Williams@highwaysengland.co.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:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Highways England Winter Fleet Replacement (2021-2024)
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 34143000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The Strategic Road Network (SRN) carries a third of all traffic and two-thirds of freight, provides business with the means to get its products and services to their customers, gives access to labour markets and suppliers and encourage trade and new investment. It is essential to the growth, wellbeing and balance of the nation’s economy.
The weather during winter can have adverse effects on the operation of the SRN and hence the wider economy. It is therefore imperative that Highways England remains able to maintain the safe operation of England’s highways during Winter conditions, both to fulfil its statutory obligations as highways authority and to ensure that the vital role the SRN plays in the English economy is
resilient to winter weather conditions.
Our requirements — which are subject to change — consists of three tranches required as follows:
— 73 vehicles during 2021-2022,
— 70 vehicles during 2022-2023,
— 109 vehicles during 2023-2024.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 43160000.00 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)
37411000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Our requirements — which are subject to change — consists of three tranches, required as follows:
— 73 vehicles during 2021-2022,
— 70 vehicles during 2022-2023,
— 109 vehicles during 2023-2024.
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 renewal: no
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: 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 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

III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.4) Information about the reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiationsIV.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: 2020-07-31 Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date: 2020-08-20
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
Duration in months:3(from the date stated for receipt of tender)

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:
Suppliers instructions how to express interest in this tender:
1) Register your company on the eSourcing portal Bravo (this is only required once):
(a) browse to the eSourcing Portal: and click the link to register;
(b) accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’;
(c) enter your correct business and user details — note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2) To express an interest in the tender — login to the portal with your username/password:
(a) click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier);
(b) click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content;
(c) click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/My ITTs’ page (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — you can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT details’ box.
3) Responding to the tender:
(a) click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — you can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT — there may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available);
(b) you must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If y
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Highways England
Postal address: The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Town: Birmingham
Postal code: B1 1RN
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2020-06-29