United Kingdom-Cookstown: CFT 1101473 — DfI — Rivers — Provision of Hydrometric Supplies Services and Training

Type of document: Contract Awards
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 051-112800/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Department for Infrastructure – Rivers
Postal address: 49 Tullywiggan Road, Loughry
Town: Cookstown
Postal code: BT80 8SG
Country: United Kingdom
Email: ICT.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
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: CFT 1101473 — DfI — Rivers — Provision of Hydrometric Supplies Services and Training
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The Hydrometric Section within DfI-Rivers operates the Northern Ireland Surface Water Hydrometric Network, mainly for flood defence, water quality and water resource purposes. The Hydrometric section acts as coordinator and provided advice and dissemination for Meteorological Information provided by the Met Office. It is an objective of the DfI–Rivers that Hydrometric staff has the necessary equipment, support and are competent, through training and experience, to carry out their duties. DfI-Rivers is now inviting Tenders for the provision of equipment, services and training. It is intended that one sole Contractor shall be appointed for a period of up to 3 years with a further option to extend for 1 year to deliver all the requirements detailed within the tender documents.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:472500.00
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 71353100
Main CPV code: 71354400

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Hydrometric Section within DfI-Rivers operates the Northern Ireland Surface Water Hydrometric Network, mainly for flood defence, water quality and water resource purposes. The Hydrometric section acts as coordinator and provided advice and dissemination for Meteorological Information provided by the Met Office. It is an objective of the DfI–Rivers that Hydrometric staff has the necessary equipment, support and are competent, through training and experience, to carry out their duties. DfI-Rivers is now inviting Tenders for the provision of equipment, services and training. It is intended that one sole Contractor shall be appointed for a period of up to 3 years with a further option to extend for 1 year to deliver all the requirements detailed within the tender documents.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion – Name: AC1 — Implementation plan/Weighting:15Quality criterion – Name: AC2 — Training/Weighting:5
Cost criterion – Name: Cost/Weighting:80
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: The initial contract period is 3 years, with 1 optional extension period of 12 months.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14) Additional information: The figure indicated in II.1.7 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from 315 000 GBP to 472 500 GBP. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope / and or scale which may result from future operational requirements.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2017/S 250-526591
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract

A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2018-03-06
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: OTT Hydrometry Limited
Postal address: Unit 19, Jessops Riverside
Town: Sheffield
Postal code: S9 2RX
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1246573480
Email: n.grimsley@ott.com
Fax: +44 1246813873
Nuts code:
Internet address:
The contractor is an SME yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 315000.00
Total value of the contract/lot:472500.00
Currency:GBP

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
The figure indicated in V.2.4 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from (315 000 GBP to 472 500 GBP). This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope / and or scale which may result from future operational requirements.
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: Belfast
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 the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2018-03-13