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93085-2012 published in OJEU S 057, 22.03.2012

deadline for submission of tenders Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Contract notice (Original) of Supply contract in United Kingdom

The contractor belongs to Body governed by public law (European Communities, with participation by GATT countries)

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

RCUK Shared Services Ltd.

John Webber

Building R71 1.10, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Oxfordshire

Didcot

OX11 0QX

UNITED KINGDOM

+44 1235445410

fax+44 1235778372

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk/procure/pages/default.aspx

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) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3) Main activity

Other: Scientific research and development

I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1) Description

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Flexible DC power cable.

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies

Purchase

NUTS code Oxfordshire

II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

12,500 metres of 150 mm squared flexible DC connecting cable.

200 metres of 70 mm squared flexible DC connecting cable.

Flexible DC power cable is required for the refurbishment and upgrade program on the ISIS accelerator. This cable will be used to connect the power supplies used to provide the drive current to the various types of magnets used on the accelerator. The power supplies range from 5kW to 100kW with an output current range of 100 Amps DC to 800 AMPs DC. Each power supply will use single core or multiple single core high temperature cables.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

Power distribution cables

II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8) Lots

This 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:

12 700 metres as described in II.1.5.

II.2.2) Information about options

Options: no

II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Starting 28.5.2012. Completion 27.7.2012

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Lead contractor with joint and several liability.

III.1.4) Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

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: See tender documents.

III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: All will be subject to a financial and economic check undertaken by RCUK SSC Ltd.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See tender documents.

III.2.3) Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

See tender documents.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

See tender documents.

III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Type of procedure

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated 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

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3) Administrative information

IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

JWPR120023 - ISIS Flexible DC Power Cable

IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

no

IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 3.5.2012

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

9.5.2012

IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

in days: 30 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

Date: 9.5.2012

Place:

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes

Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: RCUK SSC procurement staff only.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2) Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.4) Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

Michael Horgan

RCUK SSC Ltd, North Star House, North star Avenue Wiltshire

Swindon,

SN2 1FF

UNITED KINGDOM

+44 1793867786

VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a 10 calendar day stand still period at the point information on the Award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. The 10 day period will be extended to 15 days from the "relevant sending date" when the "Alcatel" letter is not sent electronically. This period allows unsuccessful tenders to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address in Section 1. The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 also clarify that a letter received from an unsuccessful bidder is not in itself enough to extend the legal standstill period and prevent the authority signing the contract. To do so, a bidder must actually go to court, issue proceedings, and serve them. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) as amended by the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009, provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at a risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England Wales and Northern Ireland). The new limitation period will apply specifically where a bidder brings an "ineffectiveness claim". There is a 6-month long-stop period that will be shortened to 30 days where the authority has published an award notice, or where they have notified the losing bidders of their exclusion, and given proper reasons.

VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Michael Horgan

RCUK SSC Ltd, North Star House, North Star Avenue, Wiltshire

Swindon

SN2 1FF

UNITED KINGDOM

+44 1793867786

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

20.3.2012