Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-11-27
Buyer: Orkney Islands Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72314000: Data collection and collation services | 90700000 | 90714500 | 90720000 | 90733000
Estimated value: 180000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-01-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The authority has a requirement for a suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the provision of ballast water sampling for a 3-year period with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months.
The authority has a requirement for a suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the provision of ballast water sampling for a 3-year period with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months, subject to the satisfaction of performance by the authority. The contract will commence on the 1.4.2020.
All sampling must be performed in accordance with the requirements of current legislation, IMO Ballast Water Management Convention Annex 3, Resolution MEPC.173 (53) Guidelines for ballast water sampling (G2), which is included within the appendix section of the invitation to tender documentation.
It should be noted that due to the variable movement of shipping, short notice (minimum of 24 hours) maybe given for a ballast water sampling event to take place. Sampling team will be required to be available 365/24/7. Prospective tenderer’s need to take note that transport for members of a sampling team to Orkney is limited and can be disrupted by weather, at short notice.
There are 2 x 12 month extensions, at the sole discretion of the authority and subject to satisfactory performance of the services.
Subject to the award of extensions, the new contract will be put to tender approximately 6 months prior to the expiry of the contract.
Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a contract. the expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.
Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the questions and answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS.
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.
Tenderers should complete the ESPD (Scotland) contained within the ESPD Module attached to this notice.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland website at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=605649
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=605649

Eligibility requirements: The relevant selection criteria will be included in the ESPD Scotland module.

Award value: 180000