Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-28
Buyer: Swindon Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: Swindon
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34144500: Firefighting vehicles | 34144510 | 34144511 | 34144512
Estimated value: 1597000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Vehicles for refuse and sewage. Vehicles for refuse. Refuse-collection vehicles. Refuse-compaction vehicles. Swindon Borough Council wishes to submit to tender the requirements for the provision of Refuse Collection Vehicles suitable to deliver an efficient waste and recycling collection service within the local authority area.
The opportunity is divided into 3 Lots. Lot 1 is for specifications A & B, Lot 2 is for specifications C and D and Lot 3 is for specifications A, B, C and D).
The Tenderer may bid on Lot 1, 2 or 3. Each lot will be individually scored. Lots will be awarded based on the Councils judgment to achieve the most economically advantageous terms to the Council.
The purchases may be phased over a period of 3 years, with the first batch ordered within 3 months of contract award.
Lot 1 is for specification A and B vehicles. In addition, the authority requires warranties, provision of spares, training and other peripheral services as outlined within the specification.
Specification A: 26 000 kg GVW (Gross vehicle weight) Refuse vehicle with a mid-steer chassis configuration and standard compaction unit body for the purpose of general household waste collection (wheelie bins and bags), green waste (wheelie bins and bags) collection and plastic recycling collection (bagged and manually loaded).
Specification B: Right Hand Drive 26 000 kg Rear steer vehicle to be fitted with trade (1 100 lt) type bin lift.
Lot 2 is for specification C and D vehicles. In addition, the authority requires warranties, provision of spares, training and other peripheral services as outlined within the specification.
Specification C: Right Hand Drive vehicle up to 18 000 kg 4 x 2 configuration for the purpose of household waste bag collection routes (manually loaded).
Specification D: Right Hand Drive vehicle up to 18 000 kg 4 x 2 for the purpose of household waste wheelie bin collection routes with occasional manual loading of bags.
Lot 3 is for specification A, B, C and D vehicles. In addition, the authority requires warranties, provision of spares, training and other peripheral services as outlined within the specification.
Specification A: 26 000 kg GVW (Gross vehicle weight) Refuse vehicle with a mid-steer chassis configuration and standard compaction unit body for the purpose of general household waste collection (wheelie bins and bags), green waste (wheelie bins and bags) collection and plastic recycling collection (bagged and manually loaded).
Specification B: Right Hand Drive 26 000 kg Rear steer vehicle to be fitted with trade (1 100 lt) type bin lift.
Specification C: Right Hand Drive vehicle up to 18 000 kg 4 x 2 configuration for the purpose of household waste bag collection routes (manually loaded).
Specification D: Right Hand Drive vehicle up to 18 000 kg 4 x 2 for the purpose of household waste wheelie bin collection routes with occasional manual loading of bags.

Eligibility requirements: All criteria that are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder. (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. All criteria that are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder. Full technical assessment if the selection criteria are passed.
(a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. All criteria that are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder.
Full technical assessment if the selection criteria are passed.