Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-19
Buyer: Department for Infrastructure — Rivers
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45246000: River regulation and flood control works | 45246400 | 45246410
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This contract is for the supply and delivery of temporary flood barriers to enable the client to provide additional flood protection. The tender will be split into 3 lots enabling tenderers to quote for 1, 2 or all specified barriers. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to supply barriers to retain the specified flood water height including all ancillary items e.g. straps, locking mechanisms and to deliver items to DfI Rivers depot. The client requires the creation of temporary flood protection systems which are formed by removable flood protection barriers that are wholly installed during a flood event and removed completely when flood levels have receded. The client has identified 3 types of flood barriers for use in differing flood scenarios and for anticipated ground conditions:
This contract is for the supply and delivery of temporary flood barriers to enable the client to provide additional flood protection. The tender will be split into 3 lots enabling tenderers to quote for one, two or all specified barriers. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to supply barriers to retain the specified flood water height including all ancillary items e.g. straps, locking mechanisms and to deliver items to DfI rivers depot. The client requires the creation of temporary flood protection systems which are formed by removable flood protection barriers that are wholly installed during a flood event and removed completely when flood levels have receded. The client has identified 3 types of flood barriers for use in differing flood scenarios and for anticipated ground conditions:
The initial contract shall be for 24 months. The client may, at its sole discretion, extend the duration of this call-off contract for any extension Period up to and including 12 months commencing from the expiry date of the original call-off contract term by giving the contractor no less than 1 month’s written notice prior to the end of the initial term.
The figure in II.2.6 is the maximum estimated call-off contract value which ranges from: Lot 1 — GBP 270 000 – GBP 405 000. The range reflects the potential scale of the call-off Contract and takes into account changes to the scope/and or scale. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid.
This contract is for the supply and delivery of temporary flood barriers to enable the Client to provide additional flood protection. The tender will be split into 3 lots enabling tenderers to quote for 1, 2 or all specified barriers. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to supply barriers to retain the specified flood water height including all ancillary items e.g. straps, locking mechanisms and to deliver items to DfI rivers depot. The client requires the creation of temporary flood protection systems which are formed by removable flood protection barriers that are wholly installed during a flood event and removed completely when flood levels have receded. The Client has identified 3 types of flood barriers for use in differing flood scenarios and for anticipated ground conditions:
The initial contract shall be for 24 months. The client may, at its sole discretion, extend the duration of this call-off contract for any extension period up to and including 12 months commencing from the expiry date of the original call-off contract term by giving the contractor no less than 1 month’s written notice prior to the end of the initial term.
The figure in II.2.6 is the maximum estimated call-off contract value which ranges from: Lot 2 — GBP 80 000 – GBP 120 000. The range reflects the potential scale of the call-off contract and takes into account changes to the scope/and or scale. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid.
This contract is for the supply and delivery of temporary flood barriers to enable the client to provide additional flood protection. The tender will be split into 3 lots enabling tenderers to quote for 1, 2 or all specified barriers. The successful tenderer(s) will be required to supply barriers to retain the specified flood water height including all ancillary items e.g. straps, locking mechanisms and to deliver items to DfI rivers depot. The client requires the creation of temporary flood protection systems which are formed by removable flood protection barriers that are wholly installed during a flood event and removed completely when flood levels have receded. The client has identified 3 types of flood barriers for use in differing flood scenarios and for anticipated ground conditions:
The initial contract shall be for 24 months. The client may, at its sole discretion, extend the duration of this call-off contract for any extension period up to and including 12 months commencing from the expiry date of the original call-off contract term by giving the contractor no less than 1 month’s written notice prior to the end of the initial term.
The figure in II.2.6 is the maximum estimated call-off contract value which ranges from: Lot 3 — GBP 50 000 – GBP 75 000. The range reflects the potential scale of the call-off contract and takes into account changes to the scope/and or scale. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid.
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. A contractor not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. If contractor performance does not improve then DfI Rivers reserve the right to remove that item from the contract with that contractor and source the item elsewhere.
DfI rivers wishes to appoint contractors to deliver on three separate lots. Tenderers may bid for lot 1 or lot 2 or lot 3 or 2 lots or all lots. Each lot will be evaluated independently. A tenderer may be awarded a position on more than 1 of the lots on the basis of lowest price. The lots under this call-off contract are as follows:
Lot 3 – multi-cellular concertina flood barrier. The estimated total contract value is between GBP 400 000 and GBP 600 000 for the contract period including all possible extensions. The 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. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract.
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 contract is. communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 600000