Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Natural Resources Wales
Nrw Office
Buckley
CH7 3AJ
UK
Contact person: Cathryn Mackinlay
Telephone: +44 7929853740
E-mail: cathryn.mackinlay@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0110
I.1) Name and addresses
Snowdonia National Park Authority/Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri
Penrhyndeudraeth
Gwynedd
LL48 6LF
UK
Telephone: +44 1766770274
E-mail: parc@eryri.llyw.cymru
NUTS: UKL12
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.eryri.llyw.cymru
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA22451
I.1) Name and addresses
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Llanion Park
Pembroke Dock
SA72 6DY
UK
Telephone: +44 1646624800
E-mail: info@pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk
NUTS: UKL14
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA22450
I.1) Name and addresses
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Plas y Ffynnon, Cambrian Way
Brecon
LD3 7HP
UK
Telephone: +44 1874624437
E-mail: enquiries@beacons-npa.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL24
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.beacons-npa.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0501
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
UXO Surveying and Risk Mitigation Services
Reference number: 106132
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71510000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Establishment of a framework for UXO surveying and risk mitigation services for NRW and its named partners.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71313410
71351500
71351720
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
All of Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of the requirement is to establish an efficient procurement route for all of NRW business as usual (BAU) work, strategic projects and NRW's partners named within this notice for UXO surveying and risk mitigation services. NRW is lead beneficiary or project partner in multiple habitat conservation and restoration projects several of which contain areas of UXO risk.
Services may be required on multiple large scale conservation projects across Wales. Sites could be a range of terrains including but not limited to bogs, sand dunes, marshland and will typically be sensitive sites including National Nature reserves, (NNRs), Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) or Special Areas of Conservation (SACs).
Typically conservation work will include ground penetration work including erecting fence lines for managed grazing, installation of dip wells and groundworks.
Many sites will be on 3rd party owned land and may have challenging access and other site constraints.
A range of techniques will have to be employed in surveying including but not limited to drones, hand held magnetometers, peat probes.
Due to the nature of UXO surveying it is difficult for NRW to estimate the value of this framework. For the purposes of establishing this framework we estimate spend in a range of 100,000GBP and 500,000GBP. NRW does not guarantee any level of expenditure under this framework.
Participating Organisations are:
Natural Resources Wales
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Snowdonia National Park Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
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
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 2
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
22/05/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
CY
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
22/05/2024
Local time: 14:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=140777
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
The delivery of Community Benefits through procurement activity is a stated aim of the Welsh Government as highlighted in the Wales’s Procurement Policy Statement 2015. Community Benefits or ‘social requirements’ fall into 6 main categories and are designed to ensure that wider social and economic issues are taken into account when tendering contracts, these are shown below:
Retention and training for existing workforce
Supply chain initiatives
Promoting environmental benefits
Community initiatives
Contributions to education
Training and recruitment opportunities for the economically active
For the purposes of this tender, it is suggested that bidders focus on Promoting Environmental Benefits or Contributions to Education.
A community benefit proposal must be provided in Section 10.1 - Part B – Bidders response. For more information, or please click on the following link.
Please note that as this is non-core it will not be scored as part of your tender submission, but it is required for a compliant bid.
(WA Ref:140777)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/04/2024