Forestry Commission: Hire of stages and associated equipment at Forest Live Music events

UK-Brandon: Event services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Forestry Commission England
      East England Forest District, Santon Downham, Brandon, IP27 0TJ, United Kingdom
      Email: rachael.miller@forestry.gsi.gov.uk, URL: www.forestry.gov.uk
      Contact: Events Manager, Attn: Rachael Miller
      Electronic Access URL: www.forestry.gov.uk/selltous
      Electronic Submission URL: www.forestry.gov.uk/selltous

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

   I.3) Main activity:
      Other: Forestry

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SUPPLIES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Hire of stages and associated equipment at Forest Live Music events
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SUPPLIES
         Rental

         Region Codes: UK - UNITED KINGDOM         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Event services. Miscellaneous structures. The Forestry Commission is inviting tenders for a contract for the hire of stages and associated equipment at Forest Live Music events held at forests in England. Some events operate on the same dates at two different locations. Therefore the contract will include two identical stages plus two identical sets of guitar & monitor bays & front of house, scrim towers and PA flying masts.

All our concerts are held in rural outdoor locations, in clearings in the forest. All infrastructure and power is temporarily brought in to the venues for the events.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         79952000 - Event services.
         
         44212320 - Miscellaneous structures.
         

      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:
      Not Provided         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 600,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: Yes
         If yes, description of these options: Our intention is to award this contract agreement for a period of 3 years.
There will be an option to extend the contract agreement by up to a further two one year periods making a maximum of 5 years in total.
The decision on whether to use the extension option(s) available will be at our discretion and we will base it on the following factors: performance, budget availability, continuing requirement for the service.                   
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Starting: 01/12/2015
         Completion: 31/08/2018

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open
   
   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: FEE/0275      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Not Provided
      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 23/10/2015
         Time: 13:00      
      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
         Duration in days: 90
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 23/10/2015
         Time: 13:00


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Not Provided
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
   VI.3)Additional Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://forestrycommission.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Brandon:-Event-services./YFD3H38A4P

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://forestrycommission.delta-esourcing.com/respond/YFD3H38A4P
GO-2015910-PRO-7046878 TKR-2015910-PRO-7046877
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Forestry Commission - Head of Procurement
      231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 7AT, United Kingdom

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
         12 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 10/09/2015

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