Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Charter of offshore vessels for multipurpose activities — lot 1: offshore vessel in the North Atlantic, lot 2: offshore vessel in the Mediterranean Sea.
Reference number: EFCA/2016/OP/02.
II.1.2)Main CPV code60650000 Hire of water transport equipment with crew
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The purpose of the contract is the chartering of multipurpose offshore vessels by EFCA. The vessels will primarily be deployed as a fishery inspection and patrol vessels, i.e. a platform from which the monitoring, boarding and inspection of fishing vessels and related support and transport vessels will be conducted in international and EU waters by Union, national Member State and third country fisheries inspectors. Such activities will always be coordinated by an official of EFCA on board of the vessels.
In view of possible multipurpose operations in the framework of European cooperation on coastguard functions the vessels will also be deployed for operations other than fisheries control. Such operations would mainly be related to:
— providing assistance and support during search and rescue situations,
— disruption of trafficking routes,
— detection of criminal activities,
— ensuring the enforcement of other EU and national legislations.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 20 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Offshore vessel for multipurpose activities in the North Atlantic
Lot No: 1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)60651000 Hire of vessels with crew
60651100 Hire of sea-going vessels with crew
60651500 Standby ship services
60650000 Hire of water transport equipment with crew
60640000 Shipping operations
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: ES114 Pontevedra
NUTS code: 00 Not specified
Main site or place of performance:
The vessel will mainly operate in the areas covered by regional fisheries management organisations (RFMO) in the North Atlantic area and in adjacent European Union and/or third country waters.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Chartering of a multipurpose offshore vessel with crew.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 12 400 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
The charter will take the form of specific contracts in execution of the framework contract on the basis of a BIMCO ‘Supplytime 2005’ uniform time charter drawn up with the appropriate modification, addition or deletion of clauses to take account of the vessel's role as a fisheries patrol vessel and/or the possible multifunctional character of the tasks during the hire period.
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Offshore vessel for multipurpose activities in the Mediterranean Sea
Lot No: 2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)60651000 Hire of vessels with crew
60650000 Hire of water transport equipment with crew
60651100 Hire of sea-going vessels with crew
60651500 Standby ship services
60640000 Shipping operations
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: ES114 Pontevedra
Main site or place of performance:
The vessel will mainly operate in the Mediterranean-Black Sea area and the eastern Atlantic Ocean in the area covered by the ICCAT regional fisheries management organisation.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Chartering of a multipurpose offshore vessel with crew.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 7 600 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
The charter will take the form of specific contracts in execution of the framework contract on the basis of a BIMCO ‘Supplytime 2005’ uniform time charter drawn up with the appropriate modification, addition or deletion of clauses to take account of the vessel's role as a fisheries patrol vessel and/or the possible multifunctional character of the tasks during the hire period.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.2)Economic and financial standingSelection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional abilitySelection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 14/09/2016
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 15/09/2016
Local time: 15:00
Place:
European Fisheries Control Agency, room 6.15, Avenida García Barbón, 4, 36201 Vigo (Pontevedra), SPAIN.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
1 person representing the tenderer may be present at the opening. Participation will be restricted to an observer role. Please advise procurement@efca.europa.eu 2 days in advance if you intend to be present at the opening of tenders mentioning ‘EFCA/2016/OP/02 Opening’ in the subject field.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflowsElectronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the contracting authority indicated under heading I.1.
If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within 2 years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu). Such complaint does not have as an effect either to suspend the time limit to launch an appeal or to open a new period for lodging an appeal. Within 2 months of the notification of the award decision you may lodge an appeal to the body referred to in VI.4.1.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:30/06/2016