The Supply of Agricultural Inputs on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries to Rehabilitate the Cocoa Sector
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The Supply of Agricultural Inputs on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries to Rehabilitate the Cocoa Sector
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Contract title: The Supply of Agricultural Inputs on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries to Rehabilitate the Cocoa Sector Location – Saint Lucia 1. Publication reference SFA2005/SLU/BIT/007/0909/LC 2. Procedure International Open 3. Programme SFA 2005 – Banana Commercialisation and Agricultural Diversification Programme 4. Financing Budget line: B-21.03.18 5. Contracting authority · The Banana Industry Trust, American Drywall Building, Vide Boutielle, Castries, Saint Lucia. Tel.: 1- 758-456-0988/4521475; FAX: 1-758-453-6656; E-mail: bananatrust@candw.lc Website: www.bananatrustslu.com
6. Description of the contract To supply agricultural inputs on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries to rehabilitate the Cocoa Sector. The inputs include 2000 bags Fertilizer, 500 kg Fungicide, 600 litres Herbicide, 500 litres insecticide, 5000 kg Rodenticide. These inputs will facilitate improving the yields in cocoa production currently being experienced on the island. 7. Number and titles of lots No Lots applicable
8. Eligibility and rules of origin Participation is open to all legal persons [participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers] which are established in a Member State of the European Union or in a country or territory of the regions covered and/or authorised by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed (see item 22 below). All goods supplied under this contract must originate in one or more of these countries. Participation is also open to international organisations. Participation of natural persons is directly governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed. 9. Grounds for exclusion Tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the Tender Form for a Supply Contract, to the effect that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contracts procedures for EC external actions. 10. Number of tenders Tenderers may submit only one tender per lot. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender is accepted for more than one lot. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the supplies required in the tender dossier. 11. Tender guarantee Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of EC$10,000 when submitting their tender. This guarantee will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties. This guarantee will be called upon if the tenderer does not fulfill all obligations stated in its tender. 12. Performance guarantee The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 5% of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next cheapest compliant tender. 13. Information meeting and/or site visit No information meeting is planned 14. Tender validity Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for submission of tenders. 15. Period of implementation of tasks Within 60 days from the
contract signing. SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA 16. Selection criteria The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. In the case of tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole: 1. Economic and financial capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. item 3 of the Tender Form for a Supply Contract). In case of tenderer being a public body, equivalent information should be provided. a) The average annual turnover of the tenderers must exceed the annualised maximum budget of the contract; and b) The average of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning and end of year are positive c) The tenderer should have sufficient cash resources or credit facility to undertake this contract. 2. Professional capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 4 and 5 of the Tender Form for a Supply Contract) a) Provide evidence that tenderer is a supplier of materials required. 3. Technical capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 5 and 6 of the Tender Form for a Supply Contract) a) The tenderer has worked successfully on at least three projects with a budget of at least that of this contract in fields related to this contract in the past three years b) The tenderer has successfully delivered similar supplies within the past two (2) years. An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the Contracting Authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing an undertaking on the part of those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality, as the economic operator. 17. Award criteria Price (or, if appropriate after derogation, the best value for money which is a combination of quality/price)
18. How to obtain the tender dossier The tender dossier is available from the Contracting Authority at the following internet address: http://www.bananatrustslu.com. Tenders must be submitted using the standard Tender Form for a Supply Contract included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed. Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to : The Executive Officer Banana Industry Trust American Drywall Building Vide Boutielle P.O. Box 482 Castries, ST. LUCIA Tel: 1 758 456 0988 Fax: 1 758 453 6656 Email: bananatrust@candw.lc Tenderers may submit questions up to 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) for submission of tenders given in item 19. The Contracting Authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications or minor changes to the tender dossier shall be published at the latest 11 days before the submission deadline on the BIT website at www.bananatrustslu.com 19. Deadline for submission of tenders All tenders must be received on or before March 04 2010, 12:00 noon local time. Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered. 20. Tender opening session March 10, 2010, Central Tenders Board, Bridge Street Castries, Saint Lucia, at 2:00 pm local time 21. Language of the procedure All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be in English. 22. Legal basis Council Regulation 856/99 or 22 April 1999 – Establishing a Special Framework of Assistance (SFA) for traditional ACP suppliers of bananas, forms the legal basis for this contract. |
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