Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

CONTRACT NOTICES U.K.

Open and restricted procedures, competitive dialogues, procedures, negotiated procedures:

1.

Name, address, telephone and fax number, email address of the contracting authority.

2.

Where appropriate, indicate whether the public contract is restricted to sheltered workshops, or whether its execution is restricted to the framework of protected job programmes.

3.

(a)

The award procedure chosen;

(b)

Where appropriate, the reasons for use of the accelerated procedure (in restricted and negotiated procedures);

(c)

Where appropriate, indicate whether a framework agreement is involved;

(d)

Where appropriate, indicate whether a dynamic purchasing system is involved;

(e)

Where appropriate, the holding of an electronic auction (in the event of open, restricted or negotiated procedures, in the situation covered by Article 30(1)(a)).

4.

Form of the contract.

5.

Place of execution/performance of the works, for delivery of products or of the provision of services.

6.

(a)

Public works contracts:

• nature and extent of the works and general nature of the work. Indication in particular of options concerning supplementary works, and, if known, the provisional timetable for recourse to these options as well as the number of possible renewals, if any. If the work or the contract is subdivided into several lots, the size of the different lots; Nomenclature reference number(s),

• information concerning the purpose of the work or the contract where the latter also involves the drawing up of projects,

• in the event of a framework agreement, indication also of the planned duration of the framework agreement, the estimated total value of the works for the entire duration of the framework agreement and, as far as possible, the value and the frequency of the contracts to be awarded.

(b)

Public supply contracts:

• nature of the products to be supplied, indicating in particular whether tenders are requested with a view to purchase, lease rental, hire or hire purchase or a combination of these, nomenclature reference number. Quantity of products to be supplied, indicating in particular options concerning supplementary purchases and, if known, the provisional timetable for recourse to these options as well as the number of renewals, if any. Nomenclature reference number(s),

• in the case of regular or renewable contracts during the course of a given period, indicate also, if known, the timetable for subsequent contracts for purchase of intended supplies,

• in the event of a framework agreement, indication also of the planned duration of the framework agreement, the estimated total value of the supplies for the entire duration of the framework agreement and, as far as possible, the value and the frequency of the contracts to be awarded.

(c)

Public service contracts:

• category and description of service. Nomenclature reference number(s). Quantity of services to be provided. Indicate in particular options concerning supplementary purchases and, if known, the provisional timetable for recourse to these options as well as the number of renewals, if any. In the case of renewable contracts over a given period, an estimate of the time frame, if known, for subsequent public contracts for purchase of intended services,

  in the event of a framework agreement, indication also of the planned duration of the framework agreement, the estimated total value of the services for the entire duration of the framework agreement and, as far as possible, the value and the frequency of the contracts to be awarded,

• indication of whether the execution of the service is reserved by law, regulation or administrative provision to a particular profession.

  Reference to the law, regulation or administrative provision.

• indication of whether legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff to be responsible for the execution of the service.

7.

If the contracts are subdivided into lots, indication of the possibility of tendering for one, for several or for all the lots.

8.

Any time limit for completion of works/supplies/services or duration of the works/supply/services contract; where possible any time limit by which works will begin or any time limit by which delivery of supplies or services will begin.

9.

Admission or prohibition of variants.

10.

Where applicable particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject.

11.

In the case of open procedures:

(a)

name, address, telephone and telefax number and electronic address of the service from which contract documents and additional documents can be requested;

(b)

where appropriate, time limit for submission of such requests;

(c)

where appropriate, cost of and payment conditions for obtaining these documents.

12.

(a)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or indicative tenders where a dynamic purchasing system is being used (open procedures);

(b)

time limit for receipt of request to participate (restricted and negotiated procedures);

(c)

address where these have to be transmitted;

(d)

the language or languages in which they must be drawn up.

13.

In the case of open procedures:

(a)

persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders;

(b)

date, time and place for such opening.

14.

Where appropriate any deposit and guarantees required.

15.

Main terms concerning financing and payment and/or references to the texts in which these are contained.

16.

Where applicable, the legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded.

17.

Selection criteria regarding the personal situation of economic operators that may lead to their exclusion, and required information proving that they do not fall within the cases justifying exclusion. Selection criteria and information concerning the economic operators' personal situation, information and any necessary formalities for assessment of the minimum economic and technical standards required of the economic operator. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required.

18.

Where there is a framework agreement: the number and, where appropriate, proposed maximum number of economic operators who will be members of it, the duration of the framework agreement provided for, stating, if appropriate, the reasons for any duration exceeding four years.

19.

In the case of a competitive dialogue or a negotiated procedure with the publication of a contract notice, indicate, if appropriate, recourse to a staged procedure in order gradually to reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated.

20.

In the case of a restricted procedure, a competitive dialogue or a negotiated procedure with the publication of a contract notice, when recourse is had to the option of reducing the number of candidates to be invited to submit tenders, to engage in dialogue or to negotiate: minimum and, if appropriate, proposed maximum number of candidates and objective criteria to be used to choose that number of candidates.

21.

Time frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender (open procedures).

22.

Where appropriate, names and addresses of economic operators already selected by the contracting authority (negotiated procedures).

23.

Criteria referred to in Article 53 to be used for award of the contract: ‘lowest price’ or ‘most economically advantageous tender’. Criteria representing the most economically advantageous tender as well as their weighting shall be mentioned where they do not appear in the specifications or, in the event of a competitive dialogue, in the descriptive document.

24.

Name and address of the body responsible for appeal and, where appropriate, mediation procedures. Precise information concerning deadlines for lodging appeals, or if need be the name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the service from which this information may be obtained.

25.

Date(s) of publication of the prior information notice in accordance with the technical specifications of publication indicated in Annex VIII or statement that no such publication was made.

26.

Date of dispatch of the notice.

27.

Indicate whether the contract is covered by the Agreement.