Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Thanet District Council
PO Box 9
Margate
CT91XZ
Contact
Gemma Paul
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ4 - Kent
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Services Concession Contract for Port Operation Services at the Port of Ramsgate
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 98362000 - Port management services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Thanet District Council as Statutory Harbour Authority is seeking to award a Services Concession Contract for the operation, equipping,
enhancement, promotion, management and maintenance of a 18 acre site consisting of two roll on/roll off berths and surrounding portside land 15/08/2024, 13:59 Services Concession Contract for Port Operation Services at the Port of Ramsgate - Find a Tender at the Port of Ramsgate. The contract will be for an initial period of twenty (20) years, with the option to extend for a further period of five (5) years. Thanet District Council is conducting the procurement in accordance with the requirements of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (as amended) ("CCR 2016"). Please refer to the procurement documents for further details.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £325,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This concession is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45241000 - Harbour construction works
- 63000000 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
- 71220000 - Architectural design services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ44 - East Kent
Main site or place of performance
Port of Ramsgate, 21 Military Road, Ramsgate,
Kent CT11 9FT
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Thanet District Council as Statutory Harbour Authority is undertaking a procurement for the provision of services relating to the operation, equipping, enhancement, promotion, management and maintenance of the Berths and Site at the Port of Ramsgate. The Contract will be structured as a services concession.
The Council received a grant from the Levelling Up Fund ("LUF") in 2021, and has committed to allocating part of the LUF funding towards investment in infrastructure at the Site. The Council intends to make [£4.5 million] LUF funding available to the Concessionaire by way of a grant agreement for the purposes of delivering capital works at the Site. Bidders will be required,
in addition to their proposals for the delivery of the Services, to set out their proposals for delivering any capital works in their tenders.
An overview of the intended procurement process (which includes the ability to have dialogue with shortlisted Bidders) is as follows:
Stage 1 - Combined Qualification and Invitation to
Submit Initial Tenders Stage (ISIT Stage)
Stage 2 - Dialogue
Stage 3 - Invitation to Submit Final Tenders
Stage 4 - Preferred Bidder Stage
Stage 5 - Contract Award
Thanet District Council intends to invite a maximum of three (3) Bidders to participate in Dialogue following the ISIT Stage.
Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to access certain information which is designated as confidential and/or commercially sensitive. Bidders are advised to sign and submit the form of NDA provided in the tender pack on the Portal (unamended) promptly in accordance with the instructions set out therein so that they are able to access such information.
Please see the procurement documents for further details available from the Kent Business Portal contract opportunity page
(www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk
(https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk)).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Concession is awarded on the basis of the criteria described below:
- Criterion: Concession is awarded on the basis of the criteria stated in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the concession
Duration in days
300
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Award procedure with prior publication of a concession notice
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-026229
Section five. Award of concession
A concession/lot is awarded: No
five.1) Information on non-award
The concession/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
No viable bids were received during the Tender process. The Procurement process was abandoned.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice London
London
Country
United Kingdom