Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
Telephone
+44 1463245245
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Supply and installation of funicular bogies
Reference number
NEG 17
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 34631400 - Wheel axles and tyres and other parts of locomotives or rolling stock
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
This contract is for the supply and installation of replacement bogies for both Cairngorm funicular wagons as well as some related tests and inspections.
The figure used in this notice is an estimate in GBP - payments will be made in CHF.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £210,442
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Supply and installation of funicular bogie replacements.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Cyber Security / Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion - Name: Proposal for contract delivery, covering the scope of requirements set out in the Scope of Requirements / Weighting: pass/fail
Price - Weighting: pass/fail
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
The economic operator requires access to technical knowhow and drawings relating to the current funicular system in order to provide the contract supplies and associated services. The contracting authority has confirmed that the technical knowhow and drawings required are the intellectual property of the supplier of the current funicular system and accordingly that only that economic operator is capable of providing the contract supplies and installation services.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-001885
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
9 February 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
GARAVENTA AG
Birkenstrasse 47
Rotkreuz
6343
Country
Switzerland
NUTS code
- CH06 - Central Switzerland
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £210,442
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:756925)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
The Inverness Justice Centre, Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
Telephone
+44 1463230782
Country
United Kingdom