Tender

New Car Ferry for Lake Windermere

  • Cumbria County Council
  • Eden District Council
  • Barrow Borough Council
  • South Lakeland District Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-014629

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-033fcb

Published 25 May 2022, 12:39pm



The closing date and time has been changed to:

16 September 2022, 12:00pm

See the change notice.

Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Cumbria County Council

Cumbria House, 107 - 117 Botchergate

Carlisle

CA1 1RD

Contact

Mrs Clare Redpath

Email

clare.redpath@cumbria.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7771396537

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD1 - Cumbria

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

https://cumbria.gov.uk/scprocurement/

one.1) Name and addresses

Eden District Council

Penrith

Email

fin.man@eden.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD1 - Cumbria

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.eden.gov.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

Barrow Borough Council

Barrow In Furness

Email

jmuir@barrowbc.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD1 - Cumbria

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

South Lakeland District Council

Kendal

Email

procurement@southlakeland.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD1 - Cumbria

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.the-chest.org.uk/

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

New Car Ferry for Lake Windermere

Reference number

DN614299

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 34512100 - Ferry boats

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

CCC are seeking to award a tender for the design, build, launch, installation, commissioning, and acceptance of the new ferry, and associated elements. The land-locked nature of Lake Windermere introduces several requirements and constraints specific to the new ferry. The new ferry is to have increased car capacity, increased operating capability, improved passenger facilities and is to be fully electrically powered from onboard batteries. The new ferry is to be a cable ferry; propelled by pulling herself along a pair of steel wire cables installed between the two slipways. The east slipway is located at Ferry Nab, Bowness-on-Windermere and the west slipway at Far Sawrey and the ferry links the two parts of the B5285 on either side of Lake Windermere. See Tender documents for further information.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £5,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 34512000 - Ships and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD1 - Cumbria

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

CCC are seeking to award a tender for the design, build, launch, installation, commissioning, and acceptance of the new ferry, and associated elements. The land-locked nature of Lake Windermere introduces several requirements and constraints specific to the new ferry. The new ferry is to have increased car capacity, increased operating capability, improved passenger facilities and is to be fully electrically powered from onboard batteries. The new ferry is to be a cable ferry; propelled by pulling herself along a pair of steel wire cables installed between the two slipways. The east slipway is located at Ferry Nab, Bowness-on-Windermere and the west slipway at Far Sawrey and the ferry links the two parts of the B5285 on either side of Lake Windermere. See Tender documents for further technical requirements.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70

Price - Weighting: 30

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £5,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

18

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

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

two.2.14) Additional information

Please note that Cumbria is currently undergoing a Local Government Reorganisation. Government has announced that Cumbria County Council and the six district councils are to be replaced by two unitary authorities with effect from 01 April 2023. This Framework Agreement is for use by the Contracting Authorities identified in the Framework notice and any successor council as defined in The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transfer of Functions, Property, Rights and Liabilities) Regulations 2008 to those Contracting Authorities.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Originally published as:

Date

12 August 2022

Local time

12:00pm

Changed to:

Date

16 September 2022

Local time

12:00pm

See the change notice.

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

12 August 2022

Local time

12:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should

go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on

the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN614299) in the

box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view

the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already

registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click

on Register. Register free link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is

free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you.

Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity,

race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council

welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business

communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully

comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement

to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.

The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:

(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by

publication of this notice; and

(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering

competition; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs

incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract

award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers.

The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the

agreement.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court of England

London

Country

United Kingdom