Published date: 20 February 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 December 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Fuels - 09100000

Location of contract

TS6 6UD

Value of contract

£183,000

Procurement reference

FM19198

Published date

20 February 2020

Closing date

16 December 2019

Contract start date

31 January 2020

Contract end date

3 February 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 16th December 2019 at 11:00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement

The British Antarctic Survey have a requirement to purchase Jet Aviation fuel.

Fuel Specification

480 x filled drums of Jet A1+FSII (NATO code F-34, MOD Defence Standard 91-87.US MIL-DTL-83133, JP8)

Drum Specification

Fuel to be supplied in the following:

UN approved 1A1/X 205 litre steel drums
Tight Head Spiralon seamed drum
Two body beads
Fittings: 2" and ¾" head tri-sure pre lacquered flanges and bungs with black nitrile washers
Internally: Lacquered RDL 5/1
Externally: Body painted black with white ends
Gauge: 1.20mm steel throughout
Tested and marked

Drums Marked as follows:

All drums are to be marked with the appropriate signage for transportation and must include Hazard Class, UN Number, Batch Number, Size, Weight, Destination and Order Number

Availability

The drummed fuel must be available for UKRI collection (or request for delivery as detailed below) no later than February 3rd, 2020.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the Delta eSourcing Portal.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the RFP document.

How to Apply

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register.

If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to 'Login'

Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code: 8WU7TY94P5

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

FM19198 Drummed Aviation Fuel - RFP

  • Opportunity
  • Published 12 November 2019

Attachments

Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

As a user of the Delta eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Delta messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.

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 procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier. If the contracting authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.


About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

Award information

Awarded date

30 January 2020

Contract start date

31 January 2020

Contract end date

3 February 2020

Total value of contract

£70,396.80

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Gulf Aviation

Address

302 Bridgewater Place
Birchwood Park
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 6XG

Reference

Companies House number: 04168225

Value of contract

£70,396.80

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

FMProcurement

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

FMProcurement@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk