AR-Buenos Aires: ALA — community integration centres

Country:

Argentina

City/Locality:

MPOYENOS AIRES

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:189671-2008

Publication Date:

Sept 13, 2008

Deadline:

Oct 14, 2008

Buyer:

MINISTERIO DE SALUD DE LA NACION

Original Language:

Spanish

Address:

MINISTERIO DE SALUD DE LA NACION
BUENOS AIRES
Argentina

33710000 - Perfumes, toiletries and condoms

Notice Type: 0708
-
Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 142/2008
, #
189671-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Partial tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Place of delivery: Argentine Republic
Supplies contract notice
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/127002/D/SUP/AR.
2. Procedure: Open.
3. Programme: Ala/2005/17-606.
4. Financing: Financing agreement No ALA/2005/17-606 'Improving the
primary health care strategy', signed between the European Commission and
the Argentine Republic.
5. Contracting authority: Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
Contract specifications
6. Contract description: The contract is for the supply by the successful
tenderer of 26 items of traction equipment, 4 traction units with bodywork
and 26 trailers to be used as community integration centres (CIC). The
contract also covers the provision of warranty services and training in
the use of the traction equipment, trailers and medical equipment
requested.
7. Number and titles of the lots: Lot 1: traction equipment.
Lot 2: trailers: CIC staff support: dining room.
Lot 3: trailers: CIC staff support: bedrooms.
Lot 4: trailers: CIC images.
Lot 5: trailers: CIC surgeries for mothers and infants.
Lot 6: trailers: CIC ophthalmology surgery.
Lot 7: traction units with bodywork: CIC dental surgery.
Lot 8: trailers: CIC clinical bacteriology laboratory.
Lot 9: trailers: CIC supplies.
Conditions for participation
8. Eligibility and rule of origin: Participation is open to all legal
entities, individually or grouped together in a tenderers' association
(consortium), established in the EU Member States or the countries and
territories of the regions which fall within the scope of application of
the specific instruments applicable to the aid programme under which the
contract is financed, or which are authorised by said legal instruments
(see point 22). All goods supplied under this contract must originate in 1
or more of these countries. International organisations may also take
part. Participation of natural persons is governed by the specific
instrument applicable to the programme under which the contract is
financed.
9. Grounds for exclusion: Tenderers must submit a signed declaration,
included in the tender form for a supplies contract, confirming that they
are not in any of the situations set out in section 2.3.3 of the Practical
Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions.
10. Number of tenders: Tenderers can only submit 1 tender per lot.
Tenders for part of a lot will not be considered. Tenderers may state in
their tenders whether they are prepared to grant a discount should their
tender be accepted for more than 1 lot. Tenderers cannot submit a variant
tender in addition to their tender for the supplies required in the
invitation to tender dossier.
11. Tender guarantee: When they submit their tender, tenderers must set
up a tender guarantee for:
lot 1: EUR 14 960.
Lot 2: EUR 4 738.
Lot 3: EUR 4 400.
Lot 4: EUR 10 831.
Lot 5: EUR 8 800.
Lot 6: EUR 10 154.
Lot 7: EUR 10 492.
Lot 8: EUR 5 923.
Lot 9: EUR 3 723.
This guarantee will be returned to unsuccessful tenderers after the
invitation to tender procedure has been completed, and to the successful
tenderer(s) once the contract has been signed by all parties. This
guarantee will be drawn on should the tenderer fail to comply with all the
obligations stated in the invitation to tender.
12. Performance bond: On signing the contract, the successful tenderer
must furnish a performance bond for 10 % of the contract value and enclose
this when returning the contract now signed by both parties. This bond
must be furnished within 30 days of the date on which he receives the
contract already signed by the contracting authority. If the successful
tenderer does not furnish the aforementioned bond within the time allowed,
the contract will be null and void and a new contract will be drawn up and
sent to the tenderer who submitted the next best compliant tender.
13. Briefing and/or site visit: 2 briefings are planned for 18.7.2008 and
24.7.2008 (15:00) at: Av. 9 de Julio 1925, Ciudad de Buenos Aires,
Argentine Republic.
Site visits are not planned.
14. Tender validity period: Tenders must remain valid for 90 days from
the final date for submission of tenders.
15. Performance period: 150 days from contract signature.
Selection and award criteria
16. Selection criteria: The following selection criteria will be applied
to tenderers. Where tenders are submitted by a consortium, these criteria
will apply to the consortium as a whole.
(1) Candidates' economic and financial capacity (based on section 3 of the
application form):
(a) candidates' or groupings' (should consortia be involved) average
annual turnover for 2006 and 2007 must be at least twice the maximum
budget for the lot(s) for which they are tendering;
(b) the company must have been in business in the field of the contract
for at least 5 years. As proof, tenderers must submit a statement on oath.
(2) Candidates' professional capacity (based on sections 4 and 5 of the
application form):
(a) candidates, or any member of the grouping in the case of a consortium,
must furnish a document from the manufacturers authorising them to act as
a supplier;
(b) candidates, or any member of the grouping in the case of a consortium,
must have had at least 5 permanent members of staff working in this field
during 2006, 2007 and 2008.
(3) Candidates' technical capacity (based on sections 5 and 6 of the
application form):
(a) in the past 3 years, candidates, or any member of the grouping in the
case of a consortium, must have completed at least 2 contracts of a
similar nature;
(b) candidates, or any member of the grouping, must have proven technical
capacity in after-sales services and provide proof of at least 2 customer
service points located in the beneficiary provinces (Catamarca, Chaco,
Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán).
For a specific contract and where appropriate, economic operators may call
upon the capacities of other bodies irrespective of the legal nature of
the links between them. In such an event they must provide the contracting
authority with evidence that the resources needed for performance of the
contract are available to them, for example, by submitting an agreement
from such bodies to provide said resources. In their capacity as economic
operators, these bodies, e.g. the parent company of the economic operator,
must comply with the same eligibility and, in particular, nationality
rules.
17. Award criteria: Price.
Tender submission
18. Procedures for obtaining the invitation to tender dossier: The
invitation to tender dossier can be obtained from the following web
address: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/
practical_guide/index_es.htm or from the office concerned at the
contracting authority's address. Tenders must be submitted using the
standard tender form for a supplies contract included in the invitation to
tender dossier. The format and instructions therein must be strictly
adhered to.
Tenderers who have questions concerning this invitation to tender must
send them in writing to cotero@msal.gov.ar or av. de Mayo 844, 6º piso,
Capital Federal, quoting the publication reference given in point 1, no
later than 21 days before the final date for submission of tenders given
in point 19. The contracting authority must reply to all questions no
later than 11 days before the final date for submission of tenders. Any
clarifications regarding the invitation to tender dossier will be
published on the Europe Aid web site at:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl.
19. Final date for submission of tenders: 11.9.2008 (17:00), Argentina.
Tenders must be submitted by 1 of the following methods only:
— registered post (official postal service) addressed to:
Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Proyecto FEAPS, Av. De Mayo 844, 6o
piso, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
— delivery by hand (including courier service) straight to the FEAPS
Project, in return for a signed and dated acknowledgement of receipt, at
the following address:
Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Proyecto FEAPS, Av. De Mayo 844, 6º
piso, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tenders received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session: 12.9.2008 (15:00), Argentina, Proyecto FEAPS,
Av. 9 de Julio 1925, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
21. Working language: All correspondence concerning this invitation to
tender procedure and contract must be in Spanish.
22. Legal basis: Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 18.12.2006, establishing a financing instrument for
development cooperation, published in the Official Journal of the European
Union No 378 of 27.12.2006.

Update: Jul 26, 2008

Notice Type: 0708
-
Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 144/2008
, #
192297-2008
Referenced Document Number: 189671-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Partial tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Corrigendum No 1
('Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union' No S 142 of
24.7.2008, open procedure, 189671-2008)
Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Proyecto FEAPS, Av. De Mayo 844, 6o
piso, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
for: 13. Briefing and/or site visit:
2 briefings are planned for 18.7.2008 and 24.7.2008 (15:00) at: Av. 9 de
Julio 1925, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
Site visits are not planned.
19. Final date for submission of tenders:
11.9.2008 (17:00), Argentina.
(...)
20. Tender opening session:
12.9.2008 (15:00), Argentina, Proyecto FEAPS, Av. 9 de Julio 1925, Ciudad
de Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
read: 13. Briefing and/or site visit:
2 briefings are planned for 8.8.2008 and 15.8.2008 (15:00) at: Av. 9 de
Julio 1925, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
Site visits are not planned.
19. Final date for submission of tenders:
24.9.2008 (17:00), local time.
(...)
20. Tender opening session:
Tenders will be opened in public on 25.9.2008 (15:00), local time, at the
contracting authority's address.
Tenderers are hereby advised that amendments have been made to the
invitation to tender dossier.

Update: Sept 13, 2008

Notice Type: 0708
-
Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 178/2008
, #
236401-2008
Referenced Document Number: 189671-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Partial tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Corrigendum No 2
('Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union' No S 142 of
24.7.2008, open procedure, 189671-2008)
Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Proyecto FEAPS, Av. De Mayo 844, 6o
piso, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
for: 19. Final date for submission of tenders:
24.9.2008 (17:00), local time.
(...)
20. Tender opening session:
Tenders will be opened in public on 25.9.2008 (15:00), local time, at the
contracting authority's address.
read: 19. Final date for submission of tenders:
14.10.2008 (17:00), local time.
(...)
20. Tender opening session:
Tenders will be opened in public on 15.10.2008 (15:00), local time, at the
contracting authority's address.
Tenderers are hereby advised that amendments have been made to the
invitation to tender dossier.

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