Northern Lighthouse Board : UK-Edinburgh: Hire of air transport equipment with crew.

UK-Edinburgh: Hire of air transport equipment with crew.

This notice is covered by: Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       Northern Lighthouse Board
       84 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DA, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1314733131, Fax. +44 1314732436, Email: procurement@nlb.org.uk
       Main Address: www.nlb.org.uk, Address of the buyer profile: http://nlb.g2b.info
       NUTS Code: UK

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: GLA Helicopter Services 2015   
      Reference number: GLA/HELI/0857   
   
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew.
       
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

II.2) Description

   II.2.1) Title: Helicopter Services   
   Lot No: Not Provided    

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      34711500 - Helicopters.
      35612300 - Support helicopters.
      60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew.
       
   
   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
       
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
    Helicopters. Support helicopters. Hire of air transport equipment with crew. Provision of helicopter services for the General Lighthouse Authorities in the UK and Republic of Ireland. This will be a collaborative provision. The services required include the transportation of staff, contractors and approved passengers between shore bases, ships, lighthouse stations and other sites together with personal effects, equipment, materials and other required cargo which involves under slung loads.    
   
   II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
               Start: 01/12/2015 / End: 30/11/2025       
      Directive 2014/24/EU - In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
      Not Provided          
   
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
   The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No    


Section IV: Procedure

IV.2) Administrative information
   
   IV.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
   Notice number in OJ S: 2014/S 008 - 009689    

Section V: Award of contract/concession

Contract No: GLA/HELI/0857   Lot No: Not Provided    Title: Helicopter Services
V.2) Award of contract/concession

   V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision: 04/09/2014   

   V.2.2) Information about tenders
   The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

   V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          PLM Dollar Group Ltd trading as PDG Helicopters, SC157532
          The Heliport, Dalcross Industrial Estate, Inverness, Inverness, IV2 7XB, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 667462740, Email: enquiries@pdghelicopters.com
          Internet address: www.pdghelicopters.com
          NUTS Code: UK
   The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: No    
   
   V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
   Total value of the procurement: 18,000,000   
   Currency: GBP

Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.3) Additional Information:
      To view this notice, please click here:
https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=839666882
   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
       Norther Lighthouse Board
       84 George Street, Northern Lighthouse Board, Edinburgh, EH2 3DA, United Kingdom
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
   NLB will incorporate a minimum 10 working day standstill period (electronic transmission) or 15 working days (by postal service) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to all Tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful Tenderers to seek further debriefing from NLB before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information/debriefing has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. If this does not happen the standstill period must be extended by 3 working days from the date of the last debrief. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2992), The Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations (SI 2009 No. 428) and The Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2053) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the sheriff court, the Court of Session (Scotland). Any such action must be brought promptly within the time limit of 30 days from the day on which you first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings had arisen “the date of knowledge”. The Court has the discretion to extend the time limit where there is good reason for doing so, but only to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
      Not Provided
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 05/02/2024
   
Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession

VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications

   VII.1.1) Main CPV code:
      60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew.
   

   VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
      35612300 - Support helicopters.
      60424000 - Hire of air transport equipment with crew.
      34711500 - Helicopters.
   

   VII.1.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
       
   
   VII.1.4) Description of the procurement:
    Continuation of the Helicopters Services to ensure full review of current services and allow a new tender process to be undertaken, the current contract will be extended for 2 years .    
   
   VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession:
               Start: 30/11/2025 / End: 01/12/2027       
   
      Directive 2014/24/EU - In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
      Not Provided       .
   
   VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession
   Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 5,000,000   
   Currency: GBP    
   
   The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
   VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          PLM Dollar Group Ltd trading as PDG Helicopters, SC157532
          The Heliport, Dalcross Industrial Estate, Inverness, IV2 7XB, United Kingdom
          NUTS Code: UK
   The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: No

   
VII.2) Information about modifications

   VII.2.1) Description of the modifications:
    The contract will be extended by an additional 2 years to allow for a review of the services and a new tender to be undertaken.    
   
   VII.2.2) Reasons for modification:
         Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire (Art. 43(1)(b) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Art. 72(1)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Art. 89(1)(b) of Directive 2014/25/EU)
   
   Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
    Due to the impact of Brexit the review of the services and requirements to enable continuation of services across the full GLA's UK wide and Ireland, we require a short extension to the contract to undertake the new tender process.       
   
   VII.2.3) Increase in price
   Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and price adaptions and, in
   the case of Directive 2014/23/EU, average inflation in the Member State concerned)
   Value excluding VAT: 18,000,000   
   Currency: GBP    
   
   Total contract value after the modifications:
   Value excluding VAT: 23,000,000    
   Currency: GBP