Poland – Aggregates – Dostawa kruszywa.

The subject of the contract is the supply (sale with loading onto the contracting authority's transport means) of natural crushed aggregate with continuous grading of fraction 0–31.5 mm, in quantities up to 30 000 tons, intended for the repair and maintenance of municipal roads in the city and municipality of Brzozów, which are under the administration of the Mayor of Brzozów. The loading of the aggregate onto the contracting authority's transport means is the responsibility of the contractor and will take place at the contractor's storage facility. The transport of the aggregate from the contractor's storage facility will be arranged and paid for by the contracting authority. The aggregate must meet the requirements of the standard PN-EN 13242+A1:2010 “Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials used in construction and road construction” (or an equivalent standard) and have the following minimum technical and quality parameters: Fraction/grading 0-31.5 mm (mixture with continuous grading, category G_A 85); Dust content: category up to f_9; Resistance to crushing of coarse aggregate: not worse than category LA_35; Frost resistance: not worse than category F_4; CBR bearing ratio after compaction: min. 80% The contracting authority reserves the right to control the quality and quantity of the aggregates delivered to the contractor's storage facility. Settlement of deliveries will be made by invoices for the actual quantities of aggregate received, on the terms specified in the draft contract provisions. In the event of the impossibility of a weight assessment of the quantity of aggregate received for settlement purposes and the determination of the mass of the delivered aggregate in tonnes, a volumetric-mass conversion factor derived from the grain density parameters will be used: 1m3 of aggregate = 1.75 tonnes (1750 kg). In accordance with Article 441 of the Public Procurement Law, the contracting authority intends to apply the right of option in relation to the subject of the contract, i.e. the determination by the contracting authority of the minimum quantity of aggregate, the receipt of which the contracting authority guarantees, known as the basic order, and the determination of the quantity of aggregate and prices at which the contracting authority will be entitled (but not obliged) to receive, defined as covered by the right of option, and the contractor will be obliged to deliver, provided that the implementation of the order will take place exclusively in the event of the contractor being provided with appropriate information about the exercise of the right of option. The order is divided into: - basic order (guaranteed): 15,000 tons of aggregate - order covered by the right of option: up to 15,000 tons of aggregate The contracting authority guarantees the receipt of the quantity of aggregate specified in the basic order. The order within the scope of the right of option is a unilateral entitlement of the contracting authority. The non-performance of the order within the scope of the right of option does not constitute a basis for the contractor to claim any compensation or financial claims against the contracting authority. The condition for the exercise of the right of option is the submission by the contracting authority to the contractor of a written statement of intent to exercise the right of option (in whole or in part). The unit prices for 1 tonne of aggregate within the scope of the right of option will be identical to the unit prices offered by the contractor in the basic order. The contracting authority may exercise the right of option multiple times until the scope of the order covered by the right of option is exhausted. The maximum value of the contract is the value of the offer of the selected contractor constituting the sum of the value of the basic order and the order covered by the right of option. The amount which the contracting authority will indicate as the amount it intends to allocate for the financing of the order is the amount for the financing of the order within the scope of the basic order. In any case where the contracting authority has described the subject of the order by indicating trademarks, patents or origin, source or a particular process that characterizes the products or services supplied by a specific contractor or by reference to standards, technical assessments, technical specifications and technical reference systems, the contracting authority admits equivalent solutions. The criteria that the contracting authority will use to assess equivalence will always be exclusively the parameters and requirements set out in the description of the subject of the order. The condition for recognising equivalence is the contractor's proof in the offer that the proposed solutions meet the requirements specified in the description of the subject of the order to an equivalent extent.