UK-Gloucester: education services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

GLOUCESTER

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:190728-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 24, 2008

Deadline:

Sept 15, 2008

Buyer:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
GLOUCESTER , UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.gloucestershire.gov.uk

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 142/2008
, #
190728-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Gloucestershire County
Council, Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Contact: Children & Young People
Directorate, Attn: Hazel Rudge-Pickard, UK-Gloucester GL1 2TP. Tel. 014 52
42 74 50. E-mail: hazel.rudge-pickard@gloucestershire.gov.uk. Fax 014 52
42 71 76.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/
business_support_tender.
Further information can be obtained at: Gloucestershire County Council,
Shire Hall, Westgate street, Contact: Children & Young People Directorate,
Attn: Hazel Rudge-Pickard, UK-Gloucester GL1 2TP. Tel. 014 52 42 74 50.
E-mail: hazel.rudge-pickard@gloucestershire.gov.uk. Fax 014 52 42 71 76.
URL: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Gloucestershire County Council, Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Contact:
Children & Young People Directorate, Attn: Hazel Rudge-Pickard,
UK-Gloucester GL1 2TP. Tel. 014 52 42 74 50. E-mail:
hazel.rudge-pickard@gloucestershire.gov.uk. Fax 014 52 42 71 76. URL:
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Gloucestershire County
Council, Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Contact: Children & Young People
Directorate, Attn: Hazel Rudge-Pickard, UK-Gloucester GL1 2TP. Tel. 014 52
42 74 50. E-mail: hazel.rudge-pickard@gloucestershire.gov.uk. Fax 014 52
42 71 76. URL: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
Education.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Business Support to the Non-Maintained Childcare Sector.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 24.
Main place of performance: Gloucestershire.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): To provide
targeted business support in areas identified as priorities through the
Gloucestershire Childcare Sufficiency report and in doing so, build
capacity within this sector and provide start up, and on-going business
support to existing and new providers of early years (0-5) and later years
(5-14) childcare in the private, voluntary and independent childcare
sectors in Gloucestershire.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Total Contract Value= GBP 352 000.
Year One October – March:
GBP62K Business support + GBP 15k for Assessment of business standards.
Year Two April – March.
GBP 135K Business Support.
Year Three April – March.
GBP 140K Business Support.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 352 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.11.2008. Completion: 31.3.2011.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of
the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is
established.
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of
the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide a reference from their bank.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate
and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type
to the subject matter of this notice.
(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or
extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (1) A statement of the candidate's
average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3
years.
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their
managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for
providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the
contract;
(3) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an
independent body attesting conformity to environmental management
standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
(EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001.
(4) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by
an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with
quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards.
(5) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which
must be certified if the contracting authority so requests.
(6) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the
supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates
on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration
received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the
services were provided.
(7) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate:
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 15.9.2008.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
15.9.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 18.9.2008 - 10:00.
Place: Gloucestershire County Council Offices.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (MT Ref:58884).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 22.7.2008.

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