UK-Easington: business and management consultancy and related services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

EASINGTON

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:234563-2008

Publication Date:

Sept 11, 2008

Deadline:

Oct 23, 2008

Buyer:

DISTRICT OF EASINGTON COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

DISTRICT OF EASINGTON COUNCIL
EASINGTON , Durham CC
United Kingdom

Web Site:

http://www.easington.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 176/2008
, #
234563-2008
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): District of Easington Council,
Council Offices, Seaside Lane, Contact: Heather Lang, Attn: Heather Lang,
UK-Easington SR8 3TN. Tel. (44) 019 15 86 33 66. E-mail:
Heather.Lang@edbs.co.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.easington.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: See Additional Information VI.3
for information, Attn: See Additional Information VI.3 for information,
UK-. URL: https://www.qtegov.com/procontract/supplier.nsf.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
See Additional Information VI.3 for information, UK-. URL:
https://www.qtegov.com/procontract/supplier.nsf.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: See Additional
Information VI.3 for information, UK-. URL:
https://www.qtegov.com/procontract/supplier.nsf.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Employability delivery programme.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: Easington, County Durham.
NUTS code: UKC14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Provision of
employability delivery programme.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74140000, 74511000,
80420000, 85300000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The District of Easington and the East
Durham Local Strategic Partnership seek to appoint a provider or a
consortium of providers, to deliver and manage a programme of activities
to achieve the outcomes and targets set within the District of Easington
Disadvantaged Areas Fund (DAF) Delivery Plan. The approximate value of
this contract is £840 649 for 5 months. It is anticipated that this
contract will commence 28.11.2008 and end 31.3.2009 (with an option to
extend subject to approvals, funding confirmation and contract
performance, to March 2011).
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 840 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: There will be two options outlined in the
descriptive document, one will be to deliver and manage a programme of
activities to achieve the outcomes and targets set within the District of
Easington Disadvantaged Areas Fund (DAF) Delivery Plan (as detailed in
tender documents). The other option will be to exceed the above targets,
by amounts proposed by the tenderer, as a result of additional 25 %
funding.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
28.11.2008. Completion: 31.3.2009.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Outlined in tender documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Outlined in tender
documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Outlined in tender documents.
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: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by
the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where
he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation
arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b)
is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an
arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgment which
has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of
the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct. (d) has
been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the
contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations
relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance
with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or
with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) has not
fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with
the legal provision of the country in which he is established or with
those of the country of the contracting authority; (g) is guilty of
serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this
Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of
a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in
Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject
of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act
of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Joint Council Action 98/742/JHA3
respectively; (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within
the meaning of Article 1 of the convention relation to the protection of
the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the
subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of
the Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of
the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate
statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance. (b) the presentation of
balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of
the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the
economic operator is established; (c) a statement of the undertaking's
overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered
by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available,
depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic
operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is
available. (Refer to tender documents).
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: As outlined in tender documents.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated below:
1. Delivery. Weighting: 40.
2. Quality. Weighting: 20.
3. Price. Weighting: 20.
4. Technology & Innovation/Experience. Weighting: 20.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
QTLE-7JALX2.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 26.9.2008 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
23.10.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender: Duration in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 23.10.2008 - 12:00.
Place: Derwentside District Council - Legal Services.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please follow these instructions to
electronically register your interest in this contract: 1) Input the
following internet address into your web browser: - www.nepoportal.org 2)
Go to the Suppliers Area, click on the link to Log In or Register, this
then takes you to the Supplier Home Page. 3) If you already have a log in,
select Log In. If not, select 'Register Free' 4) To register interest
against this contract, select binoculars beside Latest Opportunities
Section 5) Enter ID in the 'Contains' field - QTLE-7JALX2 and select
Search 6) Click on link below Contract Title heading and click on
'Register Interest' button. Please Note: The 'Register Interest' button
will only be visible during the specified Expression of Interest start/end
dates. 7) Your contract registration will be confirmed by email and on
screen. 8. Once you are registered and have expressed interest in the
contract, full tender documentation will be available for you to download
as per the date on the contract notice.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 9.9.2008.

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