SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Argyll and Bute Council
Witchburn road
Contact: Purchasing Officer - Procurement Team
Attn: Emma Turner
PA28 6JU Campbeltown
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1586555205
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1586553050
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00063
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained
at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in
above-mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)
TYPE OF
THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Regional or local authority
General public services
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)
Title
attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Provision of printing services.
II.1.2)
Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category: No 15
Main place of performance Argyll.
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)
The notice
involves
The establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)
Information
on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement
envisaged 5
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement
estimated cost excluding VAT
Range: between 250 000 and 350 000 GBP
II.1.5)
Short
description of the contract or purchase(s)
Argyll and Bute Council produces a range of printed material. This
includes, but is not limited to, leaflets, brochures, strategy
documents, banners, posters, flyers and other branded marketing
material. Currently print is purchased by individual service areas, from
a variety of local printer.
The council intends to implement a print buying framework.
The intention is to centralise the council’s print buying
activities, to produce more professionally printed material in a more
efficient way, building stronger relationships with print companies and
reducing the costs associated with ad hoc buying.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and
obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts
Scotland Web Site at
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=187393.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will
accept electronic responses to this notice via a "Tender Submission
Postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=187393.
II.1.6)
Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)
Contract
covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.8)
Division
into lots
No
II.1.9)
Variants
will be accepted
II.2)
QUANTITY
OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total
quantity or scope
II.3)
DURATION
OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL
AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)
CONDITIONS
RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)
Deposits
and guarantees required
III.1.2)
Main
financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions regulating them
III.1.3)
Legal form
to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is
to be awarded
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
III.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity
III.2.3)
Technical
capacity
III.2.4)
Reserved
contracts
III.3)
CONDITIONS
SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)
Execution
of the service is reserved to a particular profession
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
Restricted
IV.1.2)
Limitations
on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to
participate
Envisaged minimum number 5
IV.1.3)
Reduction
of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
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.3.1)
File
reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)
Previous
publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)
Conditions
for obtaining specifications and additional documents
IV.3.4)
Time-limit
for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
21.6.2010 - 12:00
IV.3.5)
Date of
dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected
candidates
1.7.2010
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
IV.3.8)
Conditions
for opening tenders
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)
THIS IS A
RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
VI.2)
CONTRACT
RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Your completed PQQ should be submitted by the due date and time
required:
Date: 21.6.2010 (12:00).
Responses should be submitted in an electronic format via the
"post-box" on the Public Contracts Scotland website (guidance attached).
No other method will be accepted.
In order to overcome file size difficulties we request that
submissions are completed in "Word", or similar. Attachments to the
response, if any, should be saved as a zip file to reduce file size.
Please include a list of supporting documents in the comments field. At
the PQQ stage we will accept typeface signatures.
Please note that submitted documents must be less than 2Mb in size
and if greater it will be rejected and will not be added to the
submission. The post-box will accept a maximum of 40 individual
documents.
Further information requests and clarification questions are to be
posted on the Public Contracts Scotland Website under the ‘Question and
Answer’ Section. Answers to questions will be circulated to all
bidders.
You must not contact anyone else at the Council in relation to
this procurement. A breach of this rule may lead to your exclusion from
the procurement process.
It is the sole responsibility of the submitting company to deliver
their response as specified.
Late responses will not be accepted. If problems ocurred during
the submission stage, please contact Emma Turner (details below) in
advance of the deadline.
Telephone: +44 1586555205.
Mobile: +44 7787002371.
E-mail:
[email protected]
(SC Ref:187393).
VI.4)
PROCEDURES
FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body
responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)
Lodging of
appeals
VI.4.3)
Service
from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF
DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
19.5.2010