SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Business and Enterprise North East
Spectrum 6 Spectrum Business Park
Contact: Graeme Reid
Attn: Procurement Team
SR7 7TT Seaham
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1914266573
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax +44 1915810052
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority
http://www.be-ne.co.uk
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
Other Private Company
Other Business Support
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
Keep your business fighting fit.
II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category: No 27
Main place of performance North East of England.
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 a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in month(s): 18
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
estimated cost excluding VAT
Range: between 200 000 and 390 000 GBP
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Business and Enterprise North East (BE-NE) is an independent
private sector led business support organisation serving the North East
of England. It's role is to transform the economy of the North East by
enabling more North East businesses to start, succeed and grow. BE-NE
is now looking to establish a Framework which is aimed at delivering a
series of workshops, seminars and conferences which will advise North
East businesses on key and relevant business related topics providing
them with access to enhanced, high quality relevant information, advice
and business solutions support. The successful supplier will be
required to organise and deliver a programme of activity, the structure
and direction of which will be developed by BE-NE, on a one to many
basis and be made relevant to the types of businesses in attendance and
their needs. BE-NE will lead the production of workshop, seminar and
conference content which the supplier will then be required to organise
and deliver.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
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
Yes
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope
The scope of the Framework is workshops, seminars and conferences
to be delivered from 1.10.2010 and 31.3.2012. There is a possibility
that this could be extended for a further year.
Excluding VAT
Range between 200 000 and 250 000 GBP
II.2.2)
Options
Yes
description of these options: There is an option to extend the Framework for a further 12 months.
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Starting 1.10.2010. Completion 31.3.2012
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)
CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required
BE-NE reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds, insurance cover or other forms of appropriate security.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
Further information will be made available to those who are invited to tender.
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Further details will be made available to those who are invited to tender.
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: In accordance with artilcles 45-50 of Directive
2004/18/EC and regulations 23-25 of the Public Contracts Regulations
and as set out in the contract documents including the
pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if
requirements are met: In accordance with article 47 of Directive
2004/18/EC and Regulation 24 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
In accordance with articles 48-50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 25 of the Publoc Contracts regulations 2006.
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
No
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 maximum number 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
A pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) will be used to identify
eligible and the most suitable operators to progress to the invitation
to tender stage. The PQQ will detail the scoring and weighting to be
applied.
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
F10-019-KYBFF-00
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Payable documents No
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
22.6.2010 - 12:00
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
7.7.2010
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
No
VI.2)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
No
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Interested parties should register their interest via the Procurement email address provided in the contact details.
This is a non-mandatory contract notice for Part B services. Please also note the following:
a) any resulting contract will be considered as a contract made
in England according to English law and will be subject to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
b) the contracting authority reserves the right to approve any
and all sub-contractor appointments the succesful tenderer intends to
make.
c) tenders and all supporing documents must be priced in pounds sterling.
d) the contracting authority is not liable for any costs incurred
by those expressing an interest or tendering for this contract
including but not limited to where the contract award procedure is
cancelled for any reason.
e) the contracting authority reserves the right to cancel,
withdraw or amend any opportunity set out in this contract notice at
any time.
f) compliance with all relevant legislation is required both
during this procurement process and during the term of any resulting
contract.
g) parties expressing an interst and/or tendering for this
opportunity shall meet their own costs. No reimbursement shall be
available in any circumstances.
h) where deemed appropriate by BE-NE, preferred suppliers may be asked to clarify their bids further prior to contract award.
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
Business and Enterprise North East
Spectrum 6 Spectrum Business Park, Co Durham
SR7 7TT Seaham
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel. +44 1914266573
Fax +44 1915810052
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
13.5.2010