UK-London: primary education services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

LONDINO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:102218-2008

Publication Date:

Apr 18, 2008

Buyer:

GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND

Original Language:

English

Address:

GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND
LONDON
United Kingdom

Web Site:

http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA1827

Notice Type: 2280
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Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 76/2008
, #
102218-2008
Referenced Document Number: 259343-2007
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Cambridge Education Ltd, Demeter House, Station Road,
UK-Cambridge CB1 2RS.

Summary:
CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): General Teaching Council for
England, Whittington House, 19-30 Alfred Place, Contact: Professional
Learning Services, Attn: Steve Oram, UK-London WC1E 7EA. Tel. 020 70 23 39
51. E-mail: steve.oram@gtce.org.uk. Fax 020 70 23 39 09.
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA1827.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Education.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Teacher Learning Academy Logistics Partner Contract 2008-11.
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: England.
Nuts Code: UK.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The GTC’s
Teacher Learning Academy (TLA) offers public and professional recognition
of teachers’ learning, development and improvement work. In effect it
accredits a teacher’s professional development.
The General Teaching Council (GTC) wish to procure the services of a
"logistics partner" to manage the operation of the Teacher Learning
Academy and play a significant part in its development.
The logistics partner will be a key party in the system and will:
1. Manage and execute the exchange of information between participants,
including the submission of presentations by teachers to verifiers and the
return of verified presentations to teachers
2. Manage the exchange of payments between participants, including
2.1 The collection and distribution of enrolment fees from schools and
teachers
2.2 Payments to verifiers and to national, regional and local support
partners
3. Provide training for support partners and schools
4. Assess and manage the grant of permission to operate to schools and
support partners, (which will also demonstrate the quality of their
training and development)
5. Manage the moderation and quality assurance of verifications
6. Handle enquires and communications.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80100000, 80200000,
80300000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: 6 601 394 GBP.
Including VAT VAT rate (%): 17.5 %.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive dialogue.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Value for Money. Weighting: 30 %.
2. Robustness. Weighting: 24 %.
3. Risk Acceptance. Weighting: 13 %.
4. Deviation from Terms and Conditions. Weighting: 13 %.
5. Cultural Alignment. Weighting: 10 %.
6. Added value. Weighting: 10 %.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in OJ: 2007/S 213-259343 of 6.11.2007.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO:
TITLE: Award of Teacher Learning Academy Logistics Partner Contract 2008 -
11.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 12.3.2008.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 6.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Cambridge Education Ltd, Demeter House, Station Road,
UK-Cambridge CB1 2RS.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT If annual or monthly value:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (MT Ref:57824).
VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The GTC will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day
standstill period at the time that information on the award is
communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to
seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract
is entered into. Applicants have two clear working days from the
notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and
that information has to be provided a minimum of three working days before
the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be
required according to the notice. If an appeal regarding the award of a
contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 no 5) provided for aggrieved parties who have
been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action
in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action
must be brought promptly (and at any event within three months). Where a
contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside
of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may
award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only
award damages. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is
to allow paries to appeal to the Courts to set aside the appeal decision
before the contract is entered into.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 16.4.2008.

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