UK-Trowbridge: health and social work services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

TROWBRIDGE

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:107456-2008

Publication Date:

Apr 23, 2008

Deadline:

May 19, 2008

Buyer:

WILTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

WILTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TROWBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.wiltshire.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 79/2008
, #
107456-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Wiltshire County Council,
County Hall, Attn: Tracey Bratten, Strategic Procurement Project Officer,
UK-Trowbridge BA14 8JD. Tel. 012 25 71 32 78. E-mail:
traceybratten@wiltshire.gov.uk. Fax 012 25 71 34 00.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.wiltshire.gov.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:
Regional or local authority.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-Trowbridge: procurement of a host organisation for the wiltshire local
involvement network (link).
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 25.
Main place of performance: The county of Wiltshire.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Wiltshire
County Council wishes to appoint an organisation to undertake the role of
Host to the Wiltshire Local Involvement Network (LINk). The role of the
LINk is primarily to obtain the views of the local community about their
need for and experiences of using local health and social care services.
The Host Organisation is an enabler which is responsible for the
establishment, maintenance and support of the LINk and to facilitate the
LINk to carry out its responsibilities. Further information on LINks is
available at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/
PatientAndPublicinvolvement/DH_076366.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85000000, 75200000.
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: (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 provisions 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 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of
Article 1 of the Convention relating 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 Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 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 three 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.
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.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
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.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentPayable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
19.5.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 27.5.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A bidders event is being held on Friday 2nd
May 2008 from 10:00am until 12:00pm at St John's Parish Centre,
Trowbridge. This event is specifically for those who intend to bid for the
contract to help them understand the process and what is required from the
Host Organisation in Wiltshire. To register your interest please contact
Jacqui Abbott on (01373) 859720.
GO reference: GO 08041840/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Wiltshire County Council,
County Hall, UK-Trowbridge BA14 8JD. E-mail:
procurementunit@wiltshire.gov.uk. URL: www.wiltshire.gov.uk. Fax 012 25 71
34 00.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Wiltshire County Council will incorporate a minimum 10
calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of
the contract 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 2 working days from the
notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and
that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the
expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be
required from the contact name referred to in section I.1. If an appeal
regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the
Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide 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 (generally within 3
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 parties to apply to the Courts to set aside
the award decision before the contract is entered into].
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Wiltshire County Council, County Hall, UK-Trowbridge BA14
8JD. E-mail: procurementunit@wiltshire.gov.uk. URL: www.wiltshire.gov.uk.
Fax 012 25 71 34 00.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 18.4.2008.

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