UK-Liverpool: financial intermediation services, except investment banking, insurance services and pension services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

LIBERPOYL

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:169070-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 8, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 7, 2008

Buyer:

OGCBUYING.SOLUTIONS

Original Language:

English

Address:

OGCBUYING.SOLUTIONS
LIVERPOOL , UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk

66100000 - Financial intermediation services, except investment banking, insurance services and pension services

Notice Type: 2240
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 127/2008
, #
169070-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Negotiated procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): OGCbuying.solutions, Royal
Liver Building, Pier Head, Attn: Payment Cards, UK-Liverpool L3 1PE. Tel.
084 54 10 22 22. E-mail: gpc@ogcbs.gov.uk. Fax 015 12 27 33 15.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: URL:
https://ogcbs.bravosolution.com.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
URL: https://ogcbs.bravosolution.com.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: URL:
https://ogcbs.bravosolution.com.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
Other: Public Procurement.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Payment Card Solutions and Associated Services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 6.
Main place of performance: Primarily in the UK with some limited
requirements overseas.
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: 20.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
OGCbuying.solutions requires to establish framework agreements for use by
or on behalf of UK public sector bodies. These will include Central
Government Departments & their Agencies, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities,
Police & Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Housing
Associations and Registered Landlords.
The above Public Sector Bodies have a need for payment card solutions and
associated services, including payment cards, travel cards, integrated
cards, prepayment cards, commercial debit cards and cashless options.
Card solutions including software integration, expense management and
other associated services are also required.
The above Public Sector bodies may decide to hold an electronic reverse
auction on the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework
Agreement(s).
Please note: The duration of the agreement(s) will be for 2 years, with
OGCbuying.solutions having the option to extend by a further two periods
of one year (ie. 2 years + 1 year + 1 year).
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 66100000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: OGCbuying.solutions intends to tender
for the third generation of the Government Procurement Card, together with
a range of complementary services, including:
Lot 1: Payment Cards, Travel Cards, Integrated Cards, Lodged/Embedded
Cards, Commercial Debit Cards and Associated Services.
Lot 2: Prepayment Cards, Contactless Cards and Associated Services.
Lot 3: Software Integration, Expense Management and Associated Services
Further details will be provided at the Tender stage.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Payment Cards, Travel Cards, Integrated Cards,
Lodged/Embedded Cards, Commercial Debit Cards and Associated Services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 66100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Please note that the estimated value shown below is
for the whole Agreement and not individual Lots.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.2.2010 Completion: 31.1.2014.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: The Contracting Authority intends
to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the
right to use a reverse auction.
LOT NO 2
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Prepayment Cards, Contactless Cards and Associated
Services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 66100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Please note that the estimated value shown below is
for the whole Agreement and not individual Lots.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.2.2010 Completion: 31.1.2014.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: The Contracting Authority intends
to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the
right to use a reverse auction.
LOT NO 3
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Software Integration, Expense Management,
Specialist Consultancy and Associated Services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 66100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Please note that the estimated value shown below
relates to the whole Agreement and not individual Lots.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.2.2010 Completion: 31.1.2014.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: The Contracting Authority intends
to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the
right to use a reverse auction.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Participants will be advised
if this is necessary during the procurement. Parent company and/or other
guarantees of performance and financial liability may be required by
Buying Solutions if considered appropriate.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: One member of any grouping /
consortium of suppliers will be required to accept prime contractorship.
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: Any supplier
may be disqualified who:
(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 26.5.1972 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 10.6.1991 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Participants must express interest and submit completed pre-qualification
questionnaires using the OGCbuying.solutions eSourcing portal that can be
accessed at www.ogcbs.bravosolution.com.
Responses must be published by the date in IV.3.4.
Instructions to Express Interest
1. Log onto the OGCbuying.solutions eSourcing Portal:
http://www.ogcbs.bravosolution.com.
2. Click the 'Click here to register' link.
3. Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'.
4. Enter your correct business and user details.
5. Note the username you chose and click 'Confirm' when complete.
6. You will receive an email with your unique password (keep this secure).
7. Login to the portal with the username/password.
8. Click the 'Open Access PQQs' link.
9. Click on the name of the PQQ to display information about the
opportunity.
10. Click the 'Express Interest' button (NOTE: This will move the PQQ from
the open area into your 'My PQQs' section).
11. Click the name of the PQQ to display information about the
opportunity.
12. You can now access any attachments by clicking the 'Attachments'
button.
13. You can now choose to 'Reply' or 'Reject'.
14. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen
instructions to complete the PQQ.
For assistance please contact our Helpdesk operated by BravoSolution:
Freephone: 0800 011 24 70 Fax: 020 70 60 04 80 eMail:
help@bravosolution.co.uk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See the relevant
pre-qualification questionnaire available from
www.ogcbs.bravosolution.com.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: See the relevant pre-qualification
questionnaire available from www.ogcbs.bravosolution.com.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: It is
envisaged that the number of operators that will be invited to tender will
be approximately 20. The criteria used to select those candidates is shown
in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (the PQQ) available only in
electronic form from:
http://www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk/supplierzone/tender/
opportunities.asp.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue: Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of
solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no.
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:
RM537.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
7.8.2008 - 15:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 18.9.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 7.8.2008.
Place: Electronically, via e-tendering tool.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
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: The duration referenced in Section II.1.4
is for the placing of orders.
The value provided in Section II.1.4 is only an estimate. We cannot
guarantee to suppliers any business through this framework agreement.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this
procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
The Contracting Authority intends to conclude a framework agreement for
services on behalf of itself and other contracting authorities.
OGCbuying.solutions wishes to establish framework agreements for use by or
on behalf of UK public sector bodies (and their statutory successors and
organizations created as a result of re-organisation or organisational
changes). These will include: Central Government Departments and their
Agencies (a list of Executive Agencies can be found at:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ministerial_responsibilities/
executive_agencies.aspx).
Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)(a list of NDPBs can be found at
Annex A to the Public Bodies Directory 2007 published by the Cabinet
Office which can be found at:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/documents/pdf/public_bodies/
public_bodies_2007.pdf); NHS Bodies (i.e. Acute Trusts, Ambulance Trusts,
Primary Care trusts, Care Trusts, NHS Hospital Trusts, Strategic Health
Authorities, Mental Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, Community
Health Councils, Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts, NHS Scotland and its
organisations and Special NHS Boards in Scotland (lists of such
Authorities and Trusts can be found at:
http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx.
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/catorgs.cfm#1 http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/
organisations/index.html and.
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/special_hbs.html)) and Local
Authorities (i.e. a local authority as defined in Regulation 3(2) to (5)
of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (the regulations).
The UK public sector bodies may decide to hold an electronic reverse
auction on the reopening of competition among the economic operator’s
party to the Framework Agreement.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Body responsible for
mediation procedures:
DRS-CIArb, on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 12
Bloomsbury Square, UK-London WC1A 2LP. E-mail: padre@drs-ciarb.com. Tel.
084 52 70 70 55. URL: www.padre.org.uk.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 1.7.2008.

Update: Jul 8, 2008

Notice Type: 8098
-
Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 130/2008
, #
172399-2008
Referenced Document Number: 169070-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Negotiated procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
OGCbuying.solutions, Royal Liver Building, Pier Head, attn: Payment Cards,
UK-L3 1PE Liverpool. Tel. 084 54 10 22 22. E-mail: gpc@ogcbs.gov.uk. Fax
015 12 27 33 15.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 03.07.2008,
2008/S 127-169070)
RE: CPV: 66100000.
Financial intermediation services, except investment banking, insurance
services and pension services.Instead of: INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
...
Read: INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
Lot No 1
1) Short description:
Payment Cards, Travel Cards, Integrated Cards, Lodged/Embedded Cards,
Commercial Debit Cards and Associated Services.
2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
66100000.
3) Quantity or scope:
Please note that the estimated value shown below is for the whole
Agreement and not individual Lots.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
starting/completion:
Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
5) Additional information about lots:
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this
procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Lot no 2
1) Short description:
Prepayment Cards, Contactless Cards and Associated Services.
2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
66100000.
3) Quantity or scope:
Please note that the estimated value shown below is for the whole
agreement and not individual lots.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
starting/completion:
Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
5) Additional information about lots:
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this
procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Lot no 3
1) Short description:
Software Integration, Expense Management and Associated Services.
2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
66100000.
3) Quantity or scope:
Please note that the estimated value shown below relates to the whole
agreement and not individual lots.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 6 000 000 000 and 10 000 000 000 GBP.
4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
starting/completion:
Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
5) Additional information about lots:
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this
procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.

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