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

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

EDIMBOYRGO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:170348-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 4, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 18, 2008

Buyer:

THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS

Original Language:

English

Address:

THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS
EDINBURGH , SCOTLAND
United Kingdom

Web Site:

http://www.cgcopescotland.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 128/2008
, #
170348-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): The Scottish Ministers,
Scottish Procurement Directorate Central Government Centre of Procurement
Expertise Victoria Quay, UK-Edinburgh EH6 6QQ. Tel. 013 12 44 36 27.
E-mail: david.bilton@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.cgcopescotland.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:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
General public services.
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:
Provision of Banking Services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 06.
Main place of performance: Throughout Scotland.
NUTS code: UKM.
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 year(s): 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 1 500 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Supply of
Banking Services to the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish
Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration
which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within
the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland
Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, special health boards,
any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act
of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of
the above, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the above,
bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the above and
bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or,
in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those
individuals, being appointed by one or more of the above. The Scottish
Ministers are inviting tenders for a contractor to provide commercial
banking services to include local banking services, merchant acquiring
facilities and ATM facilities. The scope of the contract may also include
cash handling services. The contract will be for a 3 year period with the
option of a further 12 month extension.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 66100000, 66110000,
66120000.
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: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: This is a framework contract. The
quantity and scope of work under the Contract will depend on individual
users' requirements. Such requirements are difficult to predict but it is
estimated that the total value for the duration of the contract will be
between £1 000 000 to £1 500 000. Further information on quantity or scope
will be provided in the contract documents.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Up to one additional year after the initial
3 year term.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 48 (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: A parent Company Guarantee may
be required from applicants who operate within a larger trading group of
companies. Guarantees may also be required from banks. Cover for
professional indemnity, employer liability and public liability will be
required.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Details will be
provided in the Invitation to Tender.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Where a consortium or other grouping
of contractors submits a bid, the parties in the grouping will be bound
jointly and severally. Such consortia or grouping must nominate a lead
member to deal with Scottish Government on all matters relating to this
procurement exercise.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Details will be provided in the Invitation to Tender.
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: Details will
be provided in the Invitation to Tender.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Details will be provided
in the Invitation to Tender.
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:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
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:
Case/1436.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
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:
18.8.2008 - 12:00.
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: Duration in month(s): 6 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 18.8.2008 - 12:00.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2012.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This contract will be subject to Scots Law.
The Scottish Government will not be liable for any cost incurred by those
tendering for this contract. The Scottish Government reserves the right to
award a contract for any or all of the requirements described.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: See V1.4.2.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The Scottish Ministers will incorporate a minimum 10
calendar day standstill period at the point of 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
requested from the address stated at 1.1 of this notice. If an appeal
regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved The
Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006 No.1) provide for
the aggrieved parties who have been named or at risk of harm by a breach
of the rule to take action in the Sheriff Court of Session. 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. (The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is
to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside award decision before
the contract is entered into.).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 2.7.2008.

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