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Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   GLASKOBI
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:316689-2008
Publication Date:   Dec 6, 2008
Deadline:   Jan 21, 2009
Buyer:   LEARNING AND TEACHING SCOTLAND
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   LEARNING AND TEACHING SCOTLAND
GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom
Web Site:   http://www.ltscotland.org.uk

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Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 238/2008
, #
316689-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted 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): Learning and Teaching
Scotland, The Optima, 58 Robertson Street, Contact: Procurement, Attn:
Jayne Rutherford, UK-Glasgow G2 8DU. Tel. 014 12 82 51 39. E-mail:
tenderenquiries@ltscotland.org.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA8701.
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: Learning and Teaching
Scotland, The Optima, 58 Robertson Street, Contact: Procurement, Attn:
Jayne Rutherford, UK-Glasgow. Tel. (44) 014 12 82 51 39. E-mail:
tendersubmissions@ltscotland.org.uk. URL: www.ltscotland.org.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: Non Departmental Public Body.
Education.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Scottish Teaching Assessment Resource.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 7.
Main place of performance: Scotland, UK.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Learning and
Teaching Scotland (LTS) and The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
wish to procure the Scottish Teaching Assessment Resource. The proposed
solution will provide the basis for a single, integrated and coherent
system of assessment to cover the curriculum ages 3–18. Inherent in its
design will be the capability of providing support for SQA's existing
assessment models but also support, development and implementation of new
assessment models. At the heart of the solution is a repository where all
assessment resources will reside, which will provide a single coherent
national assessment system, building a service for Scotland based on
international best practice.
In addition to the integration with existing online services from the SQA
and LTS, the proposed solution needs to deliver six additional core areas
of functionality:
— Content creation tool,
— Resource repository,
— Assessment resource creation,
— Delivery infrastructure for output and reporting,
— Authentication service,
— Workflow service.
At present, SQA and LTS have a number of systems both manual and online
that supports curriculum and assessment for ages 3 through to 18. The
purpose of the new assessment system that will support the proposals in
Curriculum for Excellence ages 3-18.
The objectives are to acquire a system that:
— Allows assets, resources and question items to be added to the
repository, regardless of the curriculum area, type of assessment, file
format or language or function,
— Has a flexible workflow process that allows different workflow paths,
— Provides a clear, straightforward method for finding and viewing assets
and assessments,
— Allows easy metadata tagging of the assets according to agreed standards
and support for the creation/ adaptation of customisable application
profiles,
— Allows manual upload and batch upload of new materials waiting to go
into the repository,
— Produces paper-based assessments but will have the capacity for the on
screen delivery of assessments if and when required in the future,
— Is based upon existing internationally accepted specifications and
standards such as QTI, IEEE LOM, IMS, SCORM, etc,
— Provides SCORM compliance that allows interoperability with a variety of
Learning Platforms including Glow http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/
glowscotland/index.asp,
— Easily allows the ability to link multilingual versions of assessments,
including English and Gaelic.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 72212190, 48983000.
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: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 400 000 and 500 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 15 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint and Several Liability.
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: (1) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process;
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession;
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which
they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade
register;
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process;
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation;
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of
the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is
established;
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to
the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of
the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity
insurance;
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate
and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type
to the subject matter of this notice.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (1) Details of the educational and
professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the
person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying
out the work or works under the contract;
(2) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the
supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates
on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration
received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the
services were provided;
(3) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a
competent official body of the State in which the candidate is
established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if
relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality
control measures;
(4) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for
ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;
(5) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(6) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the
candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the
production of goods or the provision of services under the contract;
particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they
are independent of the candidate;
(7) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
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: 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:
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:
T-08-135.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
21.1.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 9.2.2009.
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: (MT Ref:56378).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 4.12.2008.
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