UK-Edinburgh: social research services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   EDINBURGH
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:166776-2009
Publication Date:   Jun 18, 2009
Deadline:   Jul 31, 2009
Buyer:   SCOTTISH PRISON SERVICE
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   SCOTTISH PRISON SERVICE
EDINBURGH , SCOTLAND  
United Kingdom
Web Site:   http://www.sps.gov.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 115/2009, #166776-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Scottish Prison Service,
Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg, Attn: David Wares, Procurement Manager,
UK-Edinburgh EH12 9HW. Tel. +44 1312448656. Fax +44 1312445705.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.sps.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00384.
Further information can be obtained at: Scottish Prison Service, Calton
House, 5 Redheughs Rigg, Attn: David Wares, Procurement Manager,
UK-Edinburgh EH12 9HW. Tel. +44 1312448656. E-mail:
david.wares@sps.pnn.gov.uk. Fax +44 1312445705. URL:
http://www.sps.gov.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Scottish Prison Service, Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg, Attn: David
Wares, Procurement Manager, UK-Edinburgh EH12 9HW. Tel. +44 1312448656.
E-mail: david.wares@sps.pnn.gov.uk. Fax +44 1312445705. URL:
http://www.sps.gov.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Scottish Prison
Service, Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg, Attn: Tender Administrator,
UK-Edinburgh EH12 9HW. Tel. +44 1312445704. Fax +44 1312445705. URL:
http://www.sps.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
National or federal agency/office.
Public order and safety.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
00821, Survey of Hepatitis C Prevalence Amongst Prisoners in Scotland.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: Prison locations within Scotland.
NUTS code: UKM.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Survey of the
prevalence and incidence of Hepatitis C amongst prisoners in Scotland to
inform the future development of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, care
and support services in a prison setting. The research would include a
sufficiently large representative survey amongst prisoners in Scottish
prisons and provide a published report by Sept 2011.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
Search_Switch.aspx?ID=69802.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79315000, 73110000,
73210000, 73300000.
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 250 000 and 500 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.10.2009. Completion: 30.9.2011.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Interim payments are
envisaged following the agreed completion of specific activities such as
the survey phase.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: The selected supplier shall be wholly
liable for undertaking and performing the duties and obligations of the
contract. In the case of partnership or consortia bids, the lead
organisation shall evidence joint and severall liability for all members
of the partnership or consortium in respect of undertaking and performing
the duties and obligations of the contract.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Any conditions will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender document.
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) 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.
Specific conditions are detailed in Schedule 2 of the Invitation to Tender
document.
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.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or
extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
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: 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:
00821.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 28.7.2009.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
31.7.2009 - 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): 4 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 3.8.2009 - 09:00.
Place: Scottish Prison Service, Calton House, Edinburgh.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Additional information will be included in
Invitation to Tender document, ref 00821. The Invitation to Tender
document is available to download from the SPS website:
www.SPS.gov.uk/contract opportunities or via the Public Contracts Scotland
website.
(SC Ref:69802).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The SPS will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day
standstill period at the point that 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 information should be requested from
David Wares at the address shown in point I.1.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 17.6.2009.
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