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UK-Sunderland: financial and insurance services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   SUNDERLAND
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:236844-2009
Publication Date:   Aug 26, 2009
Deadline:   Sep 24, 2009
Buyer:   SUNDERALND CITY COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   SUNDERALND CITY COUNCIL
SUNDERLAND, NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.sunderland.gov.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 163/2009, #236844-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted 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): Sunderalnd City Council, Civic
Centre Burdon Road, Attn: Phil McConnell, UK-Sunderland SR2 7DN. Tel. +44
1915612360. E-mail: phil.mcconnell@sunderland.gov.uk. Fax +44 1915531090.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.sunderland.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: Sunderalnd City
Council, All organisations interested in this tender should register their
interest against this contract online at ‘www.nepoportal.org’. Tender
Tile: Administration of Private Housing Financial Assistance, Tender
Reference QTLE-7V3EUT, Contact: Phil McConnell, UK-Sunderland. Tel. +44
1915612360. Fax +44 1915531090. URL: www.nepoportal.org.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
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:
Administration of Private Housing Financial Assistance Programme.
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: North East Region of England.
NUTS code: UKC.
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 months: 48.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Sunderland City
Council, on behalf of the North East Home Loans Partnership, is seeking
expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced
organisations to deliver a home loans scheme to provide affordable credit
to vulnerable people as part of the administration of private housing
financial assistance programme. This will include Fund Management, Client
Advice and guidance, loan administration on a range of of loans such as
repayment and equity based shared appreciation. The contract will be
developed during the term and may include the expansion of the range of
loans and purposes for which they can be used to help clients access home
ownership.
This is an electronic tender via the Council’s ‘QT Tender system’. All
organisations interested in this tender should register their interest
against this contract online at ‘www.nepoportal.org’. Tender Tile:
Administration of Private Housing Financial Assistance Programme, Tender
Reference QTLE-7V3EUT.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 66000000, 66190000.
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: Suppliers will be expected to tender for
the whole service.
II.2.2) Options: No.
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: Will be stated in Tender
documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Will be stated in
Tender documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Will be stated in Tender documents.
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: This
information will be requested in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: This information will be
requested in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
This information will be requested in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
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:
Yes.
The Service provider will be expected to gained full FSA accreditation
before warwd of contract.
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: 7
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: This
information will be detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated below:
1. Quality. Weighting: 60.
2. Price. Weighting: 40.
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:
QTLE-7V3EUT.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
24.9.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 6.10.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
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.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Sunderland City Council,
Civic Centre, Burdon Road, UK-Sunderland SR2 7DN. Tel. +44 1915611774.
URL: www.sunderland.gov.uk. Fax +44 1915531090.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 25.8.2009.
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