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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   NORTHAMPTON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:256446-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 6, 2009
Deadline:   Nov 30, 2009
Buyer:   NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (NCC)
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (NCC)
NORTHAMPTON, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom
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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 178/2009, #256446-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Sept 19, 2009


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 181/2009, #258660-2009
Referenced Document Number: 256446-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Oct 6, 2009


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 192/2009, #275420-2009
Referenced Document Number: 256446-2009
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): Northamptonshire County
Council (NCC), County Hall, George Row, Attn: Derek Pink, UK-Northampton
NN1 1AN. Tel. +44 1604236704. E-mail: dpink@northamptonshire.gov.uk. Fax
+44 1604237158.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.ncc.bravosolution.com.
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:
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:
Managed Service for Temporary Staff.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 22.
Main place of performance: Northampton.
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 a
single operator.
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: 65 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): A managed
service for temporary staff to Northamptonshire County Council and will be
open Councils and Police in the county of Northamptonshire.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 98000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
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: This contract is for a Managed Solution
for the provision of temporary staff through a centralised management
agent to Northamptonshire County Council and will be open to all Councils
and Police in the County of Northamptonshire. Northampton County Council
are also part of a proposed Local Government Shared Services Scheme with
Cambridge County Council and Slough Borough Council, both these councils
have existing contracts in place but may choose to participate in the
future should the Local Government Shared Scheme proceed.
The solution will provide a 24/7/356 service, focusing on cost reduction,
quality, flexibility and local sustainability, to include Safeguarding,
candidate filtering and possible permanent placements, within the
following indicative categories administration and clerical, IT,
professional, legal, occupational, handymen, warehouse, cleaning, grounds
maintenance, refuse and recycling, specialists eg facilities management,
This list is not comprehensive and others may be required.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: 2 year contract with the option to extend
for 1 + 1 years.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.4.2010. Completion: 31.3.2012.
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: As in tender
documentation.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
As in tender documentation.
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: Suppliers
Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required
once).
— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ncc.bravosolution.com and click
the link to register,
— Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”,
— Enter your correct business and user details,
— Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete,
— You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep
this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender.
— Login to the portal with the username/password,
— Click the “PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers” link. (These are
Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any
registered supplier),
— Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content,
— Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the
left-hand side of the page,
— This will move the PQQ /ITT into your “My PQQs/ My ITTs” page. (This is
a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— You can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer
Attachments” in the “Actions” box.
3. Responding to the tender.
— You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if
rejecting),
— You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer
and seek any clarification,
— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions
to complete the PQQ/ ITT,
— There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform
(there is detailed online help available).
You must then publish your reply using the publish button in the “Actions”
box on the left-hand side of the page. If you require any further
assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help
desk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As in tender
documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As in tender
documentation.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
As in tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As in tender documentation.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
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: 10.
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:
Project 1704.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
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: 16.10.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
30.11.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 26.10.2009.
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: We are looking for a suppliers that can
work closely with us to reduce the use and cost of temporary staff and
increase quality of candidates and service.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Paul White-Head of shared
services and Procurement, Room 129, County Hall, UK-Northampton NN1 1AN.
URL: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: NCC will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill
period at the point 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 required from
(Refer to address in part 1.1) If an appeal regarding the award of a
contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have
been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action
in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). 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. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award
damages.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Paul white- Shared Services and Procurement, Room 129,
UK-Northampton NN1 1AN. URL: www.nothamptonshire.gov.uk.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 11.9.2009.


Northamptonshire County Council (NCC), County Hall, George Row, attn:
Derek Pink, UK-NN1 1AN Northampton. Tel. +44 1604236704. E-mail:
dpink@northamptonshire.gov.uk. Fax +44 1604237158.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 16.9.2009,
2009/S 178-256446)
RE: CPV: 79000000.
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and
security.
Instead of: II.2.1) Total quantity or scope (including all lots and
options, if applicable)
This contract is for a Managed Solution for the provision of temporary
staff through a centralised management agent to Northamptonshire County
Council and will be open to all Councils and Police in the County of
Northamptonshire. Northampton County Council are also part of a proposed
Local Government Shared Services Scheme with Cambridge County Council and
Slough Borough Council, both these councils have existing contracts in
place but may choose to participate in the future should the Local
Government Shared Scheme proceed. The solution will provide a 24/7/356
service, focusing on cost reduction, quality, flexibility and local
sustainability, to include Safeguarding, candidate filtering and possible
permanent placements, within the following indicative categories
administration and clerical, IT, professional, legal, occupational,
handymen, warehouse, cleaning, grounds maintenance, refuse and recycling,
specialists eg facilities management, This list is not comprehensive and
others may be required.
Read: II.2.1) Total quantity or scope (including all lots and options, if
applicable)
This contract is for a Managed Solution for the provision of temporary
staff through a centralised management agent to Northamptonshire County
Council and will be open to all Councils , Police in the County of
Northamptonshire and the and the Welland Partnership. Northampton County
Council are also part of a proposed Local Government Shared Services
Scheme with Cambridge County Council and Slough Borough Council, both
these councils have existing contracts in place but may choose to
participate in the future should the Local Government Shared Scheme
proceed. The solution will provide a 24/7/356 service, focusing on cost
reduction, quality, flexibility and local sustainability, to include
Safeguarding, candidate filtering and possible permanent placements,
within the following indicative categories administration and clerical,
IT, professional, legal, occupational, handymen, warehouse, cleaning,
grounds maintenance, refuse and recycling, specialists eg facilities
management, This list is not comprehensive and others may be required.


Northamptonshire County Council (NCC), County Hall, George Row, attn:
Derek Pink, UK-NN1 1AN Northampton. Tel. +44 1604236704. E-mail:
dpink@northamptonshire.gov.uk. Fax +44 1604237158.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 16.9.2009,
2009/S 178-256446)
RE: CPV: 98000000.
Other community, social and personal services.
Instead of: II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
This contract is for a Managed Solution for the provision of temporary
staff through a centralised management agent to Northamptonshire County
Council and will be open to all Councils and Police in the County of
Northamptonshire. Northampton County Council are also part of a proposed
Local Government Shared Services Scheme with Cambridge County Council and
Slough Borough Council, both these councils have existing contracts in
place but may choose to participate in the future should the Local
Government Shared Scheme proceed.
The solution will provide a 24/7/356 service, focusing on cost reduction,
quality, flexibility and local sustainability, to include Safeguarding,
candidate filtering and possible permanent placements, within the
following indicative categories administration and clerical, IT,
professional, legal, occupational, handymen, warehouse, cleaning, grounds
maintenance, refuse and recycling, specialists eg facilities management,
This list is not comprehensive and others may be required.
Estimated Value excluding VAT: 6 000 000 GBP.
Read: II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
This contract is for a Managed Solution for the provision of temporary
staff through a centralised management agent to Northamptonshire County
Council and will be open to all Councils and Police in the County of
Northamptonshire and the Welland Partnership. Northampton County Council
are also part of a proposed Local Government Shared Services Scheme with
Cambridge County Council and Slough Borough Council, both these councils
have existing contracts in place but may choose to participate in the
future should the Local Government Shared Scheme proceed.
The solution will provide a 24/7/356 service, focusing on cost reduction,
quality, flexibility and local sustainability, to include Safeguarding,
candidate filtering and possible permanent placements, within the
following indicative categories administration and clerical, IT,
professional, legal, Social Care, occupational, handymen, warehouse,
cleaning, grounds maintenance, refuse and recycling, specialists eg
facilities management and the possibility of supply teachers. This list is
not comprehensive and others may be required.
Estimated Value excluding VAT: 65 000 000 GBP.
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