UK-Caernarfon: training services

Request For Proposals

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

CAERNARFON

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:273682-2009

Publication Date:

Oct 2, 2009

Deadline:

Nov 10, 2009

Buyer:

NORTH WALES PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP

Original Language:

English

Address:

NORTH WALES PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP
CAERNARFON, WALES
United Kingdom

Web Site:

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 190/2009, #273682-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial 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): North Wales Procurement
Partnership, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Shire Hall Street, Contact:
NB: The Tender Documents Have Been Published at
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk Full Instruction on How to Access
the Tender Documents Can Be Found in Section VI.3 of this Notice, Attn:
Miss Kathryn Jane Sawyers & Miss Zoe Fisher, UK-Caernarfon LL55 1SH. Tel.
+44 7887557485 / 7870241618. E-mail: KathrynJaneSawyers@gwynedd.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: The Tender Documents are Available
on line at https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk See Section VI.3. URL:
http://https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
The Tender Documents are Available on line at
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk See Section VI.3.
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:
Collaborative Framework for the Supply of Learning and Development
Services Incorporating:- Management Training and Development, Health and
Safety Training, Training for Social Care.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 24.
Main place of performance: North Wales.
NUTS code: UKL.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2 Years with the
option to extend for up to 2 further periods of 12 months.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Partnership
Unit is leading this collaborative procurement for Learning and
Development Services (Incorporating Management Training and Development,
Health and Safety Training and Training for Social Care) in order to
establish a framework agreement which will realise the maximum possible
benefit in terms of value for money and quality of service.
The Authority, with the support of other contracting bodies, intennds to
award the collaborative framework agreement available for use by all North
Wales contracting Authorities and entities in the public sector including
but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non
Departmental Public Bodies, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Police
Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments and Registered
Social Landlords who have a need to purchase Learning and Development
Services.
The following contracting authorities have already committed on a
non-contractually binding basis to this procurement are Anglesey County
Council, Gwynedd Council, Conwy County Borough Council, Denbighshire
County Council, Flintshire County Council, Wrexham County Borough Council.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80500000, 80511000,
80532000, 80550000, 80560000, 80561000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The establishment of a collaborative
framework agreement including the supply of learning and development
services within the following areas:-.
Management Training and Development.
Health and Safety Training.
Training for Social Care.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 24 months with the option to extend by up to 2 further periods of
12 months (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO NWPP_02/01
TITLE: Management Training and Development North West Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Management Training and Development Services within
the North West Wales Region.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80532000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/02
TITLE: Management Training and Development North Central Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Management Training and Development services within
North Central Wales region.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80532000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/03
TITLE: Management Training and Development North East Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Management Training and Development services within
North East Wales region.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80532000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/04
TITLE: Health and Safety Training North West Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Health and Safety Training Services within North
West Wales region.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80550000,
80560000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/05
TITLE: Health and Safety Training North Central Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Health and Safety Training Services North Central
Wales Region.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80550000,
80560000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/06
TITLE: Health and Safety Training North East Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Health and Safety Training services within North
East Wales (Flintshire and Wrexham).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80550000,
80560000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/07
TITLE: Social Care Training - Introductory North West Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training - Introductory services within
North West Wales (Anglesey and Gwynedd).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP-02/08
TITLE: Social Care Training - Intermediate North West Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Intermediate within
North West Wales (Anglesey and Gwynedd).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/09
TITLE: Social Care Training - Highly Specialised North West Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Highly Specialised
within North West Wales (Anglesey and Gwynedd).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/10
TITLE: Social Care Training - Introductory North Central Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Introductory Within
North Central Wales (Conwy and Denbighshire).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/11
TITLE: Social Care Training - Intermediate North Central Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Intermediate Within
North Central Wales (Conwy and Denbighshire).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/12
TITLE: Social Care Training - Highly Specialised North Central Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Highly Specialised
Within North Central Wales (Conwy and Denbighshire).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/13
TITLE: Social Care Training - Introductory North East Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Introductory Within
North East Wales (Flintshire and Wrexham).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/14
TITLE: Social Care Training - Intermediate North East Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Intermediate Within
North East Wales (Flintshire and Wrexham).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
LOT NO NWPP_02/15
TITLE: Social Care Training - Highly Specialised North East Wales
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Social Care Training Services - Highly Specialised
Within North East Wales (Flintshire and Wrexham).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80500000, 80511000, 80560000,
80561000.
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.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: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the
courts, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in
any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national
laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the courts or for an
arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar
proceeding under national laws or regulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct
by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can justify;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the
country in which he is established or those of the country of the
contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for
qualitative selection;
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) bank statement
and/or evidence of professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) balance sheets or extracts of balance sheets;
(c) statement of turnover for a maximum of the last three years.
The specific information required can be found within the tender
documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(a) a list of works carried out over the last 5 years with certificates of
satisfaction;
(b) a list of principal deliveries effected or services provided in the
last 3 years and evidence of delivery;
(c) an indication of technicians or technical bodies involved;
(d) a description of technical facilities and measures used to ensure
quality;
(e) educational and professional qualifications of the supplier and staff
responsible for performing the contract;
(f) where appropriate, an indication of the environmental management
measures that would be applied when performing the contract;
(g) a statement of average annual manpower and number of staff in the last
3 years;
(i) details of any intended sub-contracting arrangements;
(j) where appropriate, samples, descriptions and photographs of products
and quality assurance certificates.
The specific information required can be found within the tender
documents.
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.
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:
NWPP_02.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
10.11.2009 - 14:00.
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 days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The North Wales Procurement Partnership
Unit, hosted by Gwynedd Council, on behalf of the six North Wales Local
Authorities, will be conducting this procurement exercise through the
etenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.com Tender
documents and other information must be downloaded from and returned
through this portal. If you require any further assistance the
BravoSolution help desk is available on:
Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk Phone: +44 08000112470 / Fax: +44
2070800480.
More information on accessing the etenderwales platform is below:-.
Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.com.
The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be
required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic
information about your Organisation and about the User performing the
Registration.
The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the
Organisation.
On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and
will receive a Password.
The Password will be sent by email to the email address that was specified
in the User Details section of the Registration page.
In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and
Password.
Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click
“Forgot your password?”.
Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered
on this Platform then you must not register again.
Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to
arrange access to the Platform.
Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super
User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you
must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to
gain access to the Platform.
Once you are registered you will need to express interest in the Tender.
To Access the Tender you MUST EXPRESS INTEREST IN THE TENDER.
Login to the portal with the username/password.
Click the “Open Access Invitation to Tender” (ITT)’s link.
Click on the relevant 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 ITT into your My ITTs page. (This is a secure area
reserved for your projects only).
Click on the ITT code, you can now access attachments by clicking the
Settings and Buyer Attachments in the Actions box.
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 ITT.
There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform
(there is detailed online help available).
This opportunity comprises 1 Invitation to Tender number ITT 29747.
Within the Qualification Section of this ITT you will find an electronic
questionnaire which requires completion.
In addition, the full Tender Document and the Framework Terms and
Conditions (Document F) can be found within “Buyer Attachments” within
this Qualification section.
For your response to be accepted all sections of this Word Document MUST
be completed. This document MUST then be attached to the qualification
questionnaire within section 3.
Additional supporting files may be uploaded as general attachments (e.g.
insurance certificates, Health and Safety etc).
All queries and clarification request regarding this tender MUST be sent
via the messaging system within the tender on xchangewales.
Buy4Wales Reference Number: 18741.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The North Wales Procurement Partnership, hosted by
Gwynedd Council acting as Lead Authority 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 [insert here] (possibly a reference to the 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) / Utilities
Contracts Regulations (SI 2005 No 6) (delete as appropriate) 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. [The purpose of the standstill period
referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside
the award decision before the contract is entered into].
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 30.9.2009.

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