UK-Leicester: provision of services to the community

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LEICESTER
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:276112-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 6, 2009
Deadline:   Nov 11, 2009
Buyer:   LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
LEICESTER , Leicester  
United Kingdom
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Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 192/2009, #276112-2009
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): Leicester City Council, B
Block, 7th Floor, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Attn: Mr Andrew Tovell,
UK-Leicester LE1 6ZG. Tel. +44 1162528665. E-mail:
andrew.tovell@leicester.gov.uk. Fax +44 1162526716.
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 per section II.2.1.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As per section II.2.1.
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: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-Leicester: provision of co-ordination of employer brokerage activities
supporting a network of multi access centres.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 27.
Main place of performance: Leicester.
NUTS code: UKF21.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Applications
are invited from suitably experienced service providers wishing to tender
for the provision of the Co-ordination of Employer Brokerage Activities
for Leicester City Council.
The service will offer direct support to the local delivery of services
within a network of Multi Access Centres and will provide increased
awareness to existing Employer Brokerage activities.
Provision of services to the community. Other community, social and
personal services. Community action programme. Guidance services.
Education and training services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 75200000, 80000000,
85322000, 85312310, 98000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The service will provide a co-ordinated
offer to employers within a range of sectors, with the aim of establishing
a single point of contact locally, to improve links with employers and
facilitating the 'Job Ready' status of target client groups. This will
ensure a seamless transition between the 'Job Ready' status of target
client groups and entry into employment. Please note that this
specification also includes the requirement to deliver the services
detailed in a Retail Engagement Project between Leicester City Council and
the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA).
The contract is for 15 months, anticipated start date is January 2010.
Your tender must be completed and submitted electronically by using Vault
through BiPs Delta-ets by the due date of 11.11.2009 (13:00).
The information and documents for this tender will be accessible at the
following website www.delta-ets.com. To be able to access these documents
you will firstly need to register your company details and enter the
following Tender Access Code (TAC) 04T387786 at the bottom of the
registration page, thereafter you will be issued with a username and
pasSWORD. If you have already registered with Delta previously, please
follow the link shown and click on the 'Delta-ets Home' tab instead. This
will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your
existing username and password to collect the tender documents.
You must then log back into Delta-ets and then click on the Vault tab, if
you have added the TAC code to your registration you will automatically
view the tender title, click on this link and you will be taken to the
tender documents. If you have previously accessed Vault then please enter
the TAC code into vault and you will then be able to access the
documentation. Please check that you are able to access these online ITT
documents, if you are experiencing problems, then please contact the Delta
helpdesk@helpdesk@delta-ets.com or call 0845 270 7050 for further
assistance.
If you have registered and have forgotten your username and password,
please click on the forgotten password link on the Delta-ets homepage.
Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to
this invite prior to the closing date and time. If you are uploading
multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a
time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application like WinZip
or WinRar.
Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass it to any
third parties Remember your tender must be completed and submitted
electronically by using Vault through BiPs Delta-ets by the due date
detailed above.
Only Vault submissions will be accepted.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 499 903 GBP.
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.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: The provision of appropriate
guarantees, bonds and warranties is reserved.
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: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by
the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where
he has suspended business activities or 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 court or of an
arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence
concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(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 with 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 with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action
98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in
Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of
Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial
interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined
in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate
statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the
balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under
the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where
appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum
of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which
the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as
far as the information on these turnovers is available.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
As the contract documentation.
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.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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:
11.11.2009 - 13:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Persons authorised to be present
at the opening of tenders: yes.
Service Director or nominated Officer, Chief Finance Officer or nominated
Officer, Service Director - Legal Services or nominated Officer.
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.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 09100202/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Body responsible for
mediation procedures:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 2.10.2009.
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