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UK-Swindon: digital printing services

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   SWINDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:292307-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 21, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 9, 2009
Buyer:   RCUK SSC LTD
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   RCUK SSC LTD
SWINDON, Swindon
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.rcuk.ac.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2110 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 203/2009, #292307-2009
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): RCUK SSC Ltd, North Star
House, North Star Avenue, Wiltshire, Contact: Strategic Procurement, Attn:
John Welch, Procurement Specialist, UK-Swindon SN2 1FF. Tel. +44
1793867305. E-mail: john.welch@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk. Fax +44 1793416175.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.rcuk.ac.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: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Environment.
Economic and financial affairs.
Health.
Recreation, culture and religion.
Education.
Other: Research.
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:
JW/CW/JRS/Digital colour printing machine (high volume) 191009.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
A combination of purchase, lease, rental and hire purchase.
Main place of delivery: Swindon.
NUTS code: UKK14.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): High volume
digital colour printing machine with appropriate software and work flow
systems; with machine delivery and installation, and with some self
maintenance abilities, supported by a call in maintenance service
contract. Machine capacity of approximately 1 million copies per month.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79811000, 30120000,
79520000.
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.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
8.3.2010. Completion: 8.3.2010.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: See Tender Documents.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See Tender
Documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint & Several liability required.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Exclusion of suppliers who are bankrupt, who have convictions or who have
criminal records.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: 3 years sets of
Accounts/Balance Sheets; reports from credit bureaux; and bank references.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
See Tender Documents technical specification; technical references.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See technical and performance specification; technical references.
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.
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
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:
JW/PD/JRSMEDIASERVICES/191009.
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: 10.12.2009 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
9.12.2009 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 23.10.2009.
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).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 11.12.2009 - 09:00.
Place: Swindon.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Authorised Officers of the organisation.
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: Digital colour printing machine must be
factory brand new not "recycled" partly or wholly or second/third user to
match minimum requirements of technical and performance output print
production specification - see ITT.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 19.10.2009.
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