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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   SEAHAM
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:300728-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 29, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 7, 2009
Buyer:   BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE NORTH EAST
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE NORTH EAST
SEAHAM, NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
United Kingdom
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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 209/2009, #300728-2009
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): Business and Enterprise North
East, Spectrum 6 Spectrum Business Park, Contact: Graeme Reid, Attn:
Procurement Team, UK-Seaham SR7 7TT. Tel. +44 1914266645. E-mail:
procurement@be-ne.co.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:
Other: Private Sector Company.
Other: Business Support.
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:
National Standards- Assessment and Accreditation.
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: North East of England but anywhere in the UK.
NUTS code: UKC.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): This is a
non-mandatory OJEU Notice for a National Standards Assessment and
Accreditation Business Support Service. BE-NE employs a number of both
field based and office based staff with direct customer facing roles. To
ensure that all of these staff are assessed and accredited to the
appropriate National Occupational Standards, BE-NE requires an Assessment
and Accreditation Service to provide the following key services:
— Initial assessment/accreditation of:
—— all Business Advisors to the Business Link broker standards including
sector specialists,
—— all Business Support Advisors to the Business Link broker standards,
—— all Business Advisors (people) to the Skills Broker standards.
— Re-accreditation of:
—— all Business Advisors to the Business Link broker standards including
sector specialist,
—— all Business Support Advisors to the Business Link broker standards,
—— all Business Advisors (People) to the skills broker standards.
The contract is to commence at the beginning of March 2010 and the
appointed firm must be in a position to fully commence the delivery of the
contract by then. This will involve as a minimum the undertaking of a
launch event. The contract will run from March 2010 until the 31.3.2012.
There is a potential for the contract to be extended for a further 12
months.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79000000, 79900000.
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: A contract to deliver a National
Standards Assessment and Accreditation Business Support service commencing
in March 2010 and running until March 2012 with the possibility of a 12
month extension. The contract will be delivered initially in the North
East of England but it could be extended to anywhere in the UK. The
contract is subject to further potential business opportunities that BE-NE
is currently considering and a review of its own internal arrangements.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 225 000,00 and 600 000,00 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.3.2010. Completion: 31.3.2012.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: BE-NE reserves the right to
require deposits, guarantees, bonds, insurance cover or other forms of
appropriate security.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Further details will
be made available to firms invited to tender.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Further details will be made avilable
to firms invited to tender.
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: The initial
information required will be included in a Pre Qualification Questionnaire
which will be sent to firms expressing an interest in the notice.
Questionnaires are to be returned to BE-NE by 4.12.2009.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Further details will be
included in the tender documents sent to firms who are invited to tender.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Further details will be included in the tender documents sent to firms who
are invited to tender.
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: 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.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated below:
1. Assessment Experience. Weighting: 35.
2. Method of Work. Weighting: 30.
3. Project Plan. Weighting: 15.
4. Price. Weighting: 20.
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:
081-OT-AANS.
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: 4.12.2009 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
7.12.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 14.12.2009.
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.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Business and Enterprise North East, Spectrum 6 Spectrum
Business Park, UK-Seaham SR7 7TT. E-mail: procurement@be-ne.co.uk. Tel.
+44 1914266416.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 28.10.2009.
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