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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LONDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:315247-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 13, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 22, 2009
Buyer:   LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM
LONDON, Outer London - East and North East
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.newham.gov.uk

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 219/2009, #315247-2009
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): London Borough of Newham,
Newham Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road, Contact: Policy, Partnerships &
Communications, Attn: Clairrissa Sutherland, UK-London E16 2QU. Tel. +44
2084302000. Fax +44 2084301066.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.newham.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://nectr.newham.gov.uk/
supplierselfservice/.
Further information can be obtained at: London Borough of Newham, Newham
Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road, Contact: Policy, Partnerships &
Communications, Attn: Clairrissa Sutherland, UK-London E16 2QU. Tel. +44
2084302000. Fax +44 2084301066. URL: http://nectr.newham.gov.uk/
supplierselfservice/.
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.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Newham Household Panel (NHPS) Survey 2009.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: Main place of performance: various locations
within the London Borough of Newham.
NUTS code: UKI21.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Contract for
the provision of research services to carry out fieldwork for the Newham
Household Panel (NHPS) Survey within locations in the London Borough of
Newham and conduct analysis of the results.
Note: To register your company's interest in this notice and to download
the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire or obtain any additional information
please visit the Council's Electronice Tendering website at:
http://nectr.newham.gov.uk/supplierselfservice/
Please register under category number 95150000.
The tender opportunity reference is PPC/PR/1092/CS.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the myTenders Web Site at
http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=63233.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73110000, 73210000,
73200000, 73000000, 73300000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The NHPS contains three questionnaires,
(household, individual and adult self-completion) asking questions around
6 themed sections, including Income Poverty, Social Capital, Employment,
Quality of Life and Housing. Many of the questions are duplicated from the
BHPS to allow a point of comparison.
There is also a Young person’s questionnaire which 10-14 year olds within
a household are asked to complete confidentially.
The objective for of this survey is to further our understanding of social
and economic change at the individual and household level in Newham and
use this knowledge to inform service area planning.
Although its a longitudinal survey, the sample for this wave will need to
be completely new due to the high attrition rate from the last survey.
We shall require a sample of 1,000 households, in proportion to population
size of each of the nine community forum areas in Newham. This should
include at least 2,000 adults and 500 young people. The Household and
Individual adult interviews will need to be conducted face to face, in
home.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 18 (from the award of the contract).
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 severally 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: Information
and formalities neccessary for evaluating are met: Requirements for the
personal situation of economic operators will be as detailed in the
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Applicants should note that this tender is being run electronically
through the Council's NECTR system (Newham's Electronic Contract Tendering
Resource).
To express an interest, applicants must register their company details
under the relevant catergory number 95150000. This will enable you to
download, complete and submit the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire on the
NECTR system by the required closing date.
In order to submit an expression of interest or obtain further information
on the contract, please access the NECTR system by the following link:
http://nectr.newham.gov.uk/supplierselfservice/.
If you have any queries regarding the contract, please contact the tender
manager using the dialogue facility in NECTR.
If you have difficulty accessing NECTR or any other system related query,
please email eprocurement@newham.gov.uk.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Information and
formalities neccessary for evaluating are met: Requirements for the
personal situation of economic operators will be as detailed in the
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Information and formalities neccessary for evaluating are met:
Requirements for the personal situation of economic operators will be as
detailed in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
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: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Criteria
will be as stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
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:
PPC/PR/1902/CS.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
22.12.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 18.1.2010.
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: Expressions of interest and subsequent
tenders will be required to be submitted using the Council's NECTR system
(Newham's Electronic Contract and Tendering Resource).
Respondants to this notice are required to express their interest by
registering your company details under the relevant catergory number
95150000. This will enable you to download, complete and submit the
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire on the NECTR system by the required
closing date and time.(The reference number of the tender opportunity is
PPC/PR/1902/CS).
In order to download and submit your Pre-Qualification Questionnaire or
obtain further information on the contract please access the Council's
NECTR system via its website at: http://nectr.newham.gov.uk/
supplierselfservice/.
If you have any queries regarding the contract, please contact the tender
manager using the dialogue facility in NECTR.
If you have difficulty accessing NECTR or any other system related query,
please email eprocurement@newham.gov.uk.
(MT Ref:63233).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: London Borough of Newham,
1000 Dockside Road, UK-London E16 2QU.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The london Borough of Newham will incorporate a minimum
10 calendar day standstill period at the point when 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 rerquested from the address section 1.1. If an
appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (12006 No.5) provide for
aggrieved parties which have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a
breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales &
Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally
within 3 months) where contract has not been entered into the Court may
order a 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.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 11.11.2009.
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