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UK-Exeter: training programme services

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   EXETER
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:326384-2009
Publication Date:   Mar 13, 2010
Deadline:   Jan 7, 2010
Buyer:   SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
EXETER, SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
United Kingdom
Email:   Click here

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 227/2009, #326384-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Mar 13, 2010


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 51/2010, #74670-2010
Referenced Document Number: 326384-2009
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): South West of England Regional
Development Agency, Sterling House, Dix's Field, Attn: Ian Hague,
UK-Exeter EX1 1QA. Tel. +44 1392229339. E-mail:
rdpeskillsproc@southwestrda.org.uk. Fax +44 1392229542.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.southwestrda.org.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:
Regional or local agency/office.
Other: Regional development.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Vocational training, information and skills element of the RDPE in the
South West Region.
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: South West of England.
NUTS code: UKK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The South West
of England Regional Development Agency (the Agency) intends to appoint a
contractor to deliver the vocational training, information and skills
element of the Rural Development Programme for England in the South West
Region 2007-2013 from April 2010.
The contractor will be responsible for the design, content, marketing and
delivery of the skills training required under the Regional Skills
Framework (http://download.sw-ruralgateway.info/rdpe-documents/
rdpe-documents/rdpe-skills-framework.pdf) to the extent that training is
not already being provided through other commissions (including animal
welfare and agricultural resource management).
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80521000, 79342000,
80000000.
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: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: This commission has a fixed budget
(circa the budget set out below) and therefore value for money will be
assessed on the basis of the number and quality of training days to be
provided by the successful contractor for this budget over the term of the
contract.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 7 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 45 (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 Agency reserves the right
to require deposits, guarantees, bonds and/or any other form of
appropriate security.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: The Agency will accept tenders from
individual undertakings or consortia. A consortium bid may be acceptable
but the Agency reserves the right to require a single/lead contractor to
take primary liability or to require that each member of a consortium
provides joint and several liability. Sub-contracting may be permitted but
sub-contractors must comply with the same exclusion criteria as tenderers.
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: In
accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations
23 to 35 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and as
identified in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with
Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 24 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and as identified in the
pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
In accordance with Articles 48 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and
Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and as
identified in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As identified in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
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 number of operators 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set
out 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 below:
1. Approach and detailed methodology. Weighting: 50.
2. Value for money. Weighting: 40.
3. Quality assurance and processes and procedures for the commission.
Weighting: 10.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
7.1.2010 - 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.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): The Rural Development
Programme for England.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 1. The contract to be entered into shall be
considered as a contract made in English law and subject to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English Courts;
2. The Agency reserves the right not to enter into any agreement or award
any contract as a result of this notice and to vary or change or not to
proceed with this competition at any stage of the procurement process. In
addition it shall not in any event be responsible for any costs incurred
by any candidates responding to this notice.
(MT Ref:63312).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: South West of England
Regional Development Agency, Sterling House, Dix's Field, UK-Exeter EX1
1QA. E-mail: rdpeskillsproc@southwestrda.org.uk. Tel. +44 1392229339.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: In accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006 (as amended).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 23.11.2009.


South West of England Regional Development Agency, Sterling House, Dix's
Field, attn: Ian Hague, UK-EX1 1QA Exeter. Tel. +44 1392229339. E-mail:
rdpeskillsproc@southwestrda.org.uk. Fax +44 1392229542.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 25.11.2009,
2009/S 227-326384)
RE: CPV: 80521000, 79342000, 80000000.
Training programme services.
Marketing services.
Education and training services.
Incomplete procedureThe awarding procedure has been discontinued.
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