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UK-London: research and development services and related consultancy services

Contract Award

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LONDON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:8677-2010
Publication Date:   Jan 13, 2010
Buyer:   DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT ('DFT')
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT (DFT)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.dft.gov.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2280 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 8/2010, #8677-2010
Referenced Document Number: 76802-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD
DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN: Databuild Ltd, 21 Graham Street, Birmingham B1
3JR, UNITED KINGDOM.

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CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Department for Transport
(DfT), Procurement Directorate 3/23 Great Minster House, 76 Marsham
Street, Attn: Bernard O'Neill, London SW1P 4DR, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44
2079445649. E-mail: CONTRACTSTEAMA@dft.gsi.gov.uk. Fax +44 2079442177.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.dft.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.dft.g2b.info.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: Government transport policy.
Other: Government transport policy.
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: UK-London: port employment and
accident rates study 09-10.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 8.
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Data
will be collected from port operators and port related businesses in the
UK. It may involve some port visits.
NUTS code UK.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Statistical
services. Contract is to carry out a statistical survey of port employment
and accident rates in the UK port industry on behalf of the UK DfT. The
object will be to update and where necessary, improve upon an earlier
study carried out in 2004-5. (see http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/
dat), as well as recommending methods for combining existing data sources
to meet user needs for port employment and accident data. The contractor
will be required to develop the survey methodology in consultation with
the project steering group, carry out the survey (during winter 2009/10),
and provide the results and a complete documented data set to DfT, along
with a statistical report suitable for publication. One of the
requirements will be to replicate the previous survey, (see above link) as
closely as possible, although this requirement will be balanced against
opportunities to improve the quality or scope of the study. The contractor
will need to identify and agree the most appropriate data collection
techniques with the DfT, but, if the approval of the preview study is
adopted, telephone-based and questionnaire based interviewing will be
among the techniques needed. In order to cover the skill sets required,
the DfT is open to consortium bid applications. Research and development
services and related consultancy services.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73000000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: 100 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Quality of proposal, including understanding of the requirement and the
most important operational aspects of the data collection activity,
robustness of methods proposed, and quality of innovation. Weighting: 20
%.
2. Relevant experience and competencies of the named personnel to be
employed on the contract (e.g. knowledge of the port sector; employment &
safety matters; potential data sources; survey design & practice; data
validation, analysis and reporting). Weighting: 20 %.
3. Evidence that the contractor will provide high quality survey results
through effective use of suitable survey techniques and management, and
where appropriate suitably skilled and managed interviewers. Weighting: 20
%.
4. Evidence that the contractor will put in place an effective management
system to ensure delivery of the contract throughout its lifetime to a
high quality and to the agreed timetable, including management of any
sub-contractors. Weighting: 20 %.
5. Competitiveness of fee proposal. Weighting: 20 %.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction has been used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
PPCA09011.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 2009/S 53-076802 of 16.3.2009.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO: 1
TITLE: UK - London: port employment and accident rates study 09-10.
V.1) Date of contract award decision: 15.7.2009.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 3.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT
AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN: Databuild Ltd, 21 Graham Street, Birmingham
B1 3JR, UNITED KINGDOM.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT Initial estimated total value of
the contract:
Value: 120 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 100 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
If annual or monthly value: number of months: 18 months with the option
for an extension.
V.5) THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED: No.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 10011004.
VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The Department for Transport incorporated a minimum 10
calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of
the contract was communicated to tenderers and those who expressed
interest. This period allowed unsuccessful tenderers to seek further
debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract was entered
into. Applicants had 2 working days from the notification of the award
decision to request additional debriefing and that information had to be
provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill
period. In the first instance such additional information was to be
required from the address provided in part 1.1. Following that if the
parties still cannot resolve the matter then it should be escalated to the
Deputy Director of Procurement, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street,
London SW1P 4DR, UNITED KINGDOM. If an appeal regarding the award of a
contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have
been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action
in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 11.1.2010.
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