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UK-Belfast: research consultancy services

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   BELFAST
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:52682-2010
Publication Date:   Feb 20, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 1, 2010
Buyer:   BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
BELFAST, Belfast
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tenders

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 36/2010, #52682-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open 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): Belfast City Council, Adelaide
Exchange, 24-26 Adelaide Street, Attn: The Director of Property and
Projects, Belfast BT2 8GD, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2890320202-3479.
E-mail: tenders@belfastcity.gov.uk. Fax +44 2890270590.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tenders.
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 authority.
General public services.
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:
UK-Belfast: tender for a tourism monitoring and research service.
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: Belfast.
NUTS code: UKN01.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Belfast City
Council wish to appoint Consultants to undertake monitoring and research
of the tourism and events marketing and promotional activities for the
city. Research consultancy services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73210000 - FG23.
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: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: 240 000
GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: The contract shall be for a period of one
year from the date of order to commence, with the option to renew annually
up to a maximum period of three years, subject to satisfactory performance
by the consultant.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 12 (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 several 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: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by
the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where
he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation
arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an
arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence
concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means
which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the
country in which he is established or with those of the country of the
contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action
98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in
Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of
Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial
interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined
in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Conditions for participation are contained in the documents which may be
obtained by emailing tenders@belfastcity.gov.uk clearly stating reference
T925. Documents are also available electronically on
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/tenders.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Applicants must have a
turnover of 160 000 GBP per annum. Applicants must provide copies of the
audited accounts for the last two financial years and details of any
significant changes to the Company since the last set of audited accounts.
Should the most recent audited accounts be more than eighteen months old,
the most recent draft audited accounts should be provided. Where the
applicant is a partnership or sole trader, other information to
demonstrate evidence of adequate economic and financial standing must be
provided in the form of a banker's independent auditor's statement,
confirming the company's turnover for the past two years and also that the
company has the current financial and economic standing to undertake the
contract.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Companies must have a proven track record over the past 3 years, of
delivering similar contracts on time and to their customers' satisfaction.
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.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
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:
T925.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
1.4.2010 - 15:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Place: At a time and place most
practicable after receipt of applications.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
The Director of Property and Projects, or his representative/s.
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: GO reference: GO 10021820.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 18.2.2010.
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