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UK-Bath: sportswear

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   BATH
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:55717-2010
Publication Date:   Feb 24, 2010
Deadline:   Mar 29, 2010
Buyer:   UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   UNIVERSITY OF BATH
BATH
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.bath.ac.uk

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Notice Type: 2120 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 38/2010, #55717-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): University Of Bath, Claverton
Down, Contact: See Section VI.3 Additional Information, Attn:
Mrs.H.Passmore MCIPS, Deputy Head of Purchasing Services, Bath BA2 7AY,
UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1225386939. E-mail: h.passmore@bath.ac.uk. Fax
+44 1225386166.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.bath.ac.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: See Section VI.3 Additional
Information.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
See Section VI.3 Additional Information.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: See Section VI.3
Additional Information.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Education.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-Bath: supply of sportswear clothing and related merchandise.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: University of Bath main campus and other related
sites.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The University
of Bath invites expressions of interest in the supply of TeamBath branded
sportswear and related merchandise.
TeamBath is a strong player in the higher education sports sector. In
addition its teams play in local and national (including televised)
leagues.
The University has aspirations to continue to grow its brand which is
linked with excellence in sport, health and recreation.
The selected supplier will need to be able to include bespoke staff sports
uniforms, sports specific competition kit for team and individual sports
and leisure wear.
Almost one million people engage with TeamBath through active student,
public or elite sport in any given year. The tenderer should also have the
ability to supply a range of leisure and sports-specific kit for public
resale, incorporating the TeamBath brand. Assistance in marketing this
branded merchandise through on-line and other outlets can be included in
the tender.
TeamBath covers a wide range of sporting activities, from 'learn to play'
through to Olympic champions. Some of the world's top athletes have chosen
to make the University of Bath their training base and the range of
TeamBath focus sports includes Athletics, Badminton, Hockey, Judo,
Netball, Swimming, Tennis and Volleyball.
Sportswear.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 18412000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: As per Tender Documentation.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: All payments will be
made in GBP via electronic bank transfer UK-BACS.
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.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate
statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the
balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under
the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where
appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum
of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on
which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading,
as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services
provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients,
whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services
provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting
authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the
competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the
purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the
economic operator;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the
supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's
study and research facilities;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or
contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last three years;
(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions
and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the
contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official
quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting
the conformity of products clearly identified by references to
specifications or standards.
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: Restricted.
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.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
PST/STVKIT/220210 This number MUST be quoted in all correspondence.
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:
29.3.2010 - 12:00.
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: This notice, subsequent Tender and Award
are part of the University of Bath E-tendering programme in conjunction
with BiP Solutions Ltd. In the first instance suppliers will be asked to
register their company's details on www.delta-ets.com, and thereafter you
will be issued with a Username and Password. If you have already
registered with Delta previously, please click on the 'Delta-ets Home' tab
instead. This will redirect you to the home page where you can log on
using your existing username and password to express your interest. If you
have registered and have forgotten your Username and Password, please
click on the forgotten password link on the Delta-ets homepage. To express
your interest you must complete and then submit your Select company
profile for publication to the system. Once you have completed this
company profile in full, please submit using the following response
number: R-8424-2447 by 12 noon on the 29.3.2010. Please ensure that you
give yourself enough time when expressing your interest using Select.
Please note that your Company Profile will be evaluated using the criteria
which can be found in the University of Bath Purchasing Services web pages
at www.bath.ac.uk/purchasing-services or by contacting Helen Passmore
(contact details above) Where access to Delta-ets is unavailable or
assistance is required, please contact the Delta helpdesk via email
helpdesk@delta-ets.com or telephone +44 8452707050 for assistance.
GO reference: GO 10022212/01.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 22.2.2010.
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