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UK-Bedford: pension fund consultancy services

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   BEDFORD
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:63430-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 5, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 7, 2010
Buyer:   BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
BEDFORD, Bedfordshire CC
United Kingdom
Email:   Click here

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Notice Type: 2120 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 43/2010, #63430-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Mar 5, 2010


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 45/2010, #65391-2010
Referenced Document Number: 63430-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
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): Bedford Borough Council,
Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Contact: Geoff Reader, Attn: Geoff Reader,
Bedford MK42 9AP, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1234228562. E-mail:
Geoff.Reader@bedford.gov.uk. Fax +44 1234228637.
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-Bedford: pension fund - investment consultant.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: Bedford Borough Council Borough Hall Cauldwell
Street Bedford MK42 9AP Bedfordshire CC, UNITED KINGDOM.
NUTS code: UKH22.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): To enable the
Pension Fund Committee to receive expert advice and meet the local
government pension scheme investment regulations to take such advice when
making investment decisions. Pension fund consultancy services. Pension
fund management services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 66523000, 66141000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 60 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
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 3 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 3 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;
(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service
provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff
and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for
providing the services or managing the work.
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.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
BBC012.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 8.4.2010 - 13:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
7.4.2010 - 13:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 21.4.2010.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Persons authorised to be present
at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Open tenderbox (TAC code).
Suppliers must read through this complete set of instructions and follow
the process to respond to this tender.
Your tender must be completed and submitted electronically by using Vault
through BiPs Delta-ets by the due date of ................. hrs.
The information and documents for this tender will be accessible at the
following website www.delta-ets.com. To be able to access these documents
you will need to register your company details and enter the following
tender access code (TAC) 04T333526 at the bottom of the registration page,
thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have
already registered with Delta previously, please follow the link shown and
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 collect the tender documents.
If you have registered and have forgotten your username and password,
please click on the forgotten password link on the Delta-ets homepage.
Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass it to any
third parties.
You must log into Delta-ets and then click on the Vault tab, if you have
added the TAC code to your registration you will automatically view the
tender title. Click on this link and you will be taken into the tenderbox
where the documents are stored. If you have previously accessed Delta then
please enter the TAC code in Vault and you will then be able to access the
documentation. Please check that you are able to access these online ITT
documents. If you are experiencing problems, then please contact the Delta
helpdesk via email: helpdesk@delta-ets.com or call +44 08452707050 for
further assistance.
Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to
this invite prior to the closing date and time. If you are uploading
multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a
time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application like WinZip
or WinRar. GO reference: GO 09120206/01.
GO reference: GO 10030110/01.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 1.3.2010.


Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Geoff Reader,
attn: Geoff Reader, UK-MK42 9AP Bedford. Tel. +44 1234228562. E-mail:
Geoff.Reader@bedford.gov.uk. Fax +44 1234228637.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 3.3.2010,
2010/S 43-063430)
RE: CPV: 66523000, 66141000.
Pension fund consultancy services.
Pension fund management services.
Instead of: IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional
documents or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for
documents or for accessing documents: 8.4.2010 (13:00).
Read: IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional
documents or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for
documents or for accessing documents:
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