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UK-Coventry: education and training services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   COVENTRY
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:65168-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 4, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 21, 2010
Buyer:   LEARNING AND SKILLS IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   LEARNING AND SKILLS IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.lsis.org

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 44/2010, #65168-2010
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): Learning and Skills
Improvement Service, Friars House, Manor House Drive, Contact: Teaching &
Learning Programme, Attn: Victoria Barker, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED
KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2476627929.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.lsis.org.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19421.
Further information can be obtained at: Learning and Skills Improvement
Service, Friars House, Manor House Drive, Contact: Teaching & Learning
Programme, Attn: Victoria Barker, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel.
+44 2476627929. URL: www.lsis.org.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Learning and Skills Improvement Service, Friars House, Manor House Drive,
Contact: Teaching & Learning Programme, Attn: Victoria Barker, Coventry
CV1 2TE, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2476627929. URL:
http://www.lsis.org.uk/Opportunities/Tenders.aspx.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Learning and Skills
Improvement Service, Friars House, Manor House Drive, Contact: Teaching &
Learning Programme, Attn: Victoria Barker, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED
KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2476627929. URL: www.lsis.org.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
National or federal agency/office.
Education.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
LSIS Regional STEM* Centres (*Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics).
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: English regions.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): LSIS is seeking
contractor(s) with the capability of working successfully to support
regional engagement, and to provide continuing professional development
(CPD) activity for teaching and learning within the STEM subjects
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in the learning and
skills sector.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the myTenders Web Site at
http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=64213.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Contracts will be awarded for 10 months
initially (from 1.6.2010 to 31.3.2011) with options to extend for up to a
further 24 months. The cumulative value of the initial nine contracts will
be a total of approximately 1 350 000 GBP (including VAT). If the ‘options
to extend’ are taken up, and the budget is available, we forecast that the
cumulative total value of this opportunity across the 34 months of the
contract will be in the region of GBP 4 050 000.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Contracts will be awarded for 10 months
initially (from 1.6.2010 to 31.3.2011) with options to extend for up to a
further 24 months.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 10 (from
the award of the contract).
Number of possible renewals: 2
in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated
timeframe for subsequent contracts: 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.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
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: 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.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
21.4.2010 - 17:00.
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: The Learning and Skills Improvement Service
(LSIS) aims to accelerate the drive for excellence in the learning and
skills sector, building the sector’s own capacity to design, commission
and deliver improvement and strategic change. This will help realise our
vision that every learner acquires the skills, knowledge and appetite for
learning, living and working and that every provider is valued by their
community and employers for their contribution to sustainable social and
economic priorities. Information about LSIS activities and services for
the learning and skills sector can be found by clicking here.
LSIS is seeking contractor(s) with the capability of working successfully
to support regional engagement, and to provide continuing professional
development (CPD) activity for teaching and learning within the STEM
subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in the
learning and skills sector.
Contracts will be awarded for 10 months initially (from 01 June 2010 to 31
March 2011) with options to extend for up to a further 24 months. The
cumulative value of the initial nine contracts will be a total of
approximately GBP 1,350,000 (including VAT). If the ‘options to extend’
are taken up, and the budget is available, we forecast that the cumulative
total value of this opportunity across the 34 months of the contract will
be in the region of GBP 4,050,000.
This opportunity is being tendered as nine separate contracts, each
embracing one Government Office Region in England.
1. East Midlands
2. East of England
3. London
4. North East
5. North West
6. South East
7. South West
8. West Midlands
9. Yorkshire and The Humber
Tenderers may submit tenders for just one region (of their choice), or all
nine regions, or any combination in between. When submitting for more than
one region, a discrete, independent tender for each region will be
required, including a discrete price for each region. Whilst we have given
guidance here on the cumulative contract value of this programme, it is up
to the tenderer to submit their price proposal for the specific region(s)
of their choice.
Further information is available on the LSIS website at:
http://www.lsis.org.uk/Opportunities/Tenders.aspx.
Deadline: 21.4.2010.
(MT Ref:64213).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.3.2010.
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