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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   COVENTRY
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:65169-2010
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:   http://www.lsis.org.uk

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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, #65169-2010
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: Skills and
Employer Responsiveness, Attn: Ali Junaid, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED
KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2476627927. E-mail: EmployerResponsivenessITT@lsis.org.uk
.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.lsis.org.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19421.
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:
Learning and Skills Improvement Service, Friars House, Manor House Drive,
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, Attn: Skills and
Employer Responsiveness Tenders, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel.
+44 2476627927. E-mail: EmployerResponsiveITT@lsis.org.uk.
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:
Invitation to Tender for Skills and Employer Responsiveness Programme.
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: England.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Learning
and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) came into operation on 1.10.2008 as
the new-sector led improvement body for the further education (FE) system
in England. 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.
Please visit http://www.lsis.org.uk/LSISHome.aspx for more information.
LSIS is seeking tenders for a contractor with the capability of working
successfully to support providers in improving the volume and quality of
employer responsive services. Priority areas for support are: employer
responsive provision; Apprenticeships; pre-employment programmes including
integrated skills and employment.
Contracts will be awarded for 15 months initially (from June 2010 to
August 2011) with options to extend for up to a further 24 months. 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. The cumulative value of the
initial nine contracts of fifteen months will be up to GBP 7 020 000
(including VAT).
Further information is available on the LSIS website at:
http://www.lsis.org.uk/Opportunities/Tenders.aspx
Deadline: 17:00 at 21.4.2010.
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=64194.
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.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: There will be an option to extend for up to
a further 24 months.
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.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial
years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in
respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject
matter of this notice.
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: (MT Ref:64194).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.3.2010.
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