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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   COVENTRY
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:69366-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 9, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 6, 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.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19421

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 47/2010, #69366-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted 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, Attn: Contracts and
Procurement Team, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2476627900.
Internet address(es):
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, Attn: Contracts and Procurement
Team, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2476627900.
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,
Attn: Contracts and Procurement Team, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel. +44 2476627900.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Learning and Skills
Improvement Service, Friars House, Manor House Drive, Attn: Contracts and
Procurement Team, Coventry CV1 2TE, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2476627900.
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 Expression of Interest.
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: UK.
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
inviting expressions of interest from all organisations who may wish to
tender for future delivery opportunities in LSIS activities and services
for 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=64223.
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.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.2) Options: No.
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: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged number of operators 100.
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:
6.4.2010 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 30.6.2010.
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: Expression of interest. Instructions and
procedures. For LSIS Programme Delivery.
1. Background
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.
Our Strategic Ambitions, which we published in July 2009, demonstrate how
we will contribute to delivering core improvement principles and sets out
our new ways of working to engage the sector in everything we do to make
LSIS a truly sector-led organisation. You can find full details about our
Strategic Ambitions by visiting the LSIS website
http://www.lsis.org.uk/AboutUs/OurStrategicAmbitions.aspx.
Information about LSIS activities and services for the learning and skills
sector can be found by visiting http://www.lsis.org.uk/
Servicesandsupport.aspx.
As a sector-owned public body, LSIS is owned, directed and governed by FE
and skills colleges and providers. Find out more about the governance
structure of LSIS and its board and council by visiting
http://www.lsis.org.uk/Governance/LSISBoard.aspx and
http://www.lsis.org.uk/Governance/LSISCouncil.aspx.
2. The Business Opportunity
LSIS is inviting expressions of interest from all organisations who may
wish to tender for future delivery opportunities in LSIS activities and
services for the learning and skills sector. A full list of current LSIS
activities and services can be found here
http://www.lsis.org.uk/Servicesandsupport.aspx.
(For clarity: Alongside this opportunity, LSIS is also tendering for work
in three specific areas, to be delivered in 2010-11: Support for Literacy
Language and Numeracy; Skills and Employer Responsiveness; and Science
Technology, Engineering and Maths. Further tendering details for these can
be found on the LSIS website at: http://www.lsis.org.uk/Opportunities/
Tenders/Tenders1.aspx ).
This is the first stage of a two-stage OJEU procurement process.
Organisations that successfully complete the first stage may also be
invited to compete for smaller contracts that are not covered by OJEU
regulations.
Future opportunities could include:
The 14–19 Agenda and Qualifications Development;
Community Development;
Continuous Improvement;
Equality & Diversity;
Excellence & Innovation;
Improvement Adviser Service.
Leadership & Governance;
Learner Support;
Management;
Teaching & Learning.
(NB: this is not a definitive list; it summarises the possible LSIS
programme areas from within which opportunities may be tendered.).
These opportunities will normally be for nine regionally-based contracts
(that is to say one contract for each of the nine standard government
regions in England).
Contracts will normally be for a delivery period of 12 months with
possibly an option to extend the contract up to 24 further months. Some
contracts may include a contracted lead-in period before the start of
service delivery.
Expressions of interest will be evaluated in the following areas:
1. The learning and skills provider’s knowledge of the English further
education system (that is to say the system currently funded by the
Learning and Skills Council);
2. The quality of the learning and skills provider’s systems to ensure
equality and diversity;
3. The quality of the learning and skills provider’s systems that ensure
data security;
4. The learning and skills provider’s financial capacity; and
5. The learning and skills provider’s ability to deliver services using 60
% proportion of staff currently employed in the learning and skills
sector.
3. Contract Value
We envisage that contracts will be awarded for 12 months initially, with
‘options to extend’ for up to a further 24 months.
Our best forecast is that the value of ‘Year 1’ contracts will be in the
region of GBP 50 000 to GBP 1 000 000 (inclusive of VAT). Clearly,
different areas of work will attract different levels of funding. We
forecast that the total 3-year value of these opportunities will be in the
region of GBP 100 000 - GBP 3 000 000, if the ‘options to extend’ are
taken-up and the budget is available.
4. The Expression-of-Interest Questionnaire
To submit an expression of interest for delivering LSIS activities and
services for the learning and skills sector please complete and return the
questionnaire document 'PR04 – The Expression of Interest Questionnaire
for LSIS programme delivery’.
Please complete fully the eight sections of the questionnaire. This
includes:
1. Lead organisation identity
2. Lead organisation information
3. Area of business
4. Learning and skills sector knowledge & experience (5/5)
5. Equality & Diversity (3/5)
6. Data Security
7. Engagement with the learning and skills sector (4/5)
8. Contact details of the person completing the questionnaire
5. Score Weightings
The first three sections ask for factual details that will not be assessed
or 'scored'. The following four sections, however, will be assessed and/or
'scored'.
Elements to be scored carry a pre-determined weighting. These are shown
alongside each heading above as, for example, 3/5 (i.e. 3 out of 5). 5/5
is the maximum weighting.
6. Financial Accounts
Please supply one copy of your most recently audited accounts. We will
assess the 'financial health’ of your organisation, via a series of
standardised calculations.
7. Legal Terms & Conditions
The Legal Terms and Conditions that will form part of the contract should
be fully read before submitting an expression of interest. You should
visit our website at http://www.lsis.org.uk/Opportunities/Tenders/
Tenders1.aspx to view LSIS Legal Terms and Conditions of business.
8. Data Security
Within our Legal Terms and Conditions, clause 19 this deals with data
security. Please supply details of how your organisation will satisfy
these requirements.
Demonstrating your organisation’s ability to meet our data security
requirements is a prerequisite to the invitation-to-tender stage two.
9. Submission of Expression of Interest
Please submit five hard copies and one CD ROM copy of your response to
this QUESTIONNAIRE.
The CD ROM copy should contain the response to the equality and diversity
and data security questions as separate word documents.
The CD ROM copy should contain a PDF of your organisations most recent
audited financial statements.
Any information given at this stage may also be used during the subsequent
tender evaluation stage-two. Please note; LSIS reserves the right not to
consider an expression-of-interest submission if the potential supplier
has failed to provide all of the requested information by the deadline
date.
Five hard copies of your expression-of-interest and your CD should be sent
to:
Procurement and contracts team.
Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS).
Friars House.
Manor House Drive.
Coventry.
CV1 2TE.
Your expression of interest should reach the office no later than 5.00pm
Tuesday 6.4.2010.
10. Relationship between this Expression-of-Interest and LSIS Frameworks
We currently operate a framework register for Research & Development,
which came into being for April 2009 and is still current. The business
opportunities that we tender from this register are primarily research
oriented. For clarity: this Expression-of-Interest (E-o-I) does not
conflict with, nor replace our Research & Development framework.
Similarly, we are presently in the process of creating/finalising a second
register – the ‘Educational Consultancy Framework’ – specifically for
individual consultants who will be contracted directly to LSIS. Projects
from this register are capped at GBP 50 000. For clarity: this E-o-I does
not conflict with our Educational Consultancy Framework. This E-o-I is
targeted primarily at organisations with the capability to manage and
deliver support programmes across at least one of nine standard government
regions in England.
11. Timeline
We hope to be able to communicate the expression-of-interest outcome by
the end of June 2010.
12. Contact
Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions regarding this
expression of interest business opportunity. Please address your query to
Contracts.Team@lsis.org.uk.
Thank you for your interest in LSIS.
(MT Ref:64223).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 4.3.2010.
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