Document 2007-218018-EN Current language
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15/09/2007 S178 procedure I. II. III. IV. VI.
European Communities – Services – Restricted
UK-Warrington: personnel-training services 2007/S 178-218018 CONTRACT NOTICE Services SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Northwest Regional Development Agency, PO Box 37, Renaissance House, Centre Park, Attn: Tender Board, UK-Warrington WA1 1XB. Tel. 01925 400100. E-mail: Tender.Board@nwda.co.uk. Fax 01925 400400. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: www.nwda.co.uk/tenders. 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 abovementioned contact point(s). I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES: Other: Regional Development Agency. Other: Regional Development Agency. 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-Warrington: warrington - employee learning and development services.
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Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. Service category: No 27. Main place of performance: North West. NUTS code: UKD. The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement. Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with several operators. Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 20. Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4 Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement: Estimated value excluding VAT: Range: between 1 800 000 and 2 500 000 GBP. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Personnel-training services. Training services. Staff training services. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74542000, 80420000, 80421100. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Division into lots: Yes. Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots. Variants will be accepted: Yes. QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT Total quantity or scope: Options: DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: 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 May 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 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering. As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender. III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements
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are met: As stated in the stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender Documentation. Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender Documentation. Reserved contracts: No. CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No. Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
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: IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue: 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: NWDA00221. IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No. 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: 19.10.2007 - 10:00. IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 7.11.2007. IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes. Estimated timing for further notices to be published: May 2011. VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS: No. VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 1) The Northwest Development Agency (the "Agency") requires Interested Parties to complete and return a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). Submissions must be in accordance with these instructions and any further instructions contained in the PQQ. 2) The PQQ documents can be downloaded from the Agency's website at www.nwda.co.uk/tenders. 3) If the Agency considers any question or request for clarification to be of material significance, both the query and the response will be posted on the Agency's website at www.nwda.co.uk/tenders in an anonymous form. It is the responsibility of Interested Parties to check this website periodically before the submission date to check for any updates and to incorporate these updates into its submission. All questions must be addressed to Tender.Board@nwda.co.uk and be received at least 5 working days before the submission date, otherwise a response cannot be guaranteed. 4) Documentation must be returned to: Tender Board, Northwest Development Agency, PO Box 37, Renaissance House, Centre Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1XB. A direction map can be downloaded from the Agency's website: www.nwda.co.uk About NWDA, Office Locations, HQ Office. 5) The PQQ address label must be used for the return of documentation. Envelopes/packages should be plain and must not show any reference to the Interested Party's identity. The PQQ address label must be placed on the front of the return envelope. Documentation without the label or in envelopes, which in any way identify the Interested Party, may not be considered. 6) The date and time for return of the documents is shown on the label and in the PQQ. Documents must be returned no later than the date and time stated. Completed documents will be received up to the time and date stated. It is the Interested Party's responsibility to ensure that their documents are received on time. The Agency does not undertake to consider documents received after that time unless there is significant evidence to pre-suppose its due delivery. 7) Documents must be returned either by post, or by hand to the reception desk ensuring that a member of staff notes the time and
date of receipt. Documents delivered otherwise may not arrive on time. 8) Facsimile, e-mail, and telephone: Documents will not be considered if sent by these methods. Hand delivery of envelopes will be accepted. 9) The documents should be completed legibly in black ink, black ballpoint or clearly typed, unless otherwise stated. 10) The Agency does not acknowledge receipt of documents and accepts no responsibility for loss or non-receipt of applications. 11) Submissions may not be considered if any of the requested information is not completed and/or supplied. If any of the requested information is missing or is incorrect, the proposal may be rejected on that sole basis and the proposal will not be evaluated further. 12) Prices are not required at this stage. 13) The Agency does not bind itself to accept any PQQ. 14) The issue of this document in no way commits the Agency to award any contract pursuant to the bid process nor does it constitute an offer to enter into a contractual relationship. 15) Interested Parties must not try to obtain any information about any other party's submission or proposed submissions before the contract is awarded. 16) Interested Parties must not arrange with any other party the submission of any documentation, except in the cases where subcontracting and/or joint ventures are applicable. 17) If an Interested Party's documentation is accepted, the Agency cannot guarantee that the documents will remain confidential. The Agency may be obliged to disclose information provided by Interested Parties in response to this OJEU notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, all subordinate legislation made under this and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 ("the Freedom of Information Legislation"). Interested Parties should be aware that the information they provide could be disclosed in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Legislation. The Agency will proceed on the basis of disclosure unless an appropriate exemption applies. Interested Parties should be aware that despite the availability of some exemptions, information may still be disclosed if the public interest in its disclosure outweighs the public interest in maintaining the exemption. No response to this PQQ and any subsequent invitation to tender documentation should be covered by a general statement regarding its overall confidentiality. Instead Interested Parties should highlight information in their responses which they consider to be commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, and should state the precise reasons why they consider this. The Agency accepts no liability for loss as a result of any information disclosed in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Legislation. The Agency will use reasonable endeavours to consult with Interested Parties over the release of information which is highlighted by them as commercially sensitive or
confidential. 18) Trading names/invoicing: Where invoices will be rendered by, or payments made to, an entity whose title differs in any respect from the title in which the documentation is submitted, full details must be provided in a letter accompanying the documents. Failure to provide these details may result in rejection of the Interested Party's application. 19) The Agency's Payment Terms are 30 days. BACS Payment is the Agency's standard method of payment, as per the Agency's Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract. 20) Interested Parties will be required to confirm acceptance of the Agency's Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract. Failure to accept the Agency's Terms and Conditions of Contract may result in Interested Parties being disqualified from taking any further part in this process. 21) All responses must be in English. 22) Any information provided on separate pages or on supporting and supplementary documentation should be presented in the same order as, and must be cross-referenced to, the relevant question. Any separate sheets must be appended in the PQQ response document. 23) The provision of false or misrepresented information will result in an application being rejected. GO reference: GO 07091301/01. VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained: VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 12.9.2007.