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Document 73767-2007-
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27/03/2007
S60
European Communities – Services – Open procedure
UK-London: research and development services and related consultancy services
2007/S 60-073767
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Office of the Third Sector (OTS), Cabinet Office, 35 Great Smith Street, Contact: John Craig, UK-London SW1P 3BQ. Tel. 020 7276 6052. E-mail: john.craig@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk. Fax 020 7276 6333.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.cabinet-office.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/thirdsector.
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:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: England.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: England.
II.1.3)
The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The innovation exchange will pilot new approaches to fostering, exchanging and replicating third sector innovation, ensuring that public services benefit from the approaches they pioneer. The innovation exchange will seek to connect innovators to one another, to those who might benefit from their work, including public service, commissioners and third sector organisation, and others who might invest in their work.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
73000000, 73300000, 72000000.
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:
No.
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope:
The innovation exchange will be set the following objectives: (i) Enable third sector innovators to identify possible collaborators, build networks and come together to engage in collaborative development work. (ii) Bring together third sector innovators and those who might benefit from their work to develop and prototype innovations. (iii) Support the best innovations to develop their work and to grow or to spread their innovations to other areas and organisations. (iv) Help third sector innovators to access the investments they need to support their work. (v) Develop learning on how to achieve(i) to (iv) and help generate a momentum for enhancing the role of third sector organisations as catalysts in public service improvement.
The value of the project will be up to 1 200 000 GBP over 3 years, including VAT.
The value of the project will be up to 1 200 000 GBP over 3 years, including VAT.
II.2.2)
Options:
No.
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 36 (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:
Tenders from partnerships and consortia will be considered. They must include clear governance arrangements and clarity about ultimate responsibility of work. Tenderers might also choose to sub-contract online elements of this work, but clear plans for these elements must be included.
III.1.4)
Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
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: Interested suppliers responding to this notice would be sent invitation to tender (ITT) documents to provide information about their financial and economic standing, technical capacity and ability as well as how they would deliver the specified outputs.
Any supplier may be disqualified who: a) is bankrupt or is being wound-up, whose affairs are being administered by the court, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in any anlaogous 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 for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any similar proceedings under national laws or regulations; (c) has been convicted of an offence concering his/her professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata; (d) has been guilty of grave professioanl misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify; (e) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under provisions of the Directive for qualitative selection; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he/she is established or those of the contracting authority; (g) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he/she is established or those of the country of the contracting authority.
Any supplier may be disqualified who: a) is bankrupt or is being wound-up, whose affairs are being administered by the court, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in any anlaogous 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 for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any similar proceedings under national laws or regulations; (c) has been convicted of an offence concering his/her professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata; (d) has been guilty of grave professioanl misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify; (e) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under provisions of the Directive for qualitative selection; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he/she is established or those of the contracting authority; (g) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he/she is established or those of the country of the contracting authority.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to ITT.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to ITT.
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.
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.1.2)
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:
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: 8.5.2007 - 12:00.
Payable documents: no.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
14.5.2007 - 12:00.
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
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:
Duration in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders:
14.5.2007 - 14:00.
Place: 35 Great Smith Street, UK-London SW1P 3 BQ
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
John Craig plus officers authorised by OTS.
Place: 35 Great Smith Street, UK-London SW1P 3 BQ
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
John Craig plus officers authorised by OTS.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.2)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
No.
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek any further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address in section I.1.
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
23.3.2007.
