Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Raising Pupil Outcomes

UK-Stoke-on-Trent: Education and training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Stoke-on-Trent City Council
      Corporate Procurement, Floor 1, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1782236418, Email: sharon.sharpe@stoke.gov.uk, URL: www.stoke.gov.uk
      Attn: Sharon Sharpe
      Electronic Access URL: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/ Project: 18674 ITT: 29829
      Electronic Submission URL: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/ Project: 18674 ITT: 29829

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Raising Pupil Outcomes
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 24

         Region Codes: UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Education and training services. Tenders are invited from interested parties for a contract in respect of Raising Pupil Outcomes through the development of Robust school improvement networks/partnerships.

This requirement falls under Part "B" of the Public Contracts Regulations. However, due to the value of the requirement, the City Council has placed a voluntary notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Not Provided      
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Not Provided      
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 15 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As set out within the tender documents.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out within the tender documents.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As set out within the tender documents.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out within the tender documents.      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
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)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PE-CYPS2014/2*      
      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
         Date: 12/09/2014
         Time: 12:00      
      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 month(s): 12
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Not Provided

Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
   VI.3)Additional Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.

This is an OPEN tender NOT an expression of interest. This tender is being conducted via the Bravosolution e-tendering portal. The access the tender documents, please follow the instructions below:

Title: Raising Pupil Outcomes
Bravo Project: 18674
Bravo ITT: 29829

Supplier Instructions:

1.   Browse to the WMCoE eSourcing Portal:

https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/

2.    Click the “Click here to register” link

3.    Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”

4.    Enter your correct business and user details

5.    Note the username you chose and click “save” when complete

6.    You will receive an email with your unique password (keep this secure)

7.    Login to the portal with the username/password

8.   Click the “ITTs open to all suppliers” link. (These are ITTs open to any registered supplier)

9.    Click on the relevant ITT to access the content

10.    Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” on the left-hand side of the page.

This will move the ITT over to the “My ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)

11.    Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page

12.    You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject”

13.    Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT


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To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=107555921
GO-2014728-PRO-5874335 TKR-2014728-PRO-5874334
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Stoke-on-Trent City Council
      Corporate Procurement, Floor 1, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1782236418, Email: sharon.sharpe@stoke.gov.uk

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               as above

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            as above
      United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 28/07/2014

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