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Title: | No title specified |
Notice type: | Prior Information Notice |
Authority: | DVLA |
Nature of contract: | Not applicable |
Procedure: | Not applicable |
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Published: | 10/11/2014 13:28 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
Title: UK-Swansea: Child daycare services.
I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Secretary for Transport (Acting through the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Longview Road, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 7 JL, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1792782733, Email: gayle.timlin@dvla.gsi.gov.uk
Contact: Gayle Timlin and Jean Jackson, Attn: Gayle Timlin and Jean Jackson
Further information can be obtained at: As Above
I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
Other: Central Government
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.B: Object Of The Contract (Supplies Or Services)
II.Services.1
II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Provision of a Nursery Service for DVLA
II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance
Service category No: 27 Region Codes: UKL18 - Swansea
II.3)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
Child daycare services. DVLA requires expressions of interest for the provision of a nursery and playscheme service. The nursery facility has a maximum capacity for 121 children and holds a BREEME excellent status. Estimated income is 500 000 GBP per annum with potential for growth. The contract will be let for 2 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year. The Contracting Authority wishes to appoint a service provider to provide a high quality nursery service for pre-school children to operate 52 weeks a year; an after school collection service within a five mile radius of the DVLA Main Site (term time) and a playscheme service for 3 - 11 year olds (non term time). The service provider will be responsible for ensuring that the nursery complies, at all times, with the National Minimum standards for providers of full day care issued by the Welsh Assembly Government under section 79C of the Children Act 1989. The Nursery will be primarily for the use of staff employed at DVLA and, when agreed by DVLA, some non-DVLA parents. The service provider will be responsible for ensuring that the nursery complies, at all times, with the following: Childminding & Daycare (Wales) Regulations 2002, Children Act 1989, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 and other relevant statutes or regulations including any laid down by the Local Authority (City and County of Swansea). The new supplier will have gained Care Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) DVLA Nursery building approval prior to the commencement of the service.
II.4)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
85312110 - Child daycare services.
II.5)Scheduled date for start of award procedures:
II.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes
II.7)Additional Information:
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to forewarn interested service providers of this requirement and highlight that we plan to hold ‘Supplier Days’ for the purpose of market sounding and to enable DVLA to describe and develop our proposed requirements. The Supplier Day has been scheduled for Wednesday 3 December 2014 and will be held at a location in Swansea. Interested service providers must express their interest via e-mail to the named contact point in section 1.1 above by Friday 21 November 2014 quoting reference PS/14/83 - Provision of Nursery Services providers should indicate if they fall within a small (less than 50 employees) or medium (50 to 249 employees) enterprise category. DVLA encourages open, fair and transparent procurement and omission from any part of the Department's market engagement exercise shall not be taken into account in any subsequent procurement. It should be noted that responding to this notice does not place any service provider in an advantageous position. Following the Supplier Day DVLA anticipates commencing the procurement with the publication of an OJEU contract notice in Quarter 3 2014. The procurement shall include but not be limited to the DVLA and supports DVLA’s vision that: “Customers are at the heart of our business and drive everything we do. Our digital services and our people exceed our customers' expectations.”DVLA reserves the right to annul the tender process, at any time, and not award a contract.
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Not Provided
III.2)Conditions For Participation
III.2.1)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided
Section VI: Complementary Information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds: No
VI.2)Additional Information:
It is considered that the contracts to which this PIN relates will be Part A services contracts under the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (as amended). The process by which the procurement will be undertaken will be set out in the tender documentation, and will be compatible with applicable EU law
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VI.3)Information On General Regulatory Framework
Relevant governmental Internet sites where information can be found:
Not Provided
VI.4)Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 10/11/2014