Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Evaluation of Stoke-on-Trent Cooperative Working Model

UK-Stoke-on-Trent: Research services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Stoke-on-Trent City Council
      Corporate Procurement, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST14 1HH, United Kingdom
      Contact: This tender is being carried out electronically through BravoSolution at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      Electronic Access URL: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      Electronic Submission URL: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: ANNEX A.II
            
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: ANNEX A.III
            
   
   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: Evaluation of Stoke-on-Trent Cooperative Working Model
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 8

         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:
      Research services. To appoint a qualified provider to develop and carry out research to critically evaluate and inform the development of the Cooperative Working Model in the City of Stoke-on-Trent on behalf of the Council and its Partners
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         73110000 - Research services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No       
      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:
      The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document      
      
      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      
         Starting: 01/04/2015
         Completion: 31/03/2018

   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 applicable
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
         (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
         (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         The criteria stated in the specification, in the invitation to tender or in the descriptive document      
      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: Yes
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-ANS/2014/56      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Not Provided
      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 02/03/2015
         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): 6
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 02/03/2015
         Time: 12:01
         Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: Yes
            Corporate Procurement


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: Not Provided      
   VI.3)Additional Information: This opportunity is being tendered electronically, please see below instructions on registration (free of charge) to our e-Tendering portal:BravoSolution ITT reference no: itt_29944BravoSolution Project reference no: project_18761Project Title: Evaluation of Stoke-on-Trent Cooperative Working ModelProject Reference no: PE-ANS/2014/56Instructions for registration are as follows:1.Browse the IEWM eSourcing Portal: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/2.Click the “Click here to register” link3.Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”4.Enter your correct business and user details5.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/password8.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 content10.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. For further questions and how to complete the ITT click on “My Response” 12.You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject”13.Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITTIf you require any further assistance the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon-Fri – 8am-6pm on email: help@bravosolution.co.ukTelephone no: 0800 368 4850 / Fax no: 020 7080 0480
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Stoke-on-Trent City Council
      Corporate Procurement, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST14 1HH, United Kingdom
      Email: purchasing@stoke.gov.uk

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

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 16/01/2015

ANNEX A
   
   II) Addresses and contact points from which specifications and additional documents can be obtained:
      This tender is being carried out electronically through our e-Tenering portal BravoSolution at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      This tender is being carried out electronically through our e-Tenering portal BravoSolution at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireaut, xx, United Kingdom
      Contact: This tender is being carried out electronically through our e-Tenering portal BravoSolution at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/   
   
   III) Addresses and contact points to which tenders/requests to participate must be sent:
      This tender is being carried out electronically through our e-Tenering portal BravoSolution at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      This tender is being carried out electronically through our e-Tenering portal BravoSolution at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireaut, xx, United Kingdom