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| Title: | SR76893050 Process Servers |
| Notice type: | Contract Notice |
| Authority: | HMRC |
| Nature of contract: | Services |
| Procedure: | Competitive Dialogue |
| Short Description: | HMRC intend to award a single supplier framework for the provision of Process Serving of various legal notices, including but not limited to statutory demands and individual and company petitions. The successful service provider will be required to provide the service throughout England and Wales, and possibly Northern Ireland. |
| Published: | 21/11/2017 14:48 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1) Name and addresses
HM Revenue & Customs
5th Floor West Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000587701, Email: james.gadsby@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Contact: James Gadsby
Main Address: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS Code: UK
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement: No.
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes.
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from: address as in Annex A.I:
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically via http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full to the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: Not provided
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other activity:
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: SR76893050 Process Servers
Reference Number: Not provided
II.1.2) Main CPV Code:
79720000 - Investigation services.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short description: HMRC intend to award a single supplier framework for the provision of Process Serving of various legal notices, including but not limited to statutory demands and individual and company petitions. The successful service provider will be required to provide the service throughout England and Wales, and possibly Northern Ireland.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 3,000,000
Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
75242110 - Bailiff services.
79721000 - Detective agency services.
79130000 - Legal documentation and certification services.
II.2.3) Place of performance:
UK UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of procurement: HMRC intend to award a single supplier framework for the provision of Process Serving of various legal notices , including but not limited to statutory demands and individual and company petitions. The successful service provider will be required to provide the service throughout England and Wales, and possibly Northern Ireland.
II.2.5) Award criteria:
Criteria below
Quality criterion - Name: Social, Environmental and Innovative Characteristics / Weighting: 1
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Merit - Schedule A Service Requirements / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Merit - Schedules B - G Management Activity / Weighting: 1
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Merit Schedule H - I Security and Business Continuity / Weighting: 3
Cost Effectiveness - Weighting: 45
II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 3,000,000
Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals: Re-tender
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited:
Envisaged minimum number: 1
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Not provided
II.2.10) Information about variants:
Variants will be accepted: No
II.2.11) Information about options:
Options: No
Description of options: Not provided
II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Identification of the project: Not provided
II.2.14) Additional information: Not provided
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Not Provided
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Full details regarding legal, economic, financial and technical information to be provided at the tender stage will be detailed in the tender documentation. Potential Tenderers should be aware, however, that they may be required to forward the following information:
(a) A copy of the most recent audited accounts covering the Tenderer’s last two years of trading (or for the period that is available if trading for less than two years) or
(b) For the most recent full year of trading, where this information is not available in audited form, a copy of the draft or unaudited financial accounts or equivalent information showing the Tenderer’s turnover, profit and loss and cash flow position and an end period balance sheet or, where this cannot be provided, a statement signed by the finance director or similar responsible person detailing any major changes in the current financial position since the date of the latest audited accounts provided.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :
Not Provided
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Relevant experience and contract examples
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :
Evidence of ability to achieve target service success level targets
III.1.5) Information about reserved contracts (if applicable)
The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons: No
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1) Information about a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
Not Provided
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Not Provided
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract: No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description COMPETITIVE_DIALOGUE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:Competitive dialogue
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:
Not Provided
In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: Not Provided
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue: No.
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction:
An electronic auction will be used: Yes
Additional information about electronic auction: HMRC reserves the right to use an e-Auction as part of the tendering/procurement process.
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
Notice number in the OJ S: 2017/S 193 - 395976
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 04/01/2018 Time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: Not Provided
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English,
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
Duration in month(s): 6
Section VI: Complementary Information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Not provided
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used Yes
Electronic invoicing will be accepted Yes
Electronic payment will be used Yes
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. Economic operators who wish to view the tender documentation electronically can do so by searching on the Contracts Finder website: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/login 48 hours after the dispatch of this notice. The Awarding Authority (HMRC) use an HMRC instance of SAP Ariba Sourcing Pro (hereafter referred to as HMRC’s instance of SAP Ariba) to facilitate the procurement process and this must be used by economic operators to express an interest and/or bid for the opportunity described in this Contract Notice. (Further information about HMRC’s instance of SAP Ariba, a Suppliers Guide and general information about supplying to HMRC is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm)
Economic operators who have used HMRC’s instance of SAP Ariba previously: you will be registered as part of the HMRC Ariba Supplier Network and you should access the system to obtain your organisation’s account ID number. Contact details on the system should be checked and, where necessary, additional users added to help avoid multiple registrations for the same organisation. Previously registered users having difficulty recovering their account ID number or identifying users within their organisation should email for assistance sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Economic operators using HMRC’s instance of SAP Ariba for the first time, including suppliers who are already registered on the wider SAP Ariba supplier network, will need to register at http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full. (You must ensure that you are directed to the registration page for HMRC’s instance of SAP Ariba, identified with the HMRC logo at the top of the page, and to do this you may need to cut and paste the web address directly into your web browser)
As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the ‘registration process is now complete’ and providing you with ‘your organisation’s account ID’ number.
If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made.
Once you have obtained ‘your organization’s account ID’ number, please email e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, no later than 17:00hrs on 11 December 2017, with the following information as confirmation that you wish to express an interest and/or bid for the opportunity described in this Contract Notice.
The contract reference shown in Section IV.3.1 of this Contract Notice
Your organisation’s HMRC SAP Ariba account ID: ANXXXXXXXXXXX
Your organisation’s name:
Your name:
Your email address:
Your telephone number:
Economic operators who have complied with the foregoing will receive an e-mail confirming access the online questionnaires. If access is not provided to the online questionnaires within one working day, please contact e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your request for access to the online questionnaires was first made. Please note that any tender clarification questions must be submitted using the SAP Ariba messaging facility, and must be sent no later than 12:00 on 21 December 2017.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body:
HMRC
Fifth Floor West Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not provided
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the time of the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address at l.1. Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into, the court may only award damages.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Not provided
VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 21/11/2017
Annex A
I) Addresses and contact points from which further information can be obtained:
james.gadsby@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Salford, United Kingdom
Email: james.gadsby@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Main Address: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS Code: UK
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UK-Salford: Investigation services.
Section I: Contracting authority/entity (as stated in the original notice)
I.1) Name and addresses
HM Revenue & Customs
5th Floor West Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000587701, Email: james.gadsby@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Contact: James Gadsby
Main Address: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS Code: UK
Section II: Object (as stated in the original notice)
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: SR76893050 Process Servers Reference number: Not Provided
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
79720000 - Investigation services.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short Description: HMRC intend to award a single supplier framework for the provision of Process Serving of various legal notices, including but not limited to statutory demands and individual and company petitions. The successful service provider will be required to provide the service throughout England and Wales, and possibly Northern Ireland.
Section VI: Complementary information
V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 23/11/2017
VI.6) Original notice reference:
Notice Reference: 2017 - 214801
Notice number in OJ S: Not Provided
Date of dispatch of the original notice: 21/11/2017
Section VII: Changes
VII.1) Information to be changed or added
VII.1.1) Reason for change: Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority
VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 1
Section Number: IV.1)
Lot No: Not provided
Place of text to be modified: Description
Instead of: COMPETITIVE_DIALOGUE
Read: Open procedure
VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 2
Section Number: IV.1.1)
Lot No: Not provided
Place of text to be modified: Type of procedure
Instead of: Competitive dialogue
Read: Open procedure
VII.2) Other additional information: Due to a processing error, Competitive Dialogue was published as the procedure. This amendment is to clarify that this is an Open procedure.
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SR76893050 Process Servers
UK-Salford: Investigation services.
Section I: Contracting authority/entity (as stated in the original notice)
I.1) Name and addresses
HM Revenue & Customs
5th Floor West Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000587701, Email: james.gadsby@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Contact: James Gadsby
Main Address: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS Code: UK
Section II: Object (as stated in the original notice)
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: SR76893050 Process Servers Reference number: Not Provided
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
79720000 - Investigation services.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short Description: HMRC intend to award a single supplier framework for the provision of Process Serving of various legal notices, including but not limited to statutory demands and individual and company petitions. The successful service provider will be required to provide the service throughout England and Wales, and possibly Northern Ireland.
Section VI: Complementary information
V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 13/12/2017
VI.6) Original notice reference:
Notice Reference: 2017 - 214801
Notice number in OJ S: Not Provided
Date of dispatch of the original notice: 21/11/2017
Section VII: Changes
VII.1) Information to be changed or added
VII.1.1) Reason for change: Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority
VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 1
Section Number: VI.3
Lot No: Not provided
Place of text to be modified: Additional information
Instead of: Once you have obtained ‘your organization's account ID’ number, please email e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, no later than 17:00 on 11.12.2017, with the following information as confirmation that you wish to express an interest and/or bid for the opportunity described in this Contract Notice.
The contract reference shown in Section IV.3.1 of this Contract Notice
Your organisation's HMRC SAP Ariba account ID: ANXXXXXXXXXXX
Your organisation's name:
Your name:
Your email address:
Your telephone number:
Economic operators who have complied with the foregoing will receive an e-mail confirming access the online questionnaires. If access is not provided to the online questionnaires within one working day, please contact e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your request for access to the online questionnaires was first made. Please note that any tender clarification questions must be submitted using the SAP Ariba messaging facility, and must be sent no later than 12:00 on 21.12.2017.
Read: Once you have obtained ‘your organization's account ID’ number, please email e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, NO LATER THAN 12:00 ON 21.12.2017, with the following information as confirmation that you wish to express an interest and/or bid for the opportunity described in this Contract Notice.
The contract reference shown in Section IV.3.1 of this Contract Notice
Your organisation's HMRC SAP Ariba account ID: ANXXXXXXXXXXX
Your organisation's name:
Your name:
Your email address:
Your telephone number:
Economic operators who have complied with the foregoing will receive an e-mail confirming access the online questionnaires. If access is not provided to the online questionnaires within one working day, please contact e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your request for access to the online questionnaires was first made. Please note that any tender clarification questions must be submitted using the SAP Ariba messaging facility, and must be sent no later than 12:00 on 21.12.2017.
VII.2) Other additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=292910088
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
HM Revenue & Customs
5th Floor West Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000587701, Email: james.gadsby@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Contact: James Gadsby
Main Address: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS Code: UK
I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes
I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:
Other activity: direct and indirect tax collection
Section II: Object Of The Contract
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: SR76893050 Process Servers
Reference number: Not Provided
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
79720000 - Investigation services.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short description: HMRC intend to award a single supplier framework for the provision of Process Serving of various legal notices, including but not limited to statutory demands and individual and company petitions. The successful service provider will be required to provide the service throughout England and Wales, and possibly Northern Ireland.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 2,500,000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
75242110 - Bailiff services.
79721000 - Detective agency services.
79130000 - Legal documentation and certification services.
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement: HMRC intend to award a single supplier framework for the provision of Process Serving of various legal notices , including but not limited to statutory demands and individual and company petitions. The successful service provider will be required to provide the service throughout England and Wales, and possibly Northern Ireland.
II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Social, Environmental and Innovative Characteristics / Weighting: 1
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Merit - Schedule A Service Requirements / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Merit - Schedules B - G Management Activity / Weighting: 1
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Merit Schedule H - I Security and Business Continuity / Weighting: 3
Cost Effectiveness - Weighting: 45
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: Yes
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Not Provided
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No
Section V: Award of contract
Award Of Contract (No.1)
Contract No: SR76893050
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: Not Provided
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 10/05/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
Contractor (No.1)
Excel Civil Enforcement Ltd
Marine House,, 2 Marine Road, Colwyn Bay, LL29 8PH, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1492531345, Email: excelsales@excelenforcement.co.uk
Internet address: https://www.excelenforcement.co.uk
NUTS Code: UK
The contractor is an SME: Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided
Total value of the contract/lot: 2,500,000
Currency: GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=326360333
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
HMRC
Fifth Floor West Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the time of the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address at l.1. Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into, the court may only award damages.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 26/06/2018