Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Coal Bed Methane (Part 3) Specialist Financial Advisors (CR2013/1162*)

UK-Stoke-on-Trent: Financial consultancy 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, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 01782232724, Email: denise.stockton@stoke.gov.uk
      Attn: Mrs Denise Stockton
      Electronic Access URL: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      Electronic Submission URL: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/

      Further information can be obtained at: ANNEX A.I
            
      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:
      Not Provided

   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: Coal Bed Methane (Part 3) Specialist Financial Advisors (CR2013/1162*)
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 11

         Region Codes: UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:Not Provided
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Financial consultancy services. Stoke-on-Trent City Council requires specialist financial support in the development of proposals from up to 3 shortlisted prospective technical partners, drafting initial project documentation, (including second stage tender documentation), calling for detailed final proposals from shortlisted prospective technical partners, evaluating responses, making recommendations for a preferred partner and support in the formation of an appropriate delivery vehicle such as a Joint Venture Company. (see Appendix 'B' for full details)
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         66171000 - Financial consultancy 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: Not Provided   
   
   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      
      Not Provided
   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:
      as per available documentation available on our e-Tendering portal https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      as per available documentation available on our e-Tendering portal https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      
      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:
      Not Provided      
      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 per available documentation available on our e-Tendering portal https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         as per available documentation available on our e-Tendering portal https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         as per available documentation available on our e-Tendering portal https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         as per available documentation available on our e-Tendering portal https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/      
      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: CR2013/1162*      
      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: 20/01/2014
         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): 6
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Not Provided

Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Not Provided
   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 tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/ ITT reference: 29700.
e-Tendering reference numbers for this project:


Bravo Solution ITT reference number   
Itt_29701

Bravo Solution Project reference number   
Project_18521

Project Title:   
Coal Bed Methane (Part 3) Specialist Financial Advisors

Project Reference number:   
CR2013/1162*

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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, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 01782232724, Email: denise.stockton@stoke.gov.uk

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Stoke-on-Trent City Council
      Corporate Procurement, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1782232841

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 05/12/2013

ANNEX A
   I) Addresses and contact points from which further information can be obtained:
      Stoke-on-Trent City Council.This tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      This tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering systeorporate Procurement, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom
      Contact: This tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/, Attn: This tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/   
   
   II) Addresses and contact points from which specifications and additional documents can be obtained:
      Stoke-on-Trent City Council This tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      This tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system at https://iewm.bra, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom
      Contact: This tender is being conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system 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 conducted electronically (free of charge) on the BravoSolution e-tendering system at https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities/
      This tender is being conducted electronically (free ofCorporate Purchasing and Contracts Unit, Audit Services, PO Box 1709, Swift House, Glebe Street,, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH, United Kingdom