Metro : Printing Bus Timetable Leaflets

UK-Leeds,: Printed books, brochures and leaflets.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Metro
      Wellington House,, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds,, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1132517272, Email: chris.brooks@wypte.gov.uk, URL: www.wymetro.com
      Attn: Christopher Brooks
      Electronic Access URL: www.delta-esourcing.com Access code 25X48X92WU
      Electronic Submission URL: www.delta-esourcing.com

      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:
      Body governed by public law

   I.3) Main activity:
      Other: Passenger Transport

   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: SUPPLIES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Printing Bus Timetable Leaflets
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SUPPLIES
         Purchase

         Region Codes: UKE4 - West Yorkshire         
      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:
      Printed books, brochures and leaflets. Printing individual timetable leaflets for every bus service in the county. Changes to bus services are made 7 times a year, giving a statutory notice period of 56 days.

The successful printer will be responsible for delivery, which may be required to up to 10 outlets on the same day.

Rapid lead times are required, the maximum being 5 working days from receipt of pdf but often as short as 2 days.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         22100000 - Printed books, brochures and leaflets.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: Not Provided
      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:
      There are 250 service leaflets in total but the total volume of work is dependent on service changes. Some leaflets will be reprinted throughout the year.

Quantities for new leaflets are generally between 5,000 and 10,000 while reprints can be from 1,000 to 5,000.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 250,000 and 500,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      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: 01/01/2014
         Completion: 31/12/2016


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:
      Not Provided      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         (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:
         Applicants must complete and submit a pre-qualification questionnaire. Register with Metro's e-tendering system www.delta-esourcing.com, log in, select 'Response Manager' and use code 25X48X92WU to gain access to the documents.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Applications will be evaluated on the basis of their skill, competence, integrity, responsibility and financial strength.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Applicants must complete and submit a pre-qualification questionnaire. Register with Metro's e-tendering system www.delta-esourcing.com, log in, select 'Response Manager' and use code 25X48X92WU to gain access to the documents.         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Applications will be evaluated on the basis of their skill, competence, integrity, responsibility and financial strength.      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         Applications will be evaluated on the basis of their skill, competence, integrity, responsibility and financial strength. Full details of the scoring methodology are given in the PQQ.   
   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: 2321      
      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:

      Date: 16/09/2013
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 10:00      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 17/09/2013
         Time: 10:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 23/09/2013      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


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: Not Provided      
   VI.3)Additional Information: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds%2C:-Printed-books%2C-brochures-and-leaflets./25X48X92WU

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/25X48X92WU
GO-2013813-PRO-5033773 TKR-2013813-PRO-5033772
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Metro
      Wellington House, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1132517272

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Metro
         Wellington House, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 1132517272

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Metro
      Wellington House, 40-50, Wellington Street,, Leeds, LS1 2DE, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1132517272

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 13/08/2013

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