University of Bradford: Leadership Development Programmes

UK-Bradford: Education and training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      University of Bradford
      Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP, United Kingdom
      Email: purchasing@bradford.ac.uk, URL: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/external/, URL: http://bradford.g2b.info/
      Contact: Purchasing Services, Attn: Mrs Louisa Tejeda-Wood

      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:
      Education

   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: Leadership Development Programmes
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 11

         Region Codes: UKE41 - Bradford         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system: The notice involves the setting up of a framework agreement                                                        

      II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:      
            Framework agreement with several operators
            maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 2
         Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
                                    
            Range between: 500,000 and 1,000,000
            Currency: GBP
                  
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Education and training services. Coaching services. Business and management consultancy services. Personal development training services. Training services. Specialist training services. Staff training services. Training programme services. Management training services. The University has identified a need for a cascaded leadership development programme for all of its leaders and starting with the wider senior management team. The University will start the senior management team leadership development programme in October 2014, the programme will take place through a series of events over a 12 month period. Roll out to other cohorts of selected leaders in the identified levels and from across the organisation will begin in January 2015.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
         79998000 - Coaching services.
         
         79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.
         
         80570000 - Personal development training services.
         
         80500000 - Training services.
         
         80510000 - Specialist training services.
         
         80511000 - Staff training services.
         
         80521000 - Training programme services.
         
         80532000 - Management training services.
         

      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: Yes          
         If yes, tenders should be submitted for: One or more lots

      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:
      Lot One: Senior Management team leadership programme to commence October 2014 duration 12 months. Lot Two: Leaders at all levels across the organisation leadership programme to commence January 2015, duration 24 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months. To provide a cascaded leadership development programme to mixed cohorts of the University's leadership population (circa 300).      
      
      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
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: Senior Management Team Leadership Programme

      1)Short Description:      
      The University has identified a need for a cascaded leadership development programme starting with the wider senior management team. Up to 25 University top tier management team participants will be identified to be part of the programme.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
                  79998000 - Coaching services.
                  79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.
                  80570000 - Personal development training services.
                  80500000 - Training services.
                  80510000 - Specialist training services.
                  80511000 - Staff training services.
                  80521000 - Training programme services.
                  80532000 - Management training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 2
      Title: Wider University management population Leadership Development Programme

      1)Short Description:      
      To provide a cascaded leadership development programme to mixed cohorts of the university's leadership population (circa 300).

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
                  79998000 - Coaching services.
                  79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.
                  80570000 - Personal development training services.
                  80500000 - Training services.
                  80510000 - Specialist training services.
                  80511000 - Staff training services.
                  80521000 - Training programme services.
                  80532000 - Management training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
                  
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:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      refer to documentation      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
      
      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:
         refer to documentation         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         refer to documentation
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         refer to the documentation         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         refer to the documentation      
      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: No       
      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: No
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:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 6 and maximum number: 12   
   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: Not Provided
   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 0442-PLP-T14      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:



         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 23/06/2014
         Time: 10:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 07/07/2014      
      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: No
   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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bradford:-Education-and-training-services./579F6WFGJ6

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/579F6WFGJ6
GO-2014523-PRO-5692222 TKR-2014523-PRO-5692221
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal 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:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 23/05/2014

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