Arts Council England: Developing cultural sector resilience in Leeds and East London

UK-London: Business analysis consultancy services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Arts Council England
      14 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 3NQ, United Kingdom
      URL: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/

      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:
      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: Developing cultural sector resilience in Leeds and East London
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 11

         Region Codes: UKI - LONDON         
      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:
      Business analysis consultancy services. Research and development services and related consultancy services. Research and development consultancy services. Development consultancy services. Business and management consultancy and related services. Business and management consultancy services. Evaluation consultancy services. We are looking to commission an individual or one organisation to deliver a two year capacity building project to develop core income generation, fundraising and business competencies in up to 30 cultural organisations. This project will take place in two locations – East London and Leeds – and deliver focussed, intensive and appropriate bespoke business development learning, resources and consultancy. At the core of the project will be a focus on developing and improving business competencies, income generation and fundraising skills for public sector cultural organisations. Critical to this core aim will be engendering engagement in both locations with the private sector.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services.
         
         73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
         
         73200000 - Research and development consultancy services.
         
         73220000 - Development consultancy services.
         
         79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.
         
         79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.
         
         79419000 - Evaluation consultancy 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: 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:
      Common challenges faced by cultural organisations include:
•   Changing business models is challenging, predominantly because small staffing structures are limited in time, finance and expertise
•   Challenge of recruiting key business skills – especially financial and commercial
•   Asset exploitation – unable to fully exploit assets, both intellectual and property
With this project we are particularly interested in understanding the impact of intensive group and one-to-one development and learning for a group of 20-30 cultural organisations within a limited geographical area. We have identified Leeds and East London as the locations for this project for the following reasons:         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 275,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: No          
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 27 (from the award of the contract)

   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:
      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: No       
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      Arts Council England reserves the right for mandatory rejection:

(a)   conspiracy within the meaning of section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 where that conspiracy relates to participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA (as amended);
(b)   corruption within the meaning of section 1 of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 or section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (as amended);
(c)   the offence of bribery;
(d)   fraud, where the offence relates to fraud affecting the financial interests of the European Communities as defined by Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Union, within the meaning of:
(i)   the offence of cheating the Revenue;
(ii)   the offence of conspiracy to defraud;
(iii)   fraud or theft within the meaning of the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act 1978;
(iv)   fraudulent trading within the meaning of section 458 of the Companies Act 1985 or section 993 of the Companies Act 2006;
(v)   defrauding the Customs within the meaning of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and the Value Added Tax Act 1994;
(vi)   an offence in connection with taxation in the European Community within the meaning of section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993; or
(vii)   destroying, defacing or concealing of documents or procuring the extension of a valuable security within the meaning of section 20 of the Theft Act 1968;
(e)   money laundering within the meaning of the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 or Money Laundering Regulations 2007; or
(f)   any other offence within the meaning of Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC as defined by the national law of any relevant State.


There are further conditions in the Invitation to tender that must be adhered to.      
      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.

      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      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: 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: ACE-2012-014      
      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: 12/02/2013
         Time: 10:00      
      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 days: 120
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 12/02/2013
         Time: 11:00


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: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Business-analysis-consultancy-services./9EJWT23Q22

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9EJWT23Q22
GO-20121221-PRO-4471294 TKR-20121221-PRO-4471293
   
   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: 21/12/2012

ANNEX A