Shropshire Council: BMN 008 - Marches Local Enterprise Partnership Manufacturing Skills Capital Project

UK-Shrewsbury: Vocational training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Shropshire Council
      Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1743252051, Fax. +44 1743253910, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk, URL: www.shropshire.gov.uk
      Contact: Procurement, Attn: Procurement

      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:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: Yes

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: BMN 008 - Marches Local Enterprise Partnership Manufacturing Skills Capital Project
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 24

         Region Codes: UKG22 - Shropshire CC UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin UKG1 - Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire         
      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:
      Vocational training services. Shropshire Council is tendering on behalf of the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to provide capital funding to enable successful bidders to tackle manufacturing skills issues. The Marches LEP has recognised that additional capital investment is required to support the manufacturing sector to develop their skills base, equipping them to maximise future opportunities.

This tender is seeking submissions from organisations that wish to set up and develop Advanced Manufacturing Hubs in the Marches region as regional training centres for advanced manufacturing skills in 5 key areas where there is currently limited training provision. We envisage that the Hubs will operate on a “Hub and Spoke” model and will be partnership led, comprising consortia of employers and educational providers including HE, FE and private sector training providers working together. They will build on a whole range of collaborative initiatives already in place in the region and will house equipment and deliver training programmes including Apprenticeships. The Hubs are planned to commence operation (i.e. delivering training courses and Apprenticeships) from April 2017.

This contract will commence on 1st July 2016 and will conclude on March 31st 2017. Funding for the delivery of capital funding is being provided by Skills Capital Funding awarded to the Marches LEP.

It is intended that a minimum of two providers will be awarded contracts: one based in the North of the Marches LEP area and one based in the South. However, where applicants demonstrate clear need, and within the constraints of the funding available, multiple providers in each area may be considered.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80530000 - Vocational training 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: 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:
      Not Provided      
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         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: 8 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: Lot 1: Northern Marches

      1)Short Description:      
      Northern Marches (ie Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin)

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80530000 - Vocational 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: Lot 2: Southern Marches

      1)Short Description:      
      Southern Marches (ie Herefordshire)

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80530000 - Vocational 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:
      See tender documentation.
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      See tender documentation.
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Joint and severable liability
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      See tender documentation.      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      See tender documentation.      
      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:
         See tender documentation.
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         See tender 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: Yes
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: BMN 008      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

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

      Date: 14/04/2016

         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 15/04/2016
         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 Not Provided      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 15/04/2016
         Time: 12:00


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: 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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Shrewsbury:-Vocational-training-services./R55KX889SC

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/R55KX889SC
GO-201631-PRO-7836651 TKR-201631-PRO-7836650
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Shropshire Council
      Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1743252993, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk, URL: www.shropshire.gov.uk

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 day calendar day standstill period at the point of
information on 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. Additional
information should be requested from the contact in Section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of contract
has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S1 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved
parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court
(England and Wales).   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Shropshire Council
      Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shirehall, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
      Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 01/03/2016

ANNEX A

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
         1: Contracting Authority
      Shropshire Council is purchasing on behalf of itself and any wholly owned local authority company or other entity that is deemed to be a contracting authority by virtue of the Council's involvement.
      Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom