Lincolnshire Development: Lincolnshire Supply Chain Initiative Business Support Programme

UK-Lincoln: Business analysis consultancy services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Lincolnshire County Council
      Floor Zero, City Hall, Beaumont Fee, Lincoln, LN1 1DD, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1522550640, Email: sara.kendall@lincolnshire.gov.uk, URL: Lincolnshire County Council
      Attn: Sara Kendall

      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
      Other: Business Support Services

   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: Lincolnshire Supply Chain Initiative Business Support Programme
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 11

         Region Codes: UKF30 - Lincolnshire         
      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. Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security. Business and management consultancy and related services. Business and management consultancy services. Business-development consultancy services. Lincolnshire County Council, in a partnership with Procurement Lincolnshire and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, has been successful in securing £251,000 from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to help stimulate the Lincolnshire Economy by developing and supporting supply chains within the County’s Key Sectors.

The Lincolnshire Supply Chain Initiative (LiSCI) will support indigenous businesses located within the PA2 areas of Lincolnshire to procure and trade locally, strengthen their own supply chains, and assist SMEs to assess and increase their business through these supply chains. Focusing on the county’s key sectors, the project will strengthen the knowledge and ability of Lincolnshire SMEs that have the potential to join the supply chains of some of the County’s largest private and public sector organisations.

Through a combination of one to one support and workshops, SMEs will be supported to develop cost effective procurement practices, as well as putting mechanisms in place to make sure that they are ready to win contracts with large, private sector businesses as well as with the County’s local authorities. Participating SMEs will be signposted to suitable opportunities identified through the Supply Chain Development Analysis.

Tenders are invited for the supply of services in respect the Lincolnshire Supply Chain Development including 1-1 capacity building support as well as mapping and analysis of Lincolnshire’s major businesses and their supply chains.

Initial contract value is £200K for activity within the PA2 area, with a possible extension to £440K if further funds can be secured to roll the programme out to the rest of the county.

Initial contract period is 20 months starting from 10th February 2014, with the possiblity of 2 extensions of 8 months taking the total contract period to 3 years. Again the extension is subject to securing further funds to roll the programme out to the whole County of Lincolnshire.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services.
         
         79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security.
         
         79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.
         
         79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.
         
         79411100 - Business-development 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: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Lincolnshire County Council, in a partnership with Procurement Lincolnshire and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, has been successful in securing £251,000 from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to help stimulate the Lincolnshire Economy by developing and supporting supply chains within the County’s Key Sectors.

The Lincolnshire Supply Chain Initiative (LiSCI) will support indigenous businesses located within the PA2 areas of Lincolnshire to procure and trade locally, strengthen their own supply chains, and assist SMEs to assess and increase their business through these supply chains. Focusing on the county’s key sectors, the project will strengthen the knowledge and ability of Lincolnshire SMEs that have the potential to join the supply chains of some of the County’s largest private and public sector organisations.

Through a combination of one to one support and workshops, SMEs will be supported to develop cost effective procurement practices, as well as putting mechanisms in place to make sure that they are ready to win contracts with large, private sector businesses as well as with the County’s local authorities. Participating SMEs will be signposted to suitable opportunities identified through the Supply Chain Development Analysis.

Tenders are invited for the supply of services in respect the Lincolnshire Supply Chain Development including 1-1 capacity building support as well as mapping and analysis of Lincolnshire’s major businesses and their supply chains.

Initial contract value is £200K for activity within the PA2 area, with a possible extension to £440K if further funds can be secured to roll the programme out to the rest of the county.

Initial contract period is 20 months starting from 10th February 2014, with the possiblity of 2 extensions of 8 months taking the total contract period to 3 years. Again the extension is subject to securing further funds to roll the programme out to the whole County of Lincolnshire.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 200,000 and 440,000
         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: 20 (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:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      Please note the terms contained within the Specification section of the ITT relating to European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) requirements due to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) element of the project.      
   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:         
         Not Provided
      
      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: No
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: DSLC/ITT1      
      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: 19/12/2013
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 27/12/2013
         Time: 17:00      
      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: 90
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: No


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: Yes
      Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Championing Sustainable Economic Growth       
   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-Lincoln:-Business-analysis-consultancy-services./UN8P656XAQ

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/UN8P656XAQ
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   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: 15/11/2013

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