Commercial Services: Provision of Group Structure Data

UK-Gwent: Data supply services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Office for National Statistics
      Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent, NP10 8XG, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1633456564, Email: PU.Projects@ons.gsi.gov.uk, URL: www.statistics.gov.uk
      Contact: PU.Projects@ons.gsi.gov.uk, Attn: Leilah Williams
      Electronic Access URL: www.delta-esourcing.com
      Electronic Submission URL: as above

      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:
      Other: Non Departmental Government Body

   I.3) Main activity:
      Other: Office for National Statistics is the Contracting Authority that provides UK Statistical 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: Provision of Group Structure Data
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         Region Codes: UK - UNITED KINGDOM         
      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:
      Data supply services. The ONS is the main Government Agency responsible for the collection and co-ordination of economic, labour and social statistics in the UK. The successful supplier will be required to supply company group structure data, update company group structure data and licence ONS usage of company group structure data for the ONS INter Departmental Business Register (IDBR). The IDBR is a structured list of 2.1 million UK businesses, maintained by the ONS and covering 99% of uk ecomonic activity which is primarily used to select samples for surveys of businesses, to produce analyses of business activity and to maintain details of business structures.As a minimum, suppliers will be required to provide heirachical linkages between UK businesses (eg. parent/subsidiary relationships) and details of foreign ownership.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         72319000 - Data supply services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Not Provided      
      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:
      The ONS is the main Government Agency responsible for the collection and co-ordination of economic, labour and social statistics in the UK. The successful supplier will be required to supply company group structure data, update company group structure data and licence ONS usage of company group structure data for the ONS INter Departmental Business Register (IDBR). The IDBR is a structured list of 2.1 million UK businesses, maintained by the ONS and covering 99% of uk ecomonic activity which is primarily used to select samples for surveys of businesses, to produce analyses of business activity and to maintain details of business structures.As a minimum, suppliers will be required to provide heirachical linkages between UK businesses (eg. parent/subsidiary relationships) and details of foreign ownership.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 400,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
                  
         Number of possible renewals: 2
                           
      If known, in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time-frame for subsequent contracts:
         Duration in months: 12
         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Starting: 01/07/2015
         Completion: 30/06/2021


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:
      As per tender documentation
      
      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:
      As per 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:
         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:         
         (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         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As per tender documentation         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As per 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: 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: PU-15/0034      
      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:


         Not Provided      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 01/03/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: Not Provided         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
         Until: 2015-03-02 00:00:00.0
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 02/03/2015
         Time: 15:00
         Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: No


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Yes
      Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2021
   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-Gwent:-Data-supply-services./6C39WZK4R8

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6C39WZK4R8
GO-2015114-PRO-6288844 TKR-2015114-PRO-6288843
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Office for National Statistics
      Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent, NP10 8XG, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1633456564, Email: PU.projects@ons.gsi.gov.uk

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: ONS will incorporate a minimum 10 calander days stand still period at the point information on the award of the contrcat is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from ONS before the contract is entered into. Applicants have two working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of three working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the contact point shown in I.1If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the high court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within three months). Where a contract has not been entered into, the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order ONS to amend any document and may award damages. If a contract has been entered into, the court may only award damages.   
   
      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: 14/01/2015

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