Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust : Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme

UK-London: Educational software package.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
      Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2032994505, Email: julian.soden@nhs.net
      Contact: Julian Soden, Attn: Julian Soden

      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:
      Health

   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: Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 24

         Region Codes: UKI - LONDON         
      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 a single operator
         Duration of the framework agreement:
                        Duration in months: 36
         Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
                                    
            Range between: 400,000 and 500,000
            Currency: GBP
                  
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Educational software package. Administrative educational services. Education and training services. Higher education services. Adult and other education services. Adult-education services at university level. Design, delivery and commissioning of an Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme for a suite of Organisation Leadership Development interventions in support of outstanding leadership development and enhancement of NHS Staffs delivery of care to patients.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         48190000 - Educational software package.
         
         75121000 - Administrative educational services.
         
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
         80300000 - Higher education services.
         
         80400000 - Adult and other education services.
         
         80430000 - Adult-education services at university level.
         

      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:
      Design, delivery and commissioning of an Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme for a suite of Organisation Leadership Development interventions in support of outstanding leadership development and enhancement of NHS Staffs delivery of care to patients. The programme will be designed for the following objectives:

•   The overarching outcome will be to build the capability and capacity of OD in the London NHS system through providing an accredited Post Graduate practitioner programme that:
•   Enhances the capability of existing OD Practitioners and
•   Develops annual cohorts of qualified OD Practitioners who can use OD tools and approaches effectively in their organisations.

Learning outcomes for programme participants must include but not be limited to:
•   A broad understanding of the underpinning theory base of OD and how organisations function, with a particular understanding of organisations as complex social processes and the implications of this perspective for their practice as leader, manager or internal consultant.
•   A heightened awareness of self – how they engage with and impact on other individuals, groups and relational processes in the organisation context and in their role as change agent and/or internal consultant.
•   Increased ability to work effectively with group and power dynamics in health care settings.
•   An enhanced sense of personal presence and confidence, enabling them to respond appropriately in uncertain and emerging change situations.
•   An increased competence in using all aspects of the contracting cycle and particularly in designing change processes and facilitating small and large scale interventions.

The target audience will be existing members of the Leadership and OD community in London; individuals who are currently practicing in OD and have real-life examples that they can bring to the programme.

The successful provider will have an existing accredited Post Graduate Certificate programme that can be tailored to reflect the context of the NHS in London, refining modules and delivery to the target audience.

This tender is for a contract of up to a maximum of 3 years, with committment to annual periods only. Commitment to year 2 will be wholly dependent on the effectiveness and success rate of year 1 cohort and commitment to year 3 will be wholly dependent on the effectiveness and success rate of year 1 and year 2 cohorts. It is anticipated that each annual cohort will of between 20 and 30 participants per year and the programme is expected to start in March 2014 and be spread over 9-12 months per cohort.                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 400,000 and 500,000
         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: 36 (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:
      NHS Standard Terms & Conditrions for the Supply of a Service      
   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:         
         (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.
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Please see and complete PQQ document         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Please see and complete PQQ document
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         (f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
         (j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Please see and complete PQQ document         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         Please see and complete PQQ document      
      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: Not Provided      
      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: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                Not Provided
   
   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: Z.023.14      
      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: 25/02/2014
         Time: 17:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: Not Provided      
      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: Service providers must read this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this oppotunity. The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/index.html. You must register on this site to respond. If you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the delta homepage. Service providers must log in, go to your response manager and add the following accesscode: xxxxxxxxx. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when submiting your tender prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
In order to overcome file size difficulties we request that tender submissions are completed in ‘Word’ or similar. Attachments to the response should be compiled into one zip file.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Educational-software-package./4539638WKH

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4539638WKH
GO-2014124-PRO-5413279 TKR-2014124-PRO-5413278
   
   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: 24/01/2014

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
      Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
      Guy's Hospital, Gt Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RS, United Kingdom