Natural History Museum: Design of donation infrastructure and donation visual identity for the Natural History Museum

UK-London: Museum-exhibition services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Natural History Museum
      Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 02079425416

      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:
      Education
      Other: National Museum

   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: Design of donation infrastructure and donation visual identity for the Natural History Museum
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 26
         
      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:
      Museum-exhibition services. Library, archives, museums and other cultural services. Museum services. Design of donation infrastructure and donation visual identity for the Natural History Museum
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         92521100 - Museum-exhibition services.
         
         92500000 - Library, archives, museums and other cultural services.
         
         92521000 - Museum 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: Yes    
   
   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: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
      Not Provided
   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:
      Joint and Severable Liability
      
      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:
         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:         
         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: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Accelerated Restricted
         Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: Urgent requirement due to recent changes in funding strategy      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 3   
   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: NHM PRO DIS 2014      
      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: 30/04/2014
      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: 01/05/2014
         Time: 17:00      
      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: The Natural History Museum (NHM) has recently adopted a new Visitor Donations Strategy that looks to develop and implement a new innovative approach to online and onsite donations.

The Museum is looking to appoint a professional firm or group of firms with a track record on design and fabrication of donation infrastructure to provide the following services:

1.   Visual identity for all donation channels onsite and online
2.   Design of innovative, attractive, and engaging donation infrastructure for onsite locations at South Kensington and Tring, including donation boxes and countertop boxes
3.   Manufacture and installation of all donation infrastructure at South Kensington and Tring sites
The successful Tenderer, whether representing one or several firms, will have outstanding design skills and strong experience on the development of this type of solutions to increase donation income. Innovation and creativity are key competences required, with the ability to fulfil the given brief in accordance to agreed strategic principles and the stipulated timelines. Excellent fabrication and installation standards are also required.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Museum-exhibition-services./Z94327652E

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/Z94327652E
GO-2014410-PRO-5596539 TKR-2014410-PRO-5596538
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
      United Kingdom

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
         12 Bloomsbury Square, London, London, WC1A 2LP, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 2074217444, Fax. +44 2074044023, Email: info@ciarb.org, URL: http://www.ciarb.org/

      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: 10/04/2014

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