Natural History Museum: Public Relations Agency for the Natural History Museum

UK-London: Public relations 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: Public Relations Agency for the Natural History Museum
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         Region Codes: UKI1 - Inner London         
      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:
      Public relations services. Public relations management services. Public relations consultancy services. Public Relations Agency for the Natural History Museum
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         79416000 - Public relations services.
         
         79416100 - Public relations management services.
         
         79416200 - Public relations consultancy 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: 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: 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:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   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: 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: 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 for PR Services      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 3 and maximum number: 6   
   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: Not Provided      
      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: 30/06/2014
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: Not Provided         


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 is seeking to engage the services of a public relations agency and fundraising consultancy to offer strategic advice, executive profiling and networking, a programme of profile-raising networking to assist with corporate relations, international promotion to secure international philanthropy and help to build contacts for commercial activities, and crisis communications support..

Potential bidders are required complete and submit a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) via the Delta e-sourcing website, and suitable candidates will be short listed from PQQ's received and invited to tender. The Access Code for this PQQ is: PCQWM2N22A
The deadline for submitting a response(s) is 30/06/2014 12 Noon.

Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time to upload your PQQ to the Delta e-sourcing site prior to the closing time. WE SUGGEST AT LEAST 90 MINUTES. If you experience any technical difficulties please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0845 270 7050 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com.


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-London:-Public-relations-services./PCQWM2N22A

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/PCQWM2N22A
GO-2014612-PRO-5736515 TKR-2014612-PRO-5736514
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      The Chartered Institue of Arbitrators
      United Kingdom

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               The Chartered Institue of Arbitrators
         12 Bloomsbury Square, London, London, WC1A 2LP, United Kingdom
         Tel. +44 02074217444, 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: 12/06/2014

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