Staffordshire University: Provision of a Virtual Learning Environment

UK-Stafford: Educational software package.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Staffordshire University
      Financial Services, Beacon House, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom
      Email: claire.wells@staffs.ac.uk
      Contact: Claire Wells, Attn: Claire Wells

      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: Education

   I.3) Main activity:
      Education

   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 a Virtual Learning Environment
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         Region Codes: UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire         
      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:
      Educational software package. Provision of a Virtual Learning Environment
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         48190000 - Educational software package.
         

      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:
      Initial period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 750,000 and 1,000,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Yes
         If yes, description of these options: option to extend for a further 12 months       
      If known, Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
                  
         Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
                            
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
                   
   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: 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:         
         (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         (a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
         (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
         (c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         A full PQQ is available where suppliers will be required to demonstrate their ability to deliver this requirement. Full evaluation details are contained in this document. Questions will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis and scored matrix Only the top three Suppliers able to demonstrate the most appropriate experience will be invited to tender      
      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: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
                        Envisaged minimum number: 1 and maximum number: 3         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         Included within the PQQ Document   
   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: Not Provided
      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 10/12/2015
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 17/12/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 19/01/2016      
      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: Yes
      Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 36
   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: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Stafford:-Educational-software-package./KM246HU562

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/KM246HU562
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Staffordshire University
      Financial Services, Beacon House, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Staffordshire University
         Financial Services, Beacon House, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Staffordshire University will allow a 10 day standstill period at the point the decision regarding the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers in accordance with regulation 87 of the public contract regulations 2015   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Staffordshire University
      Financial Services, Beacon House, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 17/11/2015

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