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Title: | Provision of a Virtual Learning Environment |
Notice type: | Contract Notice |
Authority: | Staffordshire University |
Nature of contract: | Services |
Procedure: | Restricted |
Short Description: | Provision of a Virtual Learning Environment |
Published: | 17/11/2015 13:43 |
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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
ANNEX A
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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
Main Address: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/
NUTS Code: UKG2
I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No
I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Other type:: Education
I.5) Main activity:
Education
Section II: Object Of The Contract
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Provision of a Virtual Learning Environment
Reference number: Not Provided
II.1.2) Main CPV code:
48190000 - Educational software package.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short description: Provision of a Virtual Learning Environment
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 918,000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
48190000 - Educational software package.
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire
Main site or place of performance:
Shropshire and Staffordshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Provision of a Virtual Learning Environment
II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70%
Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 30%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of these options:option to extend for a further 12 months
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No
A dynamic purchasing system was set up: No
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Not Provided
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No
Section V: Award of contract
Award Of Contract (No.1)
Contract No: Not Provided
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 14/04/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
Contractor (No.1)
Blackboard International B.V
Paleisstraat 1-5, 1012 RB, Amsterdam, Netherlands
NUTS Code: UKG2
The contractor is an SME: No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 918,000
Total value of the contract/lot: 918,000
Currency: GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=198961449
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Staffordshire University
Financial Services, Beacon House, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Staffordshire University
Financial Services, Beacon House, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 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.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Staffordshire University
Financial Services, Beacon House, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 15/04/2016