London Boroughs of Richmond and Wandsworth: THE DISTRIBUTION OF BRIGHTSIDE AND HOMELIFE PUBLICATIONS

UK-Wandsworth Town: Printing and delivery services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Wandsworth Borough Council
      Wandsworth High Street, Wandsworth Town, Wandsworth Town, SW18 2PU, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2088715072, Email: ichoudhury@wandsworth.gov.uk, URL: www.wandsworth.gov.uk
      Contact: Central Procurement Team, Attn: Ishman Choudhury
      Electronic Access URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/359G99T837
      Electronic Submission URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/359G99T837

      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:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   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: THE DISTRIBUTION OF BRIGHTSIDE AND HOMELIFE PUBLICATIONS
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         Region Codes: UKI11 - Inner London - West         
      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:
      Printing and delivery services. Printing and distribution services. Wandsworth Borough Council (the “Council”) is inviting tenders from suitably experienced and qualified contractors for the provision of services to distribute two Council publications, BrightSide and Homelife.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         79823000 - Printing and delivery services.
         
         79824000 - Printing and distribution services.
         

      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:
      The Contract will be for a period of two (2) years commencing on 10 January 2016 but may, subject to the mutual agreement of the Council and the Contractor, be extended up to an aggregate of up to two (2) further years.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 160,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
                  
         Number of possible renewals: 2
                           
      If known, in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time-frame for subsequent contracts:
         Duration in months: 24
         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 48 (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:
      As set out in the invitation to tender documentation
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      As set out in the invitation to tender documentation
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      As set out in the invitation to tender document
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      As set out in the invitation to tender documentation      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      As set out in the invitation to tender documentation      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         (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:
         As set out in the invitation to tender documentation         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out in the invitation to tender documentation
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         (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;
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         As set out in the invitation to tender documentation         
         Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
         As set out in the invitation to tender documentation      
      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: Open
   
   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: CPT/1737      
      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: 21/10/2015
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 11:59
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 21/10/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
         Duration in days: 182
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 21/10/2015
         Time: 12:00
         Place:
         Wandsworth Town Hall - Central Procurement Office
         Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: Yes
            One authoriser and one witness, all from the Central Procurement Team.


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Yes
      Estimated timing for further notices to be published: August 2019
   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 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-Wandsworth-Town:-Printing-and-delivery-services./359G99T837

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/359G99T837
GO-2015918-PRO-7084530 TKR-2015918-PRO-7084529
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      High Court
      Royal Court of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 20794760000

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: In accordance with Regulations 32 and 32A (Information about contract award procedures and the application of the standstill period prior to contract award) and Part 9 (Applications to the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.   
   
      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: 18/09/2015

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