Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

• I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

  For the attention of: Ashley Cartwright
  Contact: The Contracts Department
  Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
  41 Industrial Park
  Wakefield
  WF2 0XE
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Email: contracts@ypo.co.uk
  Tel: +44 1924885919

  Internet address(es):

  Address of the buyer profile: https://etendering.ypo.co.uk/epps

  Further information can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

• I.2) Type of the contracting authority

  Regional or local authority

• I.3) Main activity

  Not provided

• 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

• II.1) Description

  • II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

    The Supply of Catalogue Fulfilment and Distribution.

  • II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

    Services

    Service category No 2: Land transport services [2], including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail

    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UK Wide.

    NUTS code

  • II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract

  • II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

    Not provided

  • II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    YPO are looking for Providers to be appointed onto a contract for the fulfilment (that is the pick and pack of catalogues) and distribution of YPO’s main catalogue editions, including daily requests.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    64121100, 60160000

  • II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    Not provided

  • 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:

    Estimated value excluding VAT:

    Range: between 1 200 000,00 and 1 700 000,00 GBP

  • II.2.2) Information about options

    Not provided

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    Not provided

• II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

  Starting 1.9.2012. Completion 31.8.2016

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: no

• 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 ability

    Not provided

  • III.2.3) Technical capacity

    Not provided

  • III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

    Not provided

• III.3) Conditions specific to services 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.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

    Not provided

  • IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Not provided

• IV.2) Award criteria

  • IV.2.1) Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below

    1. Cost. Weighting 50

    2. Quality. Weighting 20

    3. Delivery. Weighting 15

    4. Sustainability. Weighting 10

    5. Customer Service. Weighting 5

  • 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:

    000292

  • 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

    Not provided

  • IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    23.7.2012 - 14:00

  • IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

    Not provided

  • 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

    in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

  • IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

    Date: 23.7.2012

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  Not provided

• 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

  Please register as a supplier on the YPO eProcurement system etendering.ypo.co.uk. Once you have registered please view the 'opportunites register' and express yout interest in the tender. Once you have expressed your interest the tender the documents can be downloaded by selecting 'opp documents' from the 'show opp menu' toolbar.

• VI.4) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Not provided

  • 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:

  13.6.2012