Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

  For the attention of: Clive Gilbert
  Civil Aviation Authority
  Aviation House, Gatwick Airport South
  Gatwick
  RH6 0YR
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Email: clive.gilbert@caa.co.uk

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: www.caa.co.uk

  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

  Body governed by public law

• I.3) Main activity

  Other: Aviation Regulator

• 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 provision of consultancy services for the Civil Aviation Authority's Regulatory Policy Group.

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

    Services

    Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services

    NUTS code UKI11

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

    The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

  • II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

    Framework agreement with several operators

    Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 30

    Duration of the framework agreement

    Duration in years: 4

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

    The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is inviting expressions of interest from organisations wishing to enter into a framework agreement with the CAA to provide advice on a range of work to be undertaken by the CAA's Regulatory Policy Group (RPG). The CAA plans to enter into a framework agreement with a number of organisations that will provide advice to the CAA on topics, as they arise, coveriing the following Lots:-.

    Lot 1: Financial analysis (for both airports and air traffic services) which includes advice on aspects of the cost of capital, financeability issues and financial modelling.

    Lot 2: Competition and market analysis which includes advice on the degree of market power enjoyed by the airports and terminal air traffic navigation services, potential harm, protections afforded by competition law and potential remedies, and assessment of competition law cases.

    Lot 3: Comparative performance including one or more of:

    — Commercial revenue benchmarking which includes benchmarking and advice on future trajectories on retail and property and car parking revenues;

    — Staff cost benchmarking which includes advice on one or more of: wage and total staff costs, and pensions advice; and.

    — Other benchmarking which includes benchmarking of airport and air traffic operations or the costs of central functions such as finance, human resources and advice on specific areas of business such as IT, rates, utilities and insurance and scrutiny of cost allocation processes.

    Lot 4: Technical analysis which includes one or more of the following:-.

    — review and benchmarking of capital expenditure (including both civils and IT based expenditure);

    — review and benchmarking of asset management; and.

    — scrutiny of regulatory compliance which could include consultation requirements or measurement of service quality (including delays).

    Lot 5: Demand forecasting and passenger research.

    Lot 6: Regulatory, economics, strategy and finance advice. This could include advice on the development of airport and air traffic service licence framework and strategy and the licences themselves.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    73210000

  • 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: yes

    Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

  • 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) Information about options

    Not provided

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    Not provided

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

  Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

• Lot No: 1

  • Lot title: Financial analysis

• 1) Short description

  Financial analysis (for both airports and air traffic services) which includes advice on aspects of the cost of capital, financeability issues and financial modelling.

• 2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73210000

• 3) Quantity or scope

  Not provided

• 4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

  Not provided

• 5) Additional information about lots

  Not provided

• Lot No: 2

  • Lot title: Competition and market analysis

• 1) Short description

  Competition and market analysis which includes advice on the degree of market power enjoyed by the airports and terminal air traffic navigation services, potential harm, protections afforded by competition law and potential remedies, and assessment of competition law cases.

• 2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73210000

• 3) Quantity or scope

  Not provided

• 4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

  Not provided

• 5) Additional information about lots

  Not provided

• Lot No: 3

  • Lot title: Comparative performance

• 1) Short description

  Comparative performance including one or more of:

  — commercial revenue benchmarking which includes benchmarking and advice on future trajectories on retail and property and car parking revenues;

  — staff cost benchmarking which includes advice on one or more of: wage and total staff costs, and pensions advice; and.

  — other benchmarking which includes benchmarking of airport and air traffic operations or the costs of central functions such as finance, human resources and advice on specific areas of business such as IT, rates, utilities and insurance and scrutiny of cost allocation processes.

• 2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73210000

• 3) Quantity or scope

  Not provided

• 4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

  Not provided

• 5) Additional information about lots

  Not provided

• Lot No: 4

  • Lot title: Technical analysis

• 1) Short description

  Lot 4: Technical analysis which includes one or more of the following:-.

  — review and benchmarking of capital expenditure (including both civils and IT based expenditure);

  — review and benchmarking of asset management; and.

  — scrutiny of regulatory compliance which could include consultation requirements or measurement of service quality (including delays).

• 2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73210000

• 3) Quantity or scope

  Not provided

• 4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

  Not provided

• 5) Additional information about lots

  Not provided

• Lot No: 5

  • Lot title: Demand forecasting and passenger research

• 1) Short description

  Demand forecasting and passenger research.

• 2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73210000

• 3) Quantity or scope

  Not provided

• 4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

  Not provided

• 5) Additional information about lots

  Not provided

• Lot No: 6

  • Lot title: Regulatory, economics, strategy and finance advice

• 1) Short description

  Regulatory, economics, strategy and finance advice. This could include advice on the development of airport and air traffic service licence framework and strategy and the licences themselves.

• 2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73210000

• 3) Quantity or scope

  Not provided

• 4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

  Not provided

• 5) Additional information about lots

  Not provided

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

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Interested parties must request copies of the CAA Pre-Qualification Questionnaire from Clive Gilbert at the email address in I.1 quoting the reference 1778. In their completed Questionnaires, the interested parties must specify which of the Lots they are intested in. The Questionnaires must be completed and returned to Clive Gilbert at the email address in I1 by 27.7.2012.

  • 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

    Restricted

  • 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. Added value. Weighting 25

    2. Price. Weighting 25

    3. Quality. Weighting 25

    4. Service. Weighting 25

  • 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:

    1778

  • IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no

  • 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

    27.7.2012

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

    27.8.2012

  • 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

    Not provided

  • IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

    Not provided

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  This is a recurrent procurement: no

• VI.2) Information about European Union funds

  Not provided

• VI.3) Additional information

  Not provided

• 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:

  19.6.2012