Tender: London: environmental training services

UK-London: environmental training services

2009/S 80-115630

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

Address: Organisation: Energy Saving Trust Ltd,

21 Dartmouth Street

, Contact: Procurement Manager, Attn: Gary Phillips, Country code: UK-London Postal code: SW1H 9BP. Tel. +44 2072270368. E-mail: gary.phillips@est.org.uk. Fax +44 2076542444.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.energysavingtrust.org.uk.

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0231.

Further information can be obtained at:

Address: Organisation: Energy Saving Trust Ltd,

21 Dartmouth Street

, Contact: Procurement Manager, Attn: Gary Phillips, Country code: UK-London Postal code: SW1H 9BP. Tel. +44 2072270368. E-mail: gary.phillips@est.org.uk. Fax +44 2076542444. URL: www.energysavingtrust.org.uk.

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

Address: Organisation: Energy Saving Trust Ltd,

21 Dartmouth Street

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

Address: Organisation: Energy Saving Trust Ltd,

21 Dartmouth Street

I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

Body governed by public law.

Environment.

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Smarter Driving Training.

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

Services.

Service category: No 27.

Main place of performance: England Scotland and Wales.

NUTS code: Location: "UNITED KINGDOM">UK.

II.1.3) The notice involves:

A public contract.

II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

The Energy Saving Trust is inviting Tenders for the supply of up to 3 714 days of driving instruction from Advanced Driving Instructors (hereafter referred to as ADIs). The Contractor will be supplying ADIs for the Energy Saving Trust's Smarter Driving Programme, and each day of instruction will involve training up to eight (8) people with Smarter Driving lessons of approximately fifty (50) minutes each.

Each fifty (50) minute lesson will involve driving a circuit on public roads three (3) times. The first circuit in the trainee's normal driving style without instruction to establish the trainee's baseline MPG and MPH; the second circuit under instruction; and the third circuit with little instruction from the ADI to measure the trainee's MPG and MPH after instruction. This will allow the Energy Saving Trust to calculate the percentage decrease in fuel consumption after training.

All ADIs will have attended at least a half-day course to explain the nature of the Energy Saving Trust Smarter Driving Programme and the techniques to be taught. All instructors to have demonstrated their own ability to drive efficiently and according to Energy Saving Trust Smarter Driving advice, to the satisfaction of the Contract manager.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=61523.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Environmental training services">80540000 .

II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

Yes.

II.1.8) Division into lots:

No.

II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:

Yes.

II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 900 000 GBP.

II.2.2) Options:

No.

II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

Duration in months: 10 (from the award of the contract).

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Any consortium which is awarded the Contract must form a legal entity before entering into it.

III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:

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 requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.

(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.

(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.

(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

III.2.3) Technical capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.

(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;

(3) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001.

(4) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests.

(5) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures.

(6) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

(7) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate.

III.2.4) Reserved contracts:
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:

Yes.

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:

Accelerated restricted.

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: The timescales make this business critical to use the accelerated procedure.

IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:

Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number:

IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria:

Lowest price.

IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used:

No.

IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

EST/DEL/09/008.

IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:

11.5.2009 - 12:00.

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

18.5.2009.

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:
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

(MT Ref:61523).

VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

23.4.2009.