UK-Pontypridd: development consultancy services

2010/S 142-218989

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Capital Region Tourism
  c/o Eleri Davies, Welsh Assembly Government, QED Centre, Main Avenue Treforest Estate,
  Eleri Davies
  CF37 5YRPontypridd
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1443335647
  eleri.davies3@wales.gsi.gov.uk [1]
  +44 1443845565

  Internet address(es)

  Address of the buyer profile http://www.thevalleys.org.uk/ [2]

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

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

  Regional or local agency/office

  Other Tourism

  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

  Development and delivery of a programme of training and networking activities for community tourism sector in the south Wales Valleys.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 24

  Main place of performance UKL.

  NUTS code UKL1

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  The establishment of a framework agreement

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Framework agreement with several operators

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in month(s): 18

  Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

  estimated cost excluding VAT 700 000 GBP

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

  This tender brief has been issued by Capital Region Tourism on behalf of the Valleys Partnership to deliver the Community Tourism element of the wider Valleys Regional Park (VRP) project which has received funding from the European Convergence Funding under the Environment for Growth priority.

  Community based tourism is an important component of a comprehensive approach to the development of the valleys as a tourism destination. In this context the valleys are considered to include some or all of the local authority areas of Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen. The Valleys Partnership has successfully secured European Convergence Funding under the Environment for Growth priority and has specifically focused on community based tourism as one of its themes. The project is one of a series of Convergence Funding bids aimed at developing the tourism product within Wales and in particular, within the south Wales valleys area.

  The funding available provides a unique opportunity to take a fresh approach to tourism development in the valleys with particular focus on developing community engagement, raising confidence and pride through education and training.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  73220000, 80500000

• 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

II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Starting 1.10.2010. Completion 31.3.2012

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

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

• 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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the courts, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the courts or for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceeding under national laws or regulations;

  (c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;

  (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can justify;

  (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for qualitative selection.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) bank statement and/or evidence of professional risk indemnity insurance;

  (b) balance sheets or extracts of balance sheets;

  (c) statement of turnover for a maximum of the last 3 years.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  (a) a list of works carried out over the last 5 years with certificates of satisfaction;

  (b) a list of principal deliveries effected or services provided in the last 3 years and evidence of delivery;

  (c) an indication of technicians or technical bodies involved;

  (d) a description of technical facilities and measures used to ensure quality;

  (e) educational and professional qualifications of the supplier and staff responsible for performing the contract;

  (f) where appropriate, an indication of the environmental management measures that would be applied when performing the contract;

  (g) a statement of average annual manpower and number of staff in the last 3 years;

  (i) details of any intended sub-contracting arrangements;

  (j) where appropriate, samples, descriptions and photographs of products and quality assurance certificates.

• III.2.4)
  Reserved contracts

  No

• III.3)
  CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
• III.3.1)
  Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

  No

III.3.2)
Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

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

  Envisaged minimum number 3

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

• 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)
  An electronic auction will be used

  No

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

  VRPTraining2010

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

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Payable documents No

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

  31.8.2010

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

• IV.3.6)
  Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

  English.

  Other: Cymraeg.

• IV.3.7)
  Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

  Duration in month(s): 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  No

• VI.2)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

  Yes

  reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Valleys Regional Park (Convergence).

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  Buy4Wales Reference Number: 22305.

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.4.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  E-mail: Tel. Internet: Fax Capital Region Tourism
  North Lodge, Dyffryn Gardens, St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan
  CF5 6SU
  UNITED KINGDOM
  alice.brown@capitalregiontourism.org [3]
  +44 2920599221
  http://www.capitalregiontourism.org [4]
  +44 8458622490

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:

  21.7.2010