UK-London: welfare services for children and young people

2010/S 145-224096

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Save The Children
  1 St John's Lane, Farringdon
  Philanthropy and Partnerships
  Ann-Marie Sawdon
  EC1M 4ARLondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1642355127
  a.sawdon@savethechildren.org.uk [1]

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.savethechildren.org.uk [2]

  Address of the buyer profile http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA22808 [3]

  Further information can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Internet: Save The Children
  1 St John's Lane , Farringdon
  Philanthropy and Partnerships
  Ann-Marie Sawdon
  EC1M 4ARLondon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1642355127
  a.sawdon@savethechildren.org.uk [4]
  www.savethechildren.org.uk [5]

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Internet: Save The Children
  32 Mowbray Road , Norton
  Philanthropy and Partnerships
  Ann-Marie Sawdon
  TS20 2PZStockton-on-Tees
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1642355127
  a.sawdon@savethechildren.org.uk [6]
  www.savethechildren.org.uk [7]

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Internet: Save The Children
  32 Mowbray Road , Norton
  Philanthropy and Partnerships
  Ann-Marie Sawdon
  TS20 2PZStockton-on-Tees
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1642355127
  a.sawdon@savethechildren.org.uk [8]
  www.savethechildren.org.uk [9]

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

  Other International charity

  Education

  Other Child poverty

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

  Save the children approved partners register.

• 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 United Kingdom.

  NUTS code UK

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  The establishment of a framework agreement

• II.1.4)
  Information on framework agreement

  Framework agreement with several operators

  maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged 100

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3

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

  In the UK, 3 900 000 children live in poverty. Many don't have access to warm winter clothing, nutritious food, decent housing or education. Save the Children have been working in the UK since the 1920s, and today our focus is on fighting for the rights of disadvantaged children through ending child poverty and closing the education attainment gap between poorer pupils and their richer peers. Despite the Government’s promises, nearly 1 700 000 children in the UK are living in severe poverty. We are working to ensure that by 2015 no child in the UK is living in severe poverty.

  What we are doing.

  — We are holding the Government to account on their promise to end child poverty by 2020,

  — We are calling for the Government to break the link between poverty and educational achievement,

  — We are working with children and young people living in poverty to identify solutions to local problems within their community,

  — We are engaging with families and schools to encourage parental interaction in their children’s education.

  In order to effectively scale up our work across the UK we would like to invite applications from organisations and companies who wish to be considered for inclusion on an approved partner register. This register will allow Save the Children to effectively partner with like-minded organisations as either a Lead Agent or as a sub-contractor.

  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=78506 [10].

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  85311300, 85312120, 55243000, 48912000, 80310000, 98133110, 80100000

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

• 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

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

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

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

  No

III.2)
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

III.2.1)
Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)
Technical capacity

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

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

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

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

IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

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

  9.9.2010 - 13:00

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.

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

  In the UK, 3 900 000 children live in poverty. Many don't have access to warm winter clothing, nutritious food, decent housing or education. Save the Children have been working in the UK since the 1920s, and today our focus is on fighting for the rights of disadvantaged children through ending child poverty and closing the education attainment gap between poorer pupils and their richer peers. Despite the Government’s promises, nearly 1 700 000 children in the UK are living in severe poverty. We are working to ensure that by 2015 no child in the UK is living in severe poverty.

  What we are doing.

  — We are holding the Government to account on their promise to end child poverty by 2020,

  — We are calling for the Government to break the link between poverty and educational achievement,

  — We are working with children and young people living in poverty to identify solutions to local problems within their community,

  — We are engaging with families and schools to encourage parental interaction in their children’s education.

  In order to effectively scale up our work across the UK we would like to invite applications from organisations and companies who wish to be considered for inclusion on an approved partner register. This register will allow Save the Children to effectively partner with like-minded organisations as either a Lead Agent or as a sub-contractor.

  Application forms can be requested by emailing Ann-Marie Sawdon (Statutory Fundraising Executive) at a.sawdon@savethechildren.org.uk [11]. Please note the telephone requests will not be accepted. The closing date for the return of applications is Thursday 9th September at 1pm. Applications should be returned via email to a.sawdon@savethechildren.org.uk [12] or via post to:

  Save the Children.

  C/o Ann-Marie Sawdon.

  32 Mowbray Road

  Norton.

  Stockton-on-Tees.

  TS20 2PZ.

  UNITED KINGDOM.

  Along with the application form, please also attach the following information:

  — A copy of your most recent audited accounts,

  — A Pricing Schedule outlining the cost to Save the Children for each of your services (we understand that this may change in light of different service specifications and will accept an estimated costing).

  Please note that there is no guarantee of work for all organisations placed on our approved partner register.

  (MT Ref:78506)

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:

  26.7.2010