Tender: UK-Didcot: research and experimental development services
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UK-Didcot: research and experimental development services
2010/S 35-051011
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
- I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
RCUK Shared Services Centre Ltd, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Attn: Jonathan Smith, Didcot OX11 0QX, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1235446394. E-mail: jonathan.smith@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.rcuk.ac.uk.
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:
Body governed by public law.
Other: Scientific Research.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
- II.1)DESCRIPTION
- II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Bioprocessing research industry club (BRIC) programme manager.
- II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: UK.
NUTS code: UK.
- II.1.3)The notice involves:
A public contract.
- II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
RCUK SSC Ltd, on behalf of the biotechnology & biological sciences research council (BBSRC), would like to invite tenders for the provision of a programme manager to engage with researchers and help with the delivery of the bioprocessing research industry club (BRIC).
The first phase of BRIC was launched in 2006 by BBSRC, EPSRC and industry in recognition of the need to invest further in high quality bioprocessing research in universities, where innovative new ideas may improve the ability of companies to more efficiently manufacture complex biopharmaceuticals. Its success has led to development of a second phase of BRIC, to be launched in Spring 2010.
The operation of BRIC is managed by BBSRC and EPSRC in partnership with the TSB-funded knowledge transfer network in HealthTech and medicines, and a programme manager. The BRIC programme manager acts as the academic coordinator for the programme, and plays a central role in the delivery of BRIC. Due to the current contract for this position coming to an end, BBSRC wishes to issue a new contract for a programme manager that will continue to support the projects initiated in BRIC Phase 1, and play a central role in the delivery of BRIC Phase 2.
(S)he will be responsible for disseminating information about the club to the academic community, supporting applicants in developing research proposals, coordinating and monitoring funded projects and supporting networking in the club.
For more information on BRIC, please visit www.bbsrc.ac.uk/bric.
- II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
73100000, 73210000.
- 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:
No.
- II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
- II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
The role of the programme manager will be to-.
Disseminate information on the club and calls to potential applicants and encourage them to submit applications.
Advise applicants in developing research proposals, encouraging collaboration and interdisciplinarity.
Monitor progress of funded projects against agreed plans and to include visiting funded research groups from phase 1 and those that will be funded in phase 2.
Manage the close-out of projects and support the final reporting procedures for research projects in phase 1 and phase 2.
Work with the HealthTech and medicines KTN to support academic/industrial networking within the club community.
Co-ordinate the work of grant holders funded through both phases 1 and 2 with each other and facilitate communication between individual grant holders and club members.
Contribute to the organisation and delivery of club dissemination meetings in partnership with the BBSRC and the HealthTech and medicines KTN.
Assist with the wider dissemination of the outputs of the club.
The programme manager will be accountable to the BBSRC head of business and innovation and will consult regularly with the BRIC Steering Group, BBSRC and the HealthTech and Medicines KTN.
Person specification.
The candidate must have detailed knowledge of one of the following technical areas-.
Bioscience underpinning bioprocessing understanding the cellular and molecular processes which are predictive of process performance and which can inform strategies for process design and metabolic engineering.
Improved tools for bioprocessing, tools to accelerate bioprocess development including high throughput bioprocess development, modelling of whole bioprocesses, improved analytics and ultra-scale down systems.
The individual will ideally also have direct experience of managing industrial/academic collaborations, knowledge of the relevant science and engineering base and an understanding of how BBSRC operates. In addition, the individual will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be an experienced project manager and excellent facilitator. It would be desirable for the candidate to have an understanding of the skills and training needs in the bioprocessing sector.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years (with a potential extension for a further 1 year) for approximately 60 days pa and will start on 1.6.2010. The contract will be managed through BBSRC.
- II.2.2)Options:
No.
- II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
- III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
See tender document.
- III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
See tender document.
- III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
See tender document.
- 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: See tender document.
- III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See tender document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See tender document.
- III.2.3)Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
See tender document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See tender document.
- 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:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
- IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
- IV.1.1)Type of procedure:
Open.
- IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no.
- 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:
JS2377.
- IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No.
- IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12.4.2010 - 11:00.
Payable documents: no.
- IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
14.4.2010 - 11:00.
- 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:
Duration in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
- IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:
Date: 8.4.2010.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
RCUK SSC Ltd procurement staff.
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
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:
No.
- VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
- VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will notify suppliers knocked out at PQQ stage and not invited to tender why they were unsuccessful.
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day stand still period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The 10 day period will be extended to 15 days from the 'relevant sending date' when the 'Alcatel' letter is not sent electronically.
This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address in Section I.1.
The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 also clarify that a letter received from an unsuccessful bidder is not in itself enough to extend the legal standstill period and prevent the authority signing the contract. To do so, a bidder must actually go to court, issue proceedings, and serve them.
If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the public contracts regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) as amended by the public contracts (amendment) regulations 2009, provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at a risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England Wales and northern Ireland).
The new limitation period will apply specifically where a bidder brings an 'ineffectiveness' claim. There is a 6-month long-stop period that will be shortened to 30 days where the authority has published an award notice, or where they have notified the losing bidders of their exclusion, and given proper reasons.
- VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
18.2.2010.
VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
