Tender: UK-Leamington Spa: banking services
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UK-Leamington Spa: banking services
2010/S 49-072793
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
- I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Warwick District Council, Riverside House, Milverton Hill, Contact: Melanie Gillman, Leamington Spa CV32 5HZ, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1926456201. E-mail: melanie.gillman@warwickdc.gov.uk. Fax +44 1926456841.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.warwickdc.gov.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: URL: www.delta-ets.com.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: URL: www.delta-ets.com.
- I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
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:
UK-Leamington Spa: provision of remote payment facilities.
- II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 6.
Main place of performance: Warwick District, Warwickshire.
NUTS code: UKG13.
- II.1.3)The notice involves:
A public contract.
- II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Warwick District Council is seeking tenders for the provision of face to face payment collection services operated by a third party through local (based within Warwick District) post offices, shops and other business using but not limited to swipe cards and bar coded accounts.
Payments will be made in relation to council tax, business rates, housing rents, penalty charges and other debtors. Banking services.
- II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
66110000.
- 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:
5 year contract with option extend by a further 5 years. Annual approximate value of contract 70 000 GBP
Estimated value excluding VAT: 350 000 GBP.
- II.2.2)Options:
Yes.
Description of these options: Contract period initially 5 years from 1.7.2009. Option extend by a further 5 years from 1.7.2015 subject to performance and Council requirements.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 60 (from the award of the contract).
Number of possible renewals: 1.
- II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Starting: 1.7.2010.
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
- 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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or 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 court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(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 with 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 with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Please refer to Regulation no 23 of the Public Procurement Regulations 2006 (SI No 5) for additional rejection criteria (see link).
- III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.
- 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.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.2.3)Technical capacity:
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.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:
DMC 012010.
- 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: 30.4.2010.
Payable documents: no.
- IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
3.5.2010 - 12:00.
- 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.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.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
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:
No.
- VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Tender documents and supporting material can be downloaded from www.delta-ets.com.
Suppliers must read through this complete set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this tender.
Your tender must be completed and submitted electronically by using Vault through BiPs Delta-ets by the due date of 3.5.2010 (12:00).
The information and documents for this tender will be accessible at the following website www.delta-ets.com. To be able to access these documents you will need to register your company details and enter the following tender access code (TAC) 04T795453 at the bottom of the registration page, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have already registered with Delta previously, please follow the link shown and click on the 'Delta-ets Home' tab instead. This will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents.
If you have registered and have forgotten your username and password, please click on the forgotten password link on the Delta-ets homepage.
Please keep this username and password secure, and do not pass it to any third parties.
You must log into Delta-ets and then click on the Vault tab, if you have added the TAC code to your registration you will automatically view the tender title. Click on this link and you will be taken into the tenderbox where the documents are stored. If you have previously accessed Delta then please enter the TAC code in Vault and you will then be able to access the documentation. Please check that you are able to access these online ITT documents. If you are experiencing problems, then please contact the Delta helpdesk via email: helpdesk@delta-ets.com or call +44 08452707050 for further assistance.
Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application like WinZip or WinRar.
GO reference: GO 10030911/01.
- VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
- VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days where non-electronic or fax methods are used) at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers. The award decision notice will specify the criteria for the award of the contract/framework agreement, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tender; and will specify when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the contracting authority will not conclude the contract/framework agreement. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract/framework agreement has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If a framework agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages. The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months.
- VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
9.3.2010.
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
