Contract award: UK-Swindon: publications

UK-Swindon: publications

2010/S 130-198636

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: RCUK SSC Limited
  North Star House, North Star Avenue, Wiltshire
  Clare Walker
  SN2 1FFSwindon
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1793867418
  clare.walker@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.rcuk.ac.uk

  Address of the buyer profile www.esrc.ac.uk

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

  Body governed by public law

  Other 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

  Britain In - 22120000.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 15

  Main place of performance UK.

  NUTS code UK

II.1.3)
The notice involves

• II.1.4)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  The ESRC intends to appoint a suitable qualified and resourced design publisher contractor for the design, print and guaranteed retail distribution of the fifth issue of its annual on sale magazine Britain in 2011.

  Britain in 2011 as with the previous four magazines will be for a wide audience, showcasing social sciences; it will be published in its now annual slot of late November. The issue will build and enhance upon the other issues and will be designed to appeal to those who enjoy informed debate, current affairs and have an interest in social sciences and UK society. It will remain at around 124 pages and is likely to retain a print run of 50 000.

  As with the 2010 magazine the wide distribution in supermarkets, WH Smiths retail and travel, other outlets and internationally must be maintained.

  The contactor must be able to supply excellent quality design efficiently and effectively, to a very tight timescale and budget. Must have experience of publishing retail magazines. Experience in publishing of the science/current affairs area would be desirable. In addition must have direct experience of retail distribution.

  This contract will be two years with the option to extend for one but is subject to budgetary approval each financial year.

• II.1.5)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  22120000, 22100000, 22000000, 22200000, 22213000, 79415200, 79824000

• II.1.6)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  Yes

• II.2)
  TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
• II.2.1)
  Total final value of contract(s)

  Value 140 000 GBP

  Excluding VAT

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

• IV.2.2)
  An electronic auction has been used

  No

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

  PS100021

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

  No

SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT

CONTRACT NO: PS100021

TITLE Publication services for Britain In.

• V.1)
  Date of contract award decision:

  29.4.2010

• V.2)
  NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:

  4

• V.3)
  NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN

  E-mail: Internet: BBC Customer Publishing
  Tower House, Fairfax Street
  BS1 3BNBristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  juliewilliams@bbccustomerpublishing.com
  bbcpublishing.com

• V.4)
  INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT

  Total final value of the contract

  Value 140 000 GBP

  Excluding VAT

  If annual or monthly value number of years 2

• V.5)
  THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED

  Yes value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties

  Value excluding VAT 50,000 GBP

  Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be sub-contracted Printing and promotional costs of the publication.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS

  No

VI.2)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• VI.3)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.3.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures

• VI.3.2)
  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 six-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.3.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.4)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  5.7.2010