Tender: UK-Paisley: banking services

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UK-Paisley: banking services

2010/S 144-222405

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

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

Provision of banking services.
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 Renfrewshire Area.

NUTS code UKM35
II.1.3)
The notice involves

A public contract

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

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

Renfrewshire Council has a requirement for banking services.

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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

Yes
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope

Excluding VAT

Range between 20 000 and 40 000 GBP
II.2.2)
Options

Yes

description of these options: This contract will be for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for 12 months then a further 12 months then a further 12 months.
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

Starting 1.4.2011. Completion 1.4.2014

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

All prices in the tender must be in Sterling (GBP). Payments will bemade to the appointed contractor in Stering (GBP).
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

In the event of an associated group of companies being successful, the Council will require each company to be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract. This assurance will be required in writing before any contract can be awarded to such a group.

Tenderers will be required to confirm that none of the factors listed in Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 23 of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations are applicable to their company.
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.3.1)
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

Yes

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

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

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below

1. Price. Weighting 65 %

2. Quality. Weighting 35 %
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

R101101953
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior information notice

Notice number in OJ: 2010/S 95-143793 of 18.5.2010
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 17.8.2010
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

24.8.2010 - 12:00

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.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Renfrewshire Council shall incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of contract is communicated to the tenderers. This period allows unsuccesful tenderers to seek further debriefing from Renfrewshire Council before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period.

VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained