Tender: UK-East Kilbride: environmental management

UK-East Kilbride: environmental management

2010/S 163-251264

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Contact: Tel. E-mail: Fax Department for International Development
  Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
  Debbie Healy
  G75 8EAEast Kilbride
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1355843465
  D-Healy@dfid.gov.uk
  +44 1355843183

  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

  Other Central level

  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-East Kilbride: piloting greater use of standardised approaches in the clean development mechanism (CDM).

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

  Services

  Service category: No 11

  Main place of performance Global.

• 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)

  Within the UNFCCC negotiations, a number of reforms to the carbon market are being discussed that would help to improve its efficiency, environmental integrity and potentially increase access to the CDM by underrepresented countries and regions. Standardised approaches (referred to in UNFCCC discussions as 'standardized baselines') are CDM methodologies based on uniform methods and procedures applicable to multiple projects. Instead of complex, project-specific tests for additionality and calculations of baseline emissions, project developers could use standard emission factors or choose to measure their project against an agreed performance standard for their particular project type.

  The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) is seeking to offer a contract, for which the successful bidder will develop specific practical examples of performance standards and default factors that could be applied to CDM projects. The project should demonstrate how standardised approaches can be adapted to suit national circumstances. In demonstrating the benefits of standardised approaches, and targeting project types of particular interest to low income countries, the work should help demonstrate how standardised approaches can help improve access to the CDM for countries that are currently underrepresented in the mechanism.

  General management consultancy services. Environmental management. Environmental planning. Environmental improvement works.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  90710000, 45262640, 90712000

• 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

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Duration in months: 6 (from the award of the contract)

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

  The contract will be governed by English Law. Prices are not required at expression of interest (EOI) stage, however when required prices must be quoted in GBP. DFID reserves the right to annul the process and not to award the contract.

• III.1.3)
  Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

  Joint and several liability.

• 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

  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

  Yes

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Accelerated restricted

  Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: Urgent requirement.

• IV.1.2)
  Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

  Envisaged number of operators 5

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Are stated in the pre-qualification questionnaire.

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

  Methodology, including use/numbers of days input. Weighting 30

  Quality of personnel (inc. but not limited to appropriate seniority/expertise, individuals' appropriate skills mix, contacts/networks). Weighting 25

  Evidence of capacity to undertake work and quality assurance. Weighting 25

  Commercial. Weighting 20

• 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

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Payable documents No

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

  7.9.2010 - 17:00

• IV.3.5)
  Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

  13.9.2010

• 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

  Expressions of interest should be submitted by e-mail, to the address at Section 1, using the PQQ application form available from DFID's website at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Working-with-DFID/Procurement/Current-contract-op... Draft terms of reference can also be found at this website address. Following assessment of expression of interest, DFID will invite short-listed applicants to submit full technical and commercial proposals and inform applicants not short-listed that they are unsuccessful. Prices are not required at expression of interest stage. When required, pricing must be in Sterling and payments under the contract will be made in Sterling. The contract is expected to last for 6 months. The contract will be governed by English law. DFID reserves the right to annul the tendering process and not award a contract. From 1.4.2001, all UK development assistance has been fully untied which allows suppliers from anywhere in the world to bid for DFID contracts. Where circumstances require further extensions beyond the original contract duration/agreed extensions, DFID will consider doing so, by means of the negotiated procedure, where necessary conditions can be met.

  GO reference: GO 10082307/01.

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:

  23.8.2010