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Tender: Solihull: printed matter and related products

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UK-Solihull: printed matter and related products

2010/S 27-038836

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services



SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY


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

Address: Organisation: Solihull MBC,

P O Box 18 Council House

, Attn: Allison Robertson, Solihull Postal code: B91 9QS, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1217046236. E-mail: . Fax +44 1217046081.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.solihull.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: 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:

Regional or local authority.

General public services.

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:

Mailing services.

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

Services.

Service category: No 15.

NUTS code: Location: "WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)">UKG.

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):

Provision of mailing services.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Printed matter and related products">22000000 , CPV code: "Postal and telecommunications services">64000000 , CPV code: "Printing and related services">79800000 , CPV code: "Mailing services">79571000 .

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:

Estimated value range based upon minimum to maximum specification implementation. Value is an estimate of Solihull MBC spend only and could potentially increase if other public sector/partnerships were to use a contract awarded as a result of this opportunity.

Estimated value excluding VAT:

Range: between 100 000 and 500 000 GBP.

II.2.2) Options:

Yes.

Description of these options: 2 x 12 month extensions available to end 30.9.2014

Number of possible renewals: 2.

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

Starting: 1.10.2010. Completion: 30.9.2012.

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:
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:
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: As detailed in the PQQ.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As detailed in the PQQ.

III.2.3) Technical capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

As detailed in the PQQ.

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:

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE


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

Restricted.

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

Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number: 10

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As detailed in the PQQ.

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 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:

159-S-08.09-AR.

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: 11.3.2010 - 12:00.

Payable documents: no.

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

15.3.2010 - 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:

Yes.

Estimated timing for further notices to be published: February 2012 earliest.

VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:

No.

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Supplier/contractors must allow other public sector/partnerships to use any contract awarded as a result of this opportunity.

The contract is for an initial period of 2 years with options to extend for 2 x 1 years.

The dates detailed within the notice are provided for information purposes and may be subject to change.

VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Solihull MBC will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers or PQQ responses. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the address in section I.1.

VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

5.2.2010.