Tender: Ossett: safety training services

UK-Ossett: safety training services

2008/S 236-313903

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

Address: Organisation: Ministry of Justice - HMPS,

RPU North East, Unit 8 & 9 Silkwood Business Park, Fryers Way

, Attn: Faye Cunningham, Country code: UK-Ossett Postal code: WF5 9TJ. Tel. 019 24 20 57 55. E-mail: faye.cunningham@hmps.gsi.gov.uk.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com.

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:

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions.

Public order and safety.

Health.

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:

Delivery of Cell Snatch Resue Equipment Instructors Course.

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

Services.

Service category: No 24.

Main place of performance: On Suppliers premises.

NUTS code: Location: "UNITED KINGDOM">UK.

II.1.3) The notice involves:
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:

Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 120 000 GBP.

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

Design, delivery, assessment and feedback of a Cell snatch Rescue Equipment Instructors Course.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

CPV code: "Safety training services">80550000 .

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:

Her Majesty's Prison Service has a statutory requirement to protect staff and prisoners from foreseeable risks and has invested in a new form of Respiratory Protection for protecting staff when dealing with cell fires. In order for Prison Service staff to use the product they have to be trained by Fire Advisors who have undertaken a Cell Snatch Rescue Equipment (CRSE) Instructors course.

The CRSE course is required to equip Fire Advisors to deliver training on a product that has been designed to protect staff from smoke inhalation during a cell rescue.

The training will be provided to approximately 120 staff in the first year and 20-40 staff each year for the subsequent 3 years. The successful supplier is required to work in collaboration with Her Majesty's Prison Service in designing the programme detail, lead on the delivery, conduct assessment, evaluate the programme and provide recommendations for future programme delivery.

II.2.2) Options:
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

Those invited to tender will be advised of any requirement to provide guarantees, parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability if considered appropriate.

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.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:

Yes.

Submission of Expression of Interest. This procurement will be conducted on the Home Office eTendering portal at www.homeoffice.bravosolution.com Companies who wish to tender need to register at the above site.

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: 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.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See PQQ.

III.2.3) Technical capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See 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:
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:

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Capability and Capacity to deliver the services required as outlined 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:

RPU NE08 10/39/19.

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

No.

IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:

23.12.2008 - 12:00.

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

6.1.2009.

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:

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.

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:

1.12.2008.