Tender: Carmarthen: education and training services
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UK-Carmarthen: education and training services
2008/S 239-318230
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Address: Organisation: Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service,
Service Headquarters, Lime Grove Avenue
, Attn: Helen Rees, Country code: UK-Carmarthen Postal code: SA31 1SP. Tel. 012 67 22 68 49. E-mail: h.rees@mawwfire.gov.uk. Fax 012 67 22 23 27.
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:
Address: Organisation: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.com,
Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Service will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-tendering portal on behalf of themselves, North and South Wales Fire & Rescue Services. This can be found at http://etenderwales.bravosolution.com and all information may be downloaded and returned through this channel. Further instructions can be found in Section VI.
, Country code: UK-. Fax 012 67 22 23 27. URL: http://etenderwales.bravosolution.com.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:
Address: Organisation: etenderwales.bravosolution.com,
Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Service will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-tendering portal on behalf of themselves, North and South Wales Fire & Rescue Services. This can be found at http://etenderwales.bravosolution.com and all information may be downloaded and returned through this channel. Further instructions can be found in Section VI.
, Country code: UK-. URL: http://etenderwales.bravosolution.com.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: Fire and Rescue Service.
Other: Emergency 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:
All Wales Fire & Rescue Service Training Provision Framework.
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: Anywhere in Wales.
NUTS code: Location: "WALES">UKL.
II.1.3) The notice involves:
The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
Framework agreement with several operators.
Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 200.
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: 3 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
This is a collaborative project being undertaken by the three fire and rescue services in Wales; Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
The aim of the tender is to establish a framework of service providers to operate over a 4 year period, from which any or all of the three Fire and Rescue Services will be able to call off a wide range of learning, development and training, provision which will include the following broad categories:
Specialist operations.
Role Related Development Programmes.
IT.
Health & Safety.
Further/Higher Education.
Management development.
H/R & Finance.
Support Services.
Community Safety.
Legislative Fire Safety.
Linguistic skills.
Many courses will be included within the above headings and the framework will be split into specific lots in order to best accommodate our collective learning, development and training requirements as well as individual service needs. Full course specifications will be included at the Invitation to Tender (ITT) part of this procurement process.
Exact quantities and value of contract cannot be guaranteed as this will depend on the solutions offered and subsequently adopted, pricing methodology and service take-up. Customers and the Lead Authority cannot guarantee orders from this tender and subsequent framework.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
CPV code: "Education and training services">80000000 , CPV code: "Higher education services">80300000 , CPV code: "Adult and other education services">80400000 , CPV code: "Training services">80500000 , CPV code: "Safety education services">80330000 , CPV code: "Special education services">80340000 , CPV code: "Personnel-training services">79632000 , CPV code: "Staff development services">79633000 , CPV code: "Computer support services">72610000 , CPV code: "E-learning services">80420000 , CPV code: "Adult-education services at university level">80430000 , CPV code: "Staff training services">80511000 , CPV code: "Training programme services">80521000 , CPV code: "Training seminars">80522000 , CPV code: "Vocational training services">80530000 , CPV code: "Industrial and technical training services">80531000 , CPV code: "Industrial training services">80531100 , CPV code: "Technical training services">80531200 , CPV code: "Environmental training services">80540000 , CPV code: "Safety training services">80550000 , CPV code: "Health and first-aid training services">80560000 , CPV code: "Health training services">80561000 , CPV code: "First-aid training services">80562000 , CPV code: "Personal development training services">80570000 , CPV code: "Provision of language courses">80580000 , CPV code: "Tutorial services">80590000 .
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots:
Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:
Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
This is a collaborative project which is being supported by the Welsh Assembly Government and is being undertaken by Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Service on behalf of themselves, North, and South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
The three services are collaborating on the production of a Framework for the supply of a wide range of learning, development and training services for use by any or all the Fire and Rescue Services in Wales.
II.2.2) Options:
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 48 (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:
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:
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: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the courts, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who 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 courts or for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceeding under national laws or regulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can justify;
(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 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 those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for qualitative selection;
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) bank statement and/or evidence of professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) balance sheets or extracts of balance sheets;
(c) statement of turnover for a maximum of the last three years.
III.2.3) Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As stated in the documents.
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:
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:
AWFRS1.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
16.1.2009 - 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:
Duration in month(s): Six (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
As this is a restricted procedure the first stage is in the form of an electronic Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), and is conducted using Bravo Solution.
In order to Express interest in the tender you will need to:
1. Register your company on the xchangewales portal (this is only required once)
— Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.com,
— Click the "Click here to register" link,
— Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue",
— Enter your correct business and user details,
— Note the username you chose and click "Save" when complete,
— You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender
— Login to the portal with the username/password,
— Click the "Open Access PQQs" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier),
— Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content,
— Click the "Express Interest" button in the "Actions" box on the left-hand side of the page,
— This will move the PQQ into your "My PQQs" page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the "Settings and Buyer Attachments" in the "Actions" box.
3. Responding to the tender
— You can now choose to "Reply" or "Reject" (please give a reason if rejecting),
— You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,
— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ,
— There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).
If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon – Fri (8am – 6pm) on:
— EMail: help@bravosolution.co.uk,
— Phone: 0800 011 2470 / Fax: 020 7080 0480.
Buy4Wales Reference Number: 14945.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Address: Organisation: Refer to VI.4.2, Country code: UK-.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Service will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. 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 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. Such additional information should be requested from the address in part 1.1.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into].
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
5.12.2008.
