Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
UK
E-mail: Futures@go-science.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bipsolutions.com
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./FV6W7W76S2
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.bipsolutions.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Futures Framework
Reference number: 1902/05/2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This framework will be a register of futures practitioners that can be called upon by HMG Departments and Agencies to create better connections with external advice and ultimately build a a stronger UK network of futures practitioners within government.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This framework will be a register of futures practitioners that can be called upon by HMG Departments and Agencies to create better connections with external advice and ultimately build a a stronger UK network of futures practitioners within government.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FV6W7W76S2
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
29/08/2019
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 2 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
29/08/2019
Local time: 14:01
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
Any orders placed under this framework agreement will form a separate contract under the scope of this framework between the supplier and the specific requesting other contracting body. The contracting authority and other contracting bodies utilising the framework reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement. BEIS wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by the UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations) listed in Annex E of the ITT.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./FV6W7W76S2
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FV6W7W76S2
GO Reference: GO-2019729-PRO-15172832
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
London
SW1H 0ET
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/07/2019