Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Arts Council England
21 Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury
London
WC1B 3HF
UK
Contact person: Zobair Mehmood
Telephone: +44 1619344317
E-mail: procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
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
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Arts Jobs and Arts News: Hosting and Maintenance
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72413000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking to procure a service provider (which may be an individual provider or a joint venture comprising of a number of providers, or a prime contractor that may sub-contract certain elements of the services) to develop, host and maintain the arts jobs website (http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/). The arts jobs platform is a key strand of the ACE’s developmental role.
As described in further detail in the tender documents, the service provider shall:
— develop a new arts jobs and arts news website (the ‘Website’),
— host and provide support for the website,
— provide ongoing development of the website as agreed with ACE during the term of the contract,
— moderate the content posted by users on the website,
— ensure ACE’s pricing policy for the website is correctly applied,
— manage the Twitter account for arts jobs, and
— provide an automated marketing email service.
For the value range see Section II.2.4) description of the procurement.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
750 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
72415000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking to procure a service provider (which may be an individual provider or a joint venture comprising of a number of providers, or a prime contractor that may sub-contract certain elements of the services) to develop, host and maintain the arts jobs website (http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/). The arts jobs platform is a key strand of the ACE’s developmental role.
As described in further detail in the tender documents, the service provider shall:
— develop a new arts jobs and arts news website (the ‘Website’),
— host and provide support for the website,
— provide ongoing development of the website as agreed with ACE during the term of the contract,
— moderate the content posted by users on the Website,
— ensure ACE’s pricing policy for the website is correctly applied,
— manage the Twitter account for arts jobs, and
— provide an automated marketing email service.
ACE estimate the value of the contract for a 8-year period is likely to be between 440 000 GBP and 750 000 GBP pounds sterling.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
750 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The initial term of the contract is 48 months. ACE shall have the option to extend the initial term for four periods of 12 months each.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
The 5 highest scoring suppliers responding to the standard questionnaire (SQ) will be invited to submit a response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
As set out in the selection questionnaire.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 159-364595
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
23/09/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
07/10/2019
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
78
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Royal Courts of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Arts Council of England will incorporate a 10 day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. Further information is set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/08/2019