Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
General Optical Council
10 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7NG
UK
Contact person: Marcus Dye
E-mail: eutenders@optical.org
NUTS: UKI31
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.optical.org
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.optical.org/en/about_us/working_for_us/goc-tenders-.cfm
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Medical regulator
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of support, maintenance, and development of software supporting the General Optical Council's Continuing Education and Training (CET) Scheme
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The General Optical Council (GOC) intends to appoint a supplier to support, maintain and develop the software and database used to run its web-based Continuing Education and Training (CET) System.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
350 000.00
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:
The General Optical Council's offices are based in London.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The General Optical Council (GOC) intends to appoint a supplier to support, maintain and develop the software and database used to run its web-based Continuing Education and Training (CET) System.
The contract will run for a 4 year period from June 2018.
The supplier will be responsible for ensuring the availability of the CET Software to stakeholders who use the system. It will also ensure the accuracy of the data received by the system and information reported to the GOC.
The supplier will also need to be able to develop the system on request from the GOC during the period of the contract, with an initial development phase to modernize the current user interface between June and December 2018.
The GOC will sign a contract with the supplier for support maintenance and development of the CET system.
The supplier will provide the following support and maintenance services:
— support to the CET Scheme Manager who delivers first line end user support,
— software and database support and maintenance,
— development of the software and database as required.
NOTE: Hosting is provided by a third party supplier.
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:
350 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Full criteria outlined in the PQQ:
— Part 1 and 2 - exclusion grounds,
— Part 3 selection questions based on technical and professional ability.
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.1.2) 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
26/01/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
05/02/2018
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:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Instructions on how to participate in this tender opportunity:
— it is proposed to run a restricted tender with a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and then an Invitation to Tender,
— please access the PQQ and non-disclosure agreement via our website using the following link:
— — https://www.optical.org/en/about_us/working_for_us/index.cfm,
— please complete the PQQ non-disclosure agreement and return via email to eutenders@optical.org by 12:00 hrs on 26 January 2018.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
General Optical Council
10 Old Bailey
London
EC4M 7NG
UK
Telephone: +44 2075803898
E-mail: eutenders@optical.org
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.optical.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/12/2017