CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

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

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Environmental issues consultancy services. Refuse and waste related services. Market research services. Economic research services. Public-opinion polling services. Statistical services. WRAP is creating a framework of specialist individuals that can be appointed on a flexible as and when basis to support the delivery of WRAP's project work by providing technical expertise to WRAP's programme delivery teams.

Technical advisors are required in 5 sector Lots:

Lot 1 — Food and drink.

Lot 2 — Clothing and textiles.

Lot 3 — Electricals and electronics.

Lot 4 — Waste and resource management.

Lot 5 — Social research, evaluation and economics (in all sectors).

The work is expected to predominantly relate to the UK and its countries, although work relating to other countries in Europe and worldwide could potentially be required.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

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 Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

The Terms and Conditions are provided in Part D of the Invitation toTender.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

The requirements for participation, the evaluation criteria and the associated evaluation process are provided in Part C of the Invitation to Tender.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

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

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

WRAP is currently involved in project/programmes in the FP7, Horizon 2020 and Life European Funding streams. Some individual items of work called off under the framework may relate to these and/or any other EU-funded projects/programmes WRAP becomes involved with, if the terms of the EU funding permit.

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.

This procurement will be managed electronically through the Delta eSourcing suite.

Register on Delta at: www.delta-esourcing.com and click on ‘Supplier Register’.

For technical assistance with using Delta, please contact the help desk on +44 8452707050 (8:30 to 17:30, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays).

Please register and familiarise yourself with the process in Delta at the earliest opportunity and allow sufficient time before the deadline to submit your tender information.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Banbury:-Environmental-issues-consultancy-services./8WQRZ4J93R

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8WQRZ4J93R

GO Reference: GO-2016224-PRO-7804516.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

WRAP will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which the intention to award contracts is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further information from the contracting authority or to challenge the award before the contracts are entered into. Such additional information should be requested from see Item I.1).

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Individual technical advisors that can provide specific specialisms and activities focussed on specific audiences, relating to sustainable food and drink. The specialisms, activities and audiences are defined in Part A Table A1 of the Invitation to Tender.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Seven individual technical advisors will be appointed to the Lot.

The contract of each technical advisor will be limited to 50 000 GBP including VAT per year (with the option for WRAP to extend this to 70 000 GBP) across all Lots to which they are appointed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Individual technical advisors that can provide specific specialisms and activities focussed on specific audiences, relating to sustainable clothing and textiles. The specialisms, activities and audiences are defined in Part A Table A1 of the Invitation to Tender.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Seven individual technical advisors will be appointed to the Lot.

The contract of each technical advisor will be limited to 50 000 GBP including VAT per year (with the option for WRAP to extend this to 70 000 GBP) across all Lots to which they are appointed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Individual technical advisors that can provide specific specialisms and activities focussed on specific audiences, relating to sustainable electricals and electronics. The specialisms, activities and audiences are defined in Part A Table A1 of the Invitation to Tender.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Seven individual technical advisors will be appointed to the Lot.

The contract of each technical advisor will be limited to 50 000 GBP including VAT per year (with the option for WRAP to extend this to 70 000 GBP) across all Lots to which they are appointed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Individual technical advisors that can provide specific specialisms and activities focussed on specific audiences, relating to waste and resource management. The specialisms, activities and audiences are defined in Part A Table A1 of the Invitation to Tender.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Seven individual technical advisors will be appointed to the Lot.

The contract of each technical advisor will be limited to 50 000 GBP including VAT per year (with the option for WRAP to extend this to 70 000 GBP) across all Lots to which they are appointed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Individual technical advisors that can provide specific social research, evaluation and economics specialisms and activities focussed on specific audiences. The specialisms, activities and audiences are defined in Part A Table A1 of the Invitation to Tender.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Seven individual technical advisors will be appointed to the Lot.

The contract of each technical advisor will be limited to 50 000 GBP including VAT per year (with the option for WRAP to extend this to 70 000 GBP) across all Lots to which they are appointed.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots