Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Arts Council England
21 Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury
London
WC1B 3HF
UK
Telephone: +44 1619344317
E-mail: procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://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
Procurement of a Framework Agreement for Business and Financial Advisors for Arts and Culture Organisations.
Reference number: ACE 104 ITT
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66171000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Arts Council England is seeking to appoint suitably qualified service providers to a new Framework Agreement (a maximum of 20 service providers) with expertise in a minimum of 2 of the following areas to support Arts Council’s assessment, monitoring and decision-making across its grant programmes:
— financial analysis and business plan appraisal of arts/cultural organisations,
— organisational change and development of arts/cultural organisations,
— knowledge and experience of the various governance models and structures used in the arts/cultural sector in both large and small organisations,
— knowledge and experience of a range of business models used in the arts/cultural sector in both large and small organisations,
— knowledge and experience of specialist areas of work to support organisations to become more resilient, for example (but not limited to) retail and merchandising, HR, asset exploitation.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
375 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66171000
72221000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Arts Council England is now seeking to appoint suitably qualified service providers to a new Framework Agreement to provide services to Arts Council on a call off basis during the period of 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period to 31.3.2023.
Arts Council England is seeking to appoint suitably qualified service providers to a new Framework Agreement (a maximum of 20 service providers) with expertise in a minimum of 2 of the following areas to support Arts Council’s assessment, monitoring and decision-making across its grant programmes:
— financial analysis and business plan appraisal of arts/cultural organisations,
— organisational change and development of arts/cultural organisations,
— knowledge and experience of the various governance models and structures used in the arts/cultural sector in both large and small organisations,
— knowledge and experience of a range of business models used in the arts/cultural sector in both large and small organisations,
— knowledge and experience of specialist areas of work to support organisations to become more resilient, for example (but not limited to) retail and merchandising, HR, asset exploitation.
Service providers on the framework would be expected to provide a written report on their findings.
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:
375 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2019
End:
31/03/2023
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period to 31.3.2023.
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
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
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
See procurement documents.
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.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 20
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:
18/02/2019
Local time: 17:00
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: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
18/02/2019
Local time: 17:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
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
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
ACE will incorporate a standstill period of 10 calendar days 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
16/01/2019