Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
St Albans City and District Council
Civic Centre Offices, St Peters Street
St Albans
AL1 3JE
UK
Contact person: Mahmud Rogers
Telephone: +44 1727819306
E-mail: mahmud.rogers@stalbans.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH23
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.supplyhertfordshire.uk/stalbans.php
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.supplyhertfordshire.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.supplyhertfordshire.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
St Albans City and District Council Invitation for the Provision of Banking Services and Merchant Acquiring Services Tender 2019
Reference number: SADC Banking and Merchant Acquiring Services Tender 2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
St Albans City and District Council is looking to commission a suitably qualified and experienced organisation for the provision of banking and merchant acquiring services. The tender will be split into 2 lots:
Lot 1: Banking services;
Lot 2: Merchant acquiring services.
Please identify clearly on your tender returns which lots you are bidding for. The deadline for submission is 12:00 on 28.2.2019.
Note: Tender returns must be uploaded on Supply Hertfordshire/In-Tend accordance with the instructions for tender. Enquiries on this project should be submitted via Supply Hertfordshire/In-Tend.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: Lot no 1
II.2.1) Title
SADC Banking Services Lot tender 2019
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH23
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
St Albans City and District Council is looking to commission a suitably qualified and experienced organisation for the provision of its banking services. The contract term will be for an initial 7 years with a option to extend for a further 3 years on a 1 + 1 + 1 basis.
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:
240 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/09/2019
End:
31/08/2029
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
An option to extend for a further 3 years on a 1 + 1 + 1 basis.
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
Lot No: Lot no 2
II.2.1) Title
SADC Merchant Acquiring Services Lot Tender 2019
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66172000
30161000
66110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH23
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
St Albans City and District Council is looking to commission a suitably qualified and experienced organisation for the provision of merchant acquiring services. The contract term will be 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years on a 1 + 1 + basis.
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
Start:
01/06/2019
End:
31/05/2024
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
An option to extend for a further 2 years on a 1 + 1 + basis.
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
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:
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
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
27/02/2019
Local time: 11:57
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
Tender must be valid until:
01/06/2019
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
27/02/2019
Local time: 13:00
Place:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
5 or 10 years.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to proceed or not to award a contract for the whole or any part of the proposed procurement. Neither the Contracting Authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in this contract. For more information and/or to respond to this opportunity, please visit the Supply Hertfordshire e-Sourcing portal at: http://www.supplyherforshire.uk/
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court, The Strand
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be stated within 30 days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. The Court mat extend the time limit for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than 3 months after that date. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages or, where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the contract to be ineffective.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
See VI.4.1) Review body of this notice
St Albans
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/01/2019