Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
APUC Ltd
Unit 27, Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen
Stirling
FK8 2DZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1314428930
E-mail: ayoung@apuc-scot.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10402
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Online Streaming and Online Training Services
Reference number: ITS1035 AP
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This is a framework for the provision of online streaming and online training services. The framework agreement includes four lots, the titles of which are provided below:
Lot 1: academic content,
Lot 2: film content,
Lot 3: television recordings,
Lot 4: online training platform.
The framework agreement will be open to the members of advanced procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and other UK procurement consortia as listed further below.
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: 1
II.2.1) Title
Academic Content
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80300000
80400000
80430000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Framework for online streaming and online training services: lot 1 — academic content.
It is expected that supplied content will offer alternative forms of lecture delivery and learning, as well as being of use to students when producing coursework. This may include and without limitation, instructional videos, experiments, demonstrations, lectures and talks across a range of courses and topics.
This framework agreement is available to participation from full and associate members and future members, within the UK higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
Advanced Procurement Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members listed in Appendix E:
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC):
https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC):
https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC):
https://neupc.ac.uk/who-are-our-members
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC):
https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW):
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
The Framework agreement will also be open to members of the Scottish Consortia of University Research Libraries (SCURL):
https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members
The Framework agreement will also be open to members of Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC):
https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Two further periods of 12 months at the sole discretion of the authority.
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:
Yes
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
A maximum of five contractors can be appointed to Lot 1 — Academic Content.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Film Content
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
32354000
44176000
80300000
80400000
80430000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Framework for online streaming and online training services: lot 2 — film content.
The contractor shall supply film content covering a variety of film categories. Users shall be able to stream different films, with the contractor supplying a wide range of films as part of an Institution’s subscription. Films may include and without limitation, documentaries, educational films, plays, archived movies and blockbuster films. There may also be audio content included in any collection offered.
This framework agreement is available to participation from full and associate members and future members, within the UK higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
Advanced Procurement Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members listed in Appendix E:
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC):
https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC):
https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC):
https://neupc.ac.uk/who-are-our-members
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC):
https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW):
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
The agreement will also be open to members of the Scottish Consortia of University Research Libraries (SCURL):
https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members
The Framework agreement will also be open to members of Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC):
https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Two further periods of 12 months at the sole discretion of the authority.
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:
Yes
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
A maximum of five contractors can be appointed to lot 2 — film content.
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Television Recordings
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
92225100
92225000
92224000
32330000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Framework for online streaming and online training services: lot 3 — television recordings.
The contractor shall allow the Institution to watch television programmes live and also record television programmes from regional and international channels. As part of the contractor’s offering, access to archived recordings shall also be available.
This framework agreement is available to participation from full and associate members and future members, within the UK higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
Advanced Procurement Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members listed in Appendix E:
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC):
https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC):
https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC):
https://neupc.ac.uk/who-are-our-members
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC):
https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW):
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
The agreement will also be open to members of the Scottish Consortia of University Research Libraries (SCURL):
https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members
The Framework agreement will also be open to members of Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC):
https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Two further periods of 12 months at the sole discretion of the authority.
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:
Yes
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
A maximum of five contractors can be appointed to lot 3 — television recordings.
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Online Training Platform
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80500000
80510000
80511000
80521000
80530000
80531100
80531200
80532000
80533100
80540000
80550000
80560000
80533000
80570000
80600000
80610000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Framework for online streaming and online training services: lot 4 — online training platform.
The contractor shall provide an online training platform. Courses may cover many subject areas to benefit support and professional areas in the Universities and Colleges. As access may be provided to students as well, courses shall also be relevant to the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (Levels 7-12) and the framework for higher education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Levels 4-8).
This framework agreement is available to participation from full and associate members and future members, within the UK higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
Advanced Procurement Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members listed in Appendix E:
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC):
https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC):
https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC):
https://neupc.ac.uk/who-are-our-members
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC):
https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW):
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
The agreement will also be open to members of the Scottish Consortia of University Research Libraries (SCURL):
https://www.scurl.ac.uk/members
The Framework agreement will also be open to members of Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC):
https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Two further periods of twelve (12) months each at the sole discretion of the authority.
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:
Yes
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
A maximum of five contractors can be appointed to lot 4 — online training platform.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
With reference to question 4B.5 of the ESPD in the qualification questionnaire, bidders must confirm they can provide the following supporting evidence prior to award:
— employers (compulsory) liability insurance = GBP 5 000 000,
— public liability insurance = GBP 5 000 000,
— product liability insurance = GBP 5 000 000.
With reference to question 4B.6 of the ESPD in the qualification questionnaire, bidders must provide 2 years audited accounts or equivalent to demonstrate financial stabilities.
Alternatively if the contractor is unable to provide the required accounting information then they will be required to provide a bankers letter demonstrating their willingness to support the contractors organisation over the term of the framework agreement.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Submission of management information
Following commencement of the framework agreement, the contractor will provide a performance report to the authority on a quarterly basis to include spend by institution under the framework agreement for the reporting period.
Contractors must provide the information on a quarterly basis, within 10 working days following the start of each quarter. Data must be uploaded to the website: http://ucsp.ac.uk/ using the template provided (template shall be provided during the lead-in period). The supplied template is the only format permissible and should contain contractor name, tender reference, total net spend by institution each month. If there has been no spend for the quarter, then this will still require you to log in and record a nil spend return.
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 135-332413
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
27/07/2020
Local time: 12:00
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: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
27/07/2020
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
June 2024.
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
The following should be submitted prior to award. It is for information only and will not be scored.
Form of tender
Please confirm that you will be in a position to submit prior to award ‘Appendix A — Form of Tender’ in the technical questionnaire in PCS-Tender.
Freedom of information
Please confirm that you will be in a position to submit prior to award ‘Appendix B — Freedom of Information’ if applicable in the Technical questionnaire in PCS-Tender.
Sustain supply chain code of conduct
Please confirm that you will be in a position to submit prior to award ‘Appendix D — Sustain Supply Chain Code of Conduct’ in the Technical questionnaire in PCS-Tender.
List of institutions — Appendix E
The complete list of institutions please refer to Appendix E — List of institutions
General data protection regulation
Please confirm that you will be in a position to submit prior to award ‘Appendix G — GDPR Contractor Assessment Form’ in the technical questionnaire in PCS-Tender.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. the project code is 16291. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
The contracting authority does not intend to include a subcontract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: Subcontracting is not a significant part of the overall anticipated contract spend.
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
Examples of community benefits or social value are providing training opportunities to staff, apprenticeships, investment in the local community or the availability of subcontracting opportunities.
(SC Ref:621449)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Stirling Sheriff Court
Sheriff Court House Viewfield Place
Stirling
FK8 1NH
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/06/2020