Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Sandpits Lane, Keresley
Coventry
CV6 2FR
UK
Contact person: The Litmus Partnership Ltd
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKG33
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/cardinal_newman_catholic_school
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
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Multi-functional and Reprographic Devices and Associated Print Services Tender — Cardinal Newman Catholic School.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
30192400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The successful tenderer will be required to provide, maintain and manage the multi-functional and reprographic devices and associated print services at Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Coventry.
The contract will commence on 1.8.2016 for 3 years.
Total Contract Value (2015): 99 873.46 GBP plus VAT per annum.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30121200
50313000
30125000
30192400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG33
Main site or place of performance:
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Coventry
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cardinal Newman Catholic School will require PaperCut MF Print Management Software and the software would need to be embedded into all devices, in order that staff could collect their printing from any machine within the school, via an RFID, pin code or USB biometric reader.
Software assurance should also be included, in order that Cardinal Newman Catholic School receive server and Client updates, year round.
Devices would need to be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 10 and also Mac OSX software up to Yosemite and IOS 8 — and Android up to Lollypop. An air print service such as Everyone Print or similar would also be required to support the Schools mobile devices.
Further information is available within the PQQ Documentation.
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:
300 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/08/2016
End:
31/07/2019
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:
A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.
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
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:
04/04/2016
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
29/04/2016
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Interest in the pre-qualification process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number.
The pre-qualification questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/cardinal_newman_catholic_school
The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 4.4.2016 (12:00). Tenderers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, by the above closing date and time.
Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, by the above closing date and time.
It will be the Tenderer's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.
The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this OJEU notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time.
The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity.
The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Coventry
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Coventry
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Coventry
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/02/2016