Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
UK
Contact person: Mike Hennifer
Telephone: +44 3304146824
E-mail: michael.hennifer@ico.org.uk
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.ico.org.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Wilmslow:-Specialist-training-services./AHP3VB8G5R
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/AHP3VB8G5R
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Other: Regulator
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
FOIA Dispute Resolution Training
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80510000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
FOIA Dispute Resolution Training
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The ICO is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights. Our purpose as a regulator is informed by a range of statutory duties across 11 separate legal frameworks.
These legislative frameworks are set by Parliament. While we are independent in how we set and deliver our objectives, we are accountable to Parliament and the public for the outcomes we achieve through a variety of regulatory interventions. For example:
•the provision of advice;
•offering guidance and tools;
•publishing formal Opinions;
•undertaking audits and inspections;
•issuing recommendations from complaints and breach reports;
•mandating changes to practice or processes; and
•where necessary, issuing monetary penalties.
Our aim is to provide certainty. We deliver a range of services to help organisations understand and comply with their obligations, always aware of the difference between minimum legal requirements and good practice advice. We also work to ensure people know their rights, and to enable wide-ranging societal and economic benefits.
The ICO’s Freedom of Information (FOI) and Transparency Directorate is responsible for promoting good practice in how public authorities make their information available to the public, and deals with complaints for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) or the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (RPSI).
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
Duration in months: 6
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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 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:
29/06/2023
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
30/06/2023
Local time: 14:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
<a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Wilmslow:-Specialist-training-services./AHP3VB8G5R" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Wilmslow:-Specialist-training-services./AHP3VB8G5R</a>
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
<a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/AHP3VB8G5R" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/AHP3VB8G5R</a>
GO Reference: GO-2023523-PRO-23032943
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Strand
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/05/2023