Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Insolvency Service
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London
SW1P 2HT
UK
Contact person: Darrin Hook
Telephone: +44 02076376531
E-mail: darrin.hook@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the following address:
Darrin.hook@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London
SW1P 2HT
UK
Contact person: D A W Hook
Telephone: +44 02076376531
E-mail: darrin.hook@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Trace and Serve Services.
Reference number: 01
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79720000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Insolvency Service is procuring a 3 year contract (2 years initial term plus possible 12 month extension period) for tracing services.
Business areas within the Authority which may require the service, these include but may not be restricted to — Investigation and Enforcement Services (IES), Official Receiver Services (ORS), Criminal Enforcement Team (CET) and Redundancy Payment Services (RPS)
The Authority wishes to procure ‘tracing agents’ to assist with making contact with and ascertaining whether or not directors and bankrupts are present at a specific address in the UK or overseas when conducting enquiries and investigations in insolvency cases — Disqualifications and Bankruptcy restrictions Order (BROs) in IES and ORS. This service will require manual tracking and serving of documents as well as desk research and reports.
All correspondence, relating to this requirement should be sent to procurement@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk marking correspondence — Trace and serve services.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
600 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79720000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Insolvency Service is procuring a 3 year contract (2 years initial term plus possible 12 month extension period) for tracing services.
Business areas within the Authority which may require the service, these include but may not be restricted to — Investigation and Enforcement Services (IES), Official Receiver Services (ORS), Criminal Enforcement Team (CET) and Redundancy Payment Services (RPS)
The Authority wishes to procure ‘tracing agents’ to assist with making contact with and ascertaining whether or not directors and bankrupts are present at a specific address in the UK or overseas when conducting enquiries and investigations in insolvency cases — Disqualifications and Bankruptcy restrictions Order (BROs) in IES and ORS. This service will require manual tracking and serving of documents as well as desk research and reports.
All correspondence, relating to this requirement should be sent to procurement@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk marking correspondence — Trace and serve services.
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:
600 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The Authority reserves the right to extend (as opposed to renew) any contract for a further 12 month period.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 1
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Standard Questionnaire (SQ) formally PQQ All correspondence relating to this service needs to be sent to — procurement@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk — with the title ‘Trace and Serve Services 2018’.
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
All information\documents pertaining to EOI's and\or Tenders should be sent to procurement@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk Title should be: Trace and Serve services 2018. Suppliers wishing to receive an SQ should email this address.
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:
As within the tender documents or at section II.1.4).
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
As within the tender documents.
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing 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:
04/12/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
15/01/2018
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)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
All further information will be in the Tender documents.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Insolvency Service
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London
SW1P 2HT
UK
Telephone: +44 02076376531
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/11/2017