Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Arts Council England
21 Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury
London
WC1B 3HF
UK
Contact person: Zobair Mehmood
Telephone: +44 1619344317
E-mail: procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Procurement of a Framework: Construction Advisors for Capital Investments
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71530000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Arts Council England, in the discharge of its duty to distribute public funding for the purpose of promoting the arts in England, intends to appoint to the framework agreement a maximum of 10 appropriately qualified service providers to work with its investment team and to deliver construction advice to support Arts Council England’s assessment, decision making and monitoring of its capital investment. The scope of the framework includes supporting the assessment and monitoring of our funded projects from detailed design stages through to completion to ensure that public funding is used only for grant funding purposes.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 700 000.00
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:
UKC
UKD
UKF
UKG
UKH
UKJ
UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Arts Council England, in the discharge of its duty to distribute public funding for the purpose of promoting the arts in England, intends to appoint to the framework agreement a maximum of 10 appropriately qualified service providers to work with its investment team and to deliver construction advice to support Arts Council England’s assessment, decision making and monitoring of its capital investment. The scope of the framework includes supporting the assessment and monitoring of our funded projects from detailed design stages through to completion to ensure that public funding is used only for grant funding purposes.
Arts Council England estimate the value of the contract to be in the range of 1 200 000 GBP to a maximum 2 100 000 GBP (excluding VAT) for the initial term and any extension period.
The framework agreement will commence on 1.4.2020 and continue until 31.3.2023, unless it is terminated in accordance with its terms. Ace may extend the term by 1 successive period of 12 months to 31.3.2024, provided it has given the contractor notice of the same in writing at least 3 month(s) prior to the expiry of the term.
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:
1 700 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2020
End:
31/03/2023
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
ACE may extend the term by 1 successive period of 12 months to 31.3.2024.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
A maximum of 10 highest scoring suppliers responding to the Standard Questionnaire (SQ) will be invited to submit a response to the invitation to tender (ITT).
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
The information and documents for this opportunity are available on the Bravo eSourcing portal, link: https://public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password.
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 set out in the tender documents.
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.1.3) 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: 10
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:
09/12/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
23/12/2019
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Royal Courts of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
ACE will incorporate a standstill period of 10 calendar days at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderer. That notification will provide information on the award decision. Further information is set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/11/2019