Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
City of London Corporation, Guildhall, PO Box 270
London
EC2P 2EJ
UK
Contact person: Matthew Jones, Senior Category Manager, City Procurement
Telephone: +44 2073321606
E-mail: matthew.jones@cityoflondon.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.capitalesourcing.com
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.capitalesourcing.com
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
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Central London Works Evaluation
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79419000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Central London Works (CLW), is a key devolved DWP Work and Health Programme with funding to provide support to approximately 21 000 residents of Central London, helping them to move closer to the labour market and tackle their wider labour market barriers, namely health conditions or disabilities. CLW is looking to appoint an innovative evaluator able to fulfill the requirements of the specification.
Therefore, the City is undertaking a procurement process to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified independent evaluation service to measure the impact and effectiveness of the Work and Health Programme. The evaluator shall produce findings, detailed insights and recommendations to improve the Programme as it develops.
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:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement will be a two (2) stage restricted procedure. The description of the Central London Works Evaluation is set out in the procurement documents, particularly the draft specification — available from: https://www.capitalesourcing.com
The duration of the contract is five (5) years and organisations should note that the maximum budget for this evaluation service will be 250 000 GBP to cover all elements of research including and possible incentive costs, expenses, etc. for research participants. Organisations which are shortlisted to the Invitation to Tender stage will be required to propose their methodology for addressing the research objectives and demonstrate value for money.
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:
250 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The proposed contract opportunity is a single identifiable service which would offer no commercial or operational benefits if it was divided into lots.
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:
02/11/2018
Local time: 10:00
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.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system “CapitaleSourcing” (url:www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system and submit a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) no later than 10:00 am on 2.11.2018 in order to participate and registration is free.
The estimated value given at II.2.6) is for the full duration of the contract, which is five (5) years. The estimated annual contract value is 50 000 GBP.
The City reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award a contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the City takes up any of these rights then it will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Economic operators are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and all future stages of the procurement. Under no circumstances will the City be liable for costs or expense borne by the economic operators.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The City will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the City before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/10/2018