Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
72 Market Street
Ely
CB7 4LS
UK
Contact person: Miss Chantel Allott
Telephone: +44 1480277180
E-mail: chantel.allott@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=804b22de-6ff7-ea11-8105-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=804b22de-6ff7-ea11-8105-005056b64545
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Combined Authority
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CPCA — Peer to Peer Networking Programme
Reference number: DN499299
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79900000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The CPCA is seeking to appoint up to 2 providers to deliver key elements of the Peer Network Programme. This is expected to support the growth of a specified number of participants and SMEs, through the provisions of cohort groups, across the relevant LEP/Growth Hub area. The requirement has been divided into 2 geographical lots, and tenderers are invited to submit a proposal for one or both. As the aim of this funding is to boost economic recovery, the CPCA has decided to apply the option of accelerating the procurement, in accordance with the PCR2015, so as to realise the benefits as soon as possible.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH1
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The CPCA is seeking to appoint up to 2 providers to deliver key elements of the Peer Network Programme. This is expected to support the growth of a specified number of participants and SMEs, through the provisions of cohort groups, across the relevant LEP/Growth Hub area. The requirement has been divided into 2 geographical lots, and tenderers are invited to submit a proposal for one or both. As the aim of this funding is to boost economic recovery, the CPCA has decided to apply the option of accelerating the procurement, in accordance with the PCR2015, so as to realise the benefits as soon as possible.
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
Start:
19/10/2020
End:
31/03/2021
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
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
The funding for this project seeks to facilitate the recovery of the current economy through working with businesses to identify different ways of working, as such, to enable this to happen as quickly as possible, the CPCA has decided to utilise the accelerated procedure to both ensure the outcomes are realised as quickly as possible and also to ensure the funding is fully utilised by 31 March 2021.
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:
01/10/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
01/10/2020
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/09/2020