Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund
1 Plough Place
London
EC4A 1DE
UK
E-mail: procurement@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Distributor of Funding
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Strategic National Evaluation of the A Better Start Programme
Reference number: BIG001-1102
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79419000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contracting authority seeks to conduct a tender process to establish a contract for the national evaluation of the A Better Start Programme. Details about the A Better Start Programme can be found at: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/strategic-investments/a-better-start
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73000000
73110000
73200000
73210000
73300000
79315000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
UKD
UKE
UKF
UKG
UKH
UKI
UKJ
UKK
Main site or place of performance:
ENGLAND.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contracting authority seeks to conduct a tender process to establish a contract for the national evaluation of the A Better Start Programme. Details about the A Better Start Programme can be found at: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/strategic-investments/a-better-start
Those wishing to access the associated tender documents and/or participate within the tender process should register their Organisation details at https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk and search for project 1183, ppq_11.
Please note that participation conditions apply to this tender process. Further details can be found within section VI.3) and the associated tender documents.
As a follow on from the advance notice to support your planning provided within the PIN, the contracting authority confirms its intention to conduct a tender launch virtual session on 1 October 2020 at 10.30 am and invites all interested parties to attend.
The session will be conducted via Microsoft teams and joining instructions are provided within tender document entitled ‘Qualification Participation Instructions.’
The purpose of this session is to summarise the key elements of the information contained within the tender documents made available. Interested parties will also have the opportunity to ask questions about this tender process and resulting contract.
Please note that the session will be recorded and any PowerPoint slides presented by the contracting authority will be made available to all parties, via the eTendering portal being utilised for this tender process, Bravo Solutions. A record of all questions asked and answers provided during the session will also be made available via Bravo Solutions (subject to confidentiality). Responses to any questions taken away to be answered following the session will also be provided (subject to confidentiality), as soon as available, via Bravo Solutions. Attendance at this session is not compulsory or a condition of your participation within this tender process.
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:
3 200 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Extension options may apply.
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Please refer to section VI.3) for additional supporting information.
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
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 162-395323
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
27/10/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
13/11/2020
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.3) Additional information
Should you be interested in participating within the tender process in response to the contract notice you must first qualify to do so by meeting the following conditions for participation.
You must:
— have fully answered and uploaded all qualification stage question responses and completed all declarations within the Bravo Solutions eTendering portal (being used for this tender process) before the Midday 27th October deadline and in accordance with all instructions provided within the tender documents;
— have met, (within your uploaded responses) all pass threshold criteria set out within the qualification stage tender documents;
— be ranked within the highest scoring maximum number of qualifying participants set for this tender process.
Please be reminded that all tender documents are available when registering your Organisation details at https://tnlcommunityfund.bravosolution.co.uk under project 1183, ppq_11
Please be reminded that the deadline for the qualifying stage is Midday 27th October.
Interested parties are therefore advised of the importance of registering their organisation details and accessing tender documents, via the link referenced above, at their soonest opportunity.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar days standstill period in accordance with Regulation 102 of the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016 prior to concluding the award of any contract pursuant to this notice.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/09/2020