Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Capita Business Services
5th Floor, Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway, Erdington
Contact point(s): CSL Procurement
B24 9FD Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2083592188
E-mail:
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityOther: Framework
I.3)Main activityGeneral public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
GW4112 | International Communications Skills | Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: GB.
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
5 day modular communications training for the FCOs Diplomats (UK based and overseas) and Locally Engaged staff overseas up to Grade 6/7 level.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)Value: 13 780,49 GBP
Excluding VAT
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureAward of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annex D1)
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU):
Directive 2004/18/EC
1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
2) Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU
The contract falls outside the scope of application of the Directive.
Procured via Civil Service Learning Framework Crown Commercial Service Contract ID: RM1568.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Quality. Weighting 70
2. Pricing. Weighting 30
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
CSL/GW4112
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contractno
Section V: Award of contract
Lot title: GW4112 | International Communications Skills | Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeV.1)Date of contract award decision:24.2.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 8
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenCaroline Black Ltd
51 Dorset Road, Ealing
W5 4HX London
UNITED KINGDOM
V.4)Information on value of contractTotal final value of the contract:
Value: 13 780,49 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
Supplier Size: Micro;
Contract Start Date: 20.4.2015;
Contract End Date: 20.4.2016;
(MT Ref: 163358).
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:24.9.2015