Tender for the supply, delivery, installation and testing of sound recording and radio studios.
CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
APUC Limited on behalf of Forth Valley College
14 New Mart Road,
Contact: College Services and Capital Team
Attn: Angela Van Gelder
EH14 1RL Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1314428930
E-mail:
Fax +44 1314428931
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm
Address of the buyer profile http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10402
Further information can be obtained at: APUC Limited
14 New Mart Road
Attn: Angela Van Gelder
EH14 1RL Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1314428930
E-mail:
Fax +44 1314428931
Internet: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: APUC Limited
14 New Mart Road
Contact: College Services and Capital Team
Attn: Angela Van Gelder
EH14 1RL Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 1314428930
Fax +44 1314428931
Internet: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Education
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
Purchase
Main place of delivery Forth Valley College, Stirling Campus.
NUTS code UKM27
Forth Valley College teaches NC, HND sound production covering modules such as digital audio recording, digital audio workstations, multittrack recording and mixing, sound production practice, sound engineering and production, radio feature production, audio for multimedia and sound design as well as NC, HNC, BA media and communication and practical journalism.
These courses develop students for jobs with recording, multimedia, broadcasting and the audio visual industry. The requirements of this contract are fundamental in delivering these courses to the industry standard required. APUC Ltd is facilitating the procurement process on behalf of Forth Valley College.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the public contracts Scotland web site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=203064.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "Tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=203064.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.32330000, 51313000, 32342410, 32351000, 51311000
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process;
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession;
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the state in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register;
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process;
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the state where they are established, when the law of that state prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation;
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established;
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required Candidates must achieve the following minimum scores to be considered:
Economic and financial capacity 15 % of the maximum 25 % available.
To be considered suppliers must include a copy of accounts for the last 2 years, which APUC Ltd will use to assess whether the business is financially viable.
Where a business is established and is required to have its accounts audited, the last 2 years audited accounts must be provided.
Or.
If a business is exempt from the audit requirement, the last two years annual accounts must be provided and certified by an independent chartered accountant or accompanied by a positive bankers reference for the bidder;
If a business is part of a group, you will need to include similar accounts for the parent and ultimate holding companies.
Suppliers must be financially fluid and currently trading. They must not be recorded at companies house as having any negative action / event (dissolved, removed, in liquidation etc) that calls into question their financial / corporate standing, such action / event will be deemed to be a failure to meet minimum standards of economic and financial standing. Additionally, suppliers must provide suitable evidence in the form of the last 2 years of accounts (audited and accompanied by auditors confirmation where they are above the statutory threshold for providing audited accounts, or certified by their bank where they are below that statutory audit threshold.) Non provision of such evidence to a satisfactory standard will be deemed to be a failure to meet minimum standards of economic and financial standing.
Non-provision of such evidence to a satisfactory standard will be deemed to be a failure to meet minimum standards of economic and financial standing.
Minimum insurance - tenderers are required to have in place at the time of contract the following insurance:
Employers liability - 5 million GBP.
Evidence is required as part of the PQQ submission as to the holding of this insurance.
As stated in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
Candidates are required to achieve the following score to be considered in the process:
50 % out of a maximum of 75 % available
Tenderers are required to have a written health & safety policy in place.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Objective criteria shall be stated in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
An assessment shall be carried out on the candidates economic and financial capacity.
Candidates shall provide their annual turnover and their latest 2 years audited accounts.
Suppliers must be financially fluid and currently trading. They must not be recorded at companies house as having any negative action / event (dissolved, removed, in liquidation etc) that calls into question their financial / corporate standing, such action / event will be deemed to be a failure to meet minimum standards of economic and financial standing. Additionally, suppliers must provide suitable evidence in the form of the last 2 years of accounts (audited and accompanied by auditors confirmation where they are above the statutory threshold for providing audited accounts, or certified by their bank where they are below that statutory audit threshold.) Non provision of such evidence to a satisfactory standard will be deemed to be a failure to meet minimum standards of economic and financial standing.
If the candidate has answered "yes" to any of the questions relating to conviction of criminal offences, the candidate's application will be excluded from further consideration.
If the candidate has answered "yes" to any of the questions in part D business probity, the candidate's application may be excluded from further consideration.
The Candidate's technical and professional capability will be assessed as a whole in the Section relating to service, operation and quality. The responses within will be scored, ranked and used to identify Candidates with the skills, efficiency, experience and reliability to meet the requirement of Forth Valley College.
It is envisaged that a maximum of 5 candidates shall be invited to tender.
APUC Ltd on behalf of Forth Valley College is seeking to appoint a single supplier for the contract.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Any queries regarding this process or any points of clarification required must be uploaded to the public contracts Scotland advertising portal www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk by Thursday, 21.7.2011. Responses to these points shall be sent to all suppliers no later than Wednesday, 27.7.2011.
Responses to the PQQ must be uploaded to the public contracts Scotland advertising portal by 12 pm on Monday 1.8.2011.(SC Ref:203064).