Public tender Sheffield 2014 Project Consultation Services. 2014-02-04

Project Consultation Services.

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
11 Broad Street West
S1 2BQ Sheffield
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.sypte.co.uk/contracts

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local agency/office

I.3)Main activity

Other: Public Transport Facilitation

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield & North East Midlands Combined Authority
AMP Technology Centre, Advanced Manufacturing Park, Brunel Way
S60 5WG Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM

Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership Ltd
AMP Technology Centre, Advanced Manufacturing Park, Brunel Way
S60 5WG Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Project Consultation Services.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 10: Market research and public opinion polling services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: South Yorkshire, England.
NUTS code

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 4

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 04

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 100 000 and 300 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Framework Agreement will last for four years. The successful Providers will be retained by SYPTE to work on specific projects, as required. They will be expected to provide full creative support and implement projects that range from community engagement on the location of public transport routes and stops, establishing bus partnerships to consultation on policy development and on major capital infrastructure developments.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79416200, 79320000, 73210000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Joint and severally liable.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Completion of a PreQualification Questionnaire will be required.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Completion of a PreQualification Questionnaire will be required.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
1. Experience of delivering large and small scale public consultation and information campaigns in the public sector and/or transport sectors.
2. Experience of designing printed information material (within a set of existing guidelines) and interactive on line tools (according to clients' IT specifications) to support consultation.
3. Experience of sourcing, gathering and interpreting data from relevant and an ability to present this in a concise and meaningful manner for consultation analysis and to inform policy development.
4. Knowledge and understanding of political and socio-economic structure and trends in South Yorkshire and Sheffield City Region.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged number of operators: 8

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Expressions of interest will be evaluated against the minimum standards set out in III.2.2 and 2.3 above, if the number of candidates remain above the maximum set of 8 they will be evaluated on a scored assessment for technical capacity, full details of which are included in the documentation for this tender available on our website at www.sypte.co.uk/contracts and the 8 highest scoring candidates will be invited.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

2296

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

12.3.2014 - 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Some projects may include ERDF funded projects.

VI.3)Additional information

The values set out in II.1.4 above are estimates only given the nature of the call off projects and cannot be a guarantee of spend value.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
11 Broad Street West
S1 2BQ Sheffield
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
11 Braod Street West
S1 2BQ Sheffield
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

4.2.2014

Local authority area

Place

Types of document

Project Consultation Services.