Green Book Compliant Project Appraisals
Provision of Resource Green Book Compliant Project Appraisal Services. (Framework).
United Kingdom-Manchester: Business and management consultancy and related services
2016/S 056-094119
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
GM Business Support Ltd
Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater St
For the attention of: Nick Batty
M1 5JW Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1612374044
E-mail: nick.batty@businessgrowthhub.com
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/
Electronic access to information: http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/tenders
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: GM Business Support Ltd
Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street
M1 6EU Manchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/tenders
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UKD3.
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 8
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 23
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 150 000 and 500 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Consultant Project Appraisers will be required to conduct grant application appraisals on a project by project basis using the application documentation supplied by the Programme. Appraisers will work as directed by the Programme Manager to the agreed quality standards and within the deadlines advised by the Programme Manager. Appraisals should be carried out using existing Programme documentation at all times
The Framework period will be from the commencement date until 31.3.2017 with an option to extend for a further 1 year period subject to funding.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79400000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Range: between 150 000 and 500 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
Description of particular conditions: In compliance with Regional Growth Fund (RGF) conditions.
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
The tender must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions, by the deadline listed in Section IV.3.4) of this contract notice and as defined in the Tender Documentation.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
The Business Growth Hub service is offered by GM Business Support Limited, which is part of the Manchester Growth Company. The group employs over 1 000 staff and delivers more than 60 000 000 GBP of business support services annually.
Accountable to the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), the Business Growth Hub’s challenge is to ensure that companies across Greater Manchester, and beyond in some instances, reach their full potential and are able to access the right support and services to meet their needs.
These include:
— Personal support to identify and address business growth opportunities and challenges;
— Business to business networking through growth lunches and specialist events;
— Expert growth advice and planning under Growth, Growth Start-up, Mentoring, Digital Growth, and Access to Finance and Green Growth;
— Delivery of Business Growth Service for manufacturers across the North West of England;
— Access to a wealth of public and private sector business and professional partners with a range of specialist knowledge and skills including a network of committed private providers who share our vision for supporting growth.
Complementary support is also provided by UKTI Trade and Investment services and MIDAS, to attract inward investment and support re-investment by companies.
For more information about Business Growth Hub, which is a trading name of GM Business Support Limited, please visit us at:http://www.businessgrowthhub.com
Details of the Regional Growth Fund can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/understanding-the-regional-growth-fund
Tenders can be accessed and downloaded via the Business Growth Hub Website: http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/tenders
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: