Jisc Design and Audio Visual Framework

Jisc
One Castlepark, Tower Hill
For the attention of: Procurement Manager
BS2 0JA Bristol
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2038155574
E-mail: procurement@jisc.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1235822286

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/

Electronic access to information: https://tenders.jisc.ac.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://tenders.jisc.ac.uk

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)

Other: national education and research network provider

Education

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Jisc Design and Audio Visual Framework.

Services
Service category No 15: Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis
NUTS code UKK11,UKJ14,UKI

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 9

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

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

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 400 000 GBP

Jisc wishes to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement to enable Jisc to purchase transactional design, conceptual design and AV services.

79340000

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

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

Variants will be accepted: no

Jisc wishes to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement to enable Jisc to purchase:
Lot 1: Transactional design;
Lot 2: Conceptual design;
Lot 3: Audio Visual services.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 400 000 GBP

Options: yes
Description of these options: Jisc wishes to award a contract providing an initial 3 years of service with the possibility of extension for a further year subject to performance review.

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 1
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Design and production of collateral across a broad range of disciplines, for both print and online media. Extensive experience of report and brochure creation, typesetting and creating production work-flows is required. Expert knowledge of the most recent versions of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office products (Word, Power-point and Excel) are a necessity. Please see the tender pack for more information.

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Lot 2 requires inspirational and independent partners to the marketing team, who are able to inspire the creative teams of other partners and suppliers. Partners of conviction who are prepared to stand up and support design and brand concepts and ideas in the face of internal resistance.
They will work with the marketing director to generate ideas for pitching and proposals to other managers including senior managers.
They will work closely with the Director of Marketing on the development on all creative elements of the brand and branded communications outputs — particularly around multimedia, exhibition design, design of corporate offices. Please see the tender pack for more information.

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The successful agencies will be expected to produce Jisc’s AV outputs. Jisc films are varied depending on the desired output, audience and messaging. We have examples of motion graphics and typography, talking heads, promos, interviews and our own original films.
These will need to be conceived, storyboarded, shot/animated, edited, go through post production and prepared for the specified output format. Please see the tender pack for more information.

79340000

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The supplier shall provide evidence of financial and economic standing, as specified in Article 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Grounds for mandatory rejection as set out in Regulation 57(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015:
(a) Conspiracy within the meaning of section 1 or 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977 or article 9 or 9A of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 where that conspiracy relates to participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on the fight against organised crime (c);
(b) Corruption within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889(d) or section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906(e) where the offence relates to active corruption;
(c) The offence of bribery, where the offence relates to active corruption;
(d) Fraud, where the offence relates to fraud affecting the European Communities’ financial interests as defined by Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities, within the meaning of:
(i) The offence of cheating the Revenue;
(ii) The offence of conspiracy to defraud;
(iii) Fraud or theft within the meaning of the Theft Act 1968, the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, the Theft Act 1978 or the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
(iv) Fraudulent trading within the meaning of section 458 of the Companies Act 1985, article 451 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 or section 993 of the Companies Act 2006;
(v) Fraudulent evasion within the meaning of section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 or section 72 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994;
(vi) An offence in connection with taxation in the European Union within the meaning of section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993;
(vii) Destroying, defacing or concealing of documents or procuring the execution of a valuable security within the meaning of section 20 of the Theft Act 1968 or section 19 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;
(viii) Fraud within the meaning of section 2, 3 or 4 of the Fraud Act 2006; or
(ix) Making, adapting, supplying or offering to supply articles for use in frauds within the meaning of section 7 of the Fraud Act 2006;
(e) Money laundering within the meaning of section 340(11) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;
(f) Any offence listed:
(i) In section 41 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008(a); or
(ii) In Schedule 2 to that Act where the Court has determined that there is a terrorist connection;
(g) Any offence under sections 44 to 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007(b) which relates to an offence covered by sub paragraph (f);
(h) Money laundering within the meaning of sections 340 (110 and 415 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(c));
(i) An offence in connection with the proceeds of criminal conduct within the meaning of section 93A, 93B or 93C of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(d) or article 45, 46 or 47 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(e);
(j) An offence under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004(f);
(k) An offence under section 59A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(g);
(l) An offence under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009(h);
(m) An offence in connection with the proceeds of drug trafficking within the meaning of section 49, 50 or 51 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994(i); or
(n) Any other offence within the meaning of Article 57(1) of the Public Contracts Directive:
(i) As defined by the law of any jurisdiction outside England and Wales and Northern Ireland; or
(ii) Created, after the day on which these Regulations were made, in the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland Grounds for discretionary rejection as set out in regulation 57(8) of the Public Contracts Regulations:
(a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the Court, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors, who has suspended business activities or who is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the Court or for an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws or regulations;
(c) Has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
(e) Where a conflict of interest within the meaning of regulation 24 cannot be effectively remedied by other, less intrusive, measures;
(f) Where a distortion of competition from the prior involvement of the economic operator in the preparation of the procurement procedure, as referred to in regulation 41, cannot be remedied by other, less intrusive, measures;
(g) Where the economic operator has shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement under a prior public contract, a prior contract with a contracting entity, or a prior concession contract, which led to early termination of that prior contract, damages or other comparable sanctions;
(h) Where the economic operator:
(i) Has been guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of the selection criteria; or
(ii) Has withheld such information or is not able to submit supporting documents required under regulation 59; or
l) Where the economic operator has:
1. Undertaken to:
aa) Unduly influence the decision making process of the contracting authority, or
bb) Obtain confidential information that may confer upon it undue advantages in the procurement procedure; or
ii) Negligently provided misleading information that may have a material influence on decisions concerning exclusion, selection or award.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As provided within the Pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As provided within the Pre-qualification questionnaire.

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

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

Restricted

Envisaged minimum number 9: and maximum number 18
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Information on limiting candidates will be in the PQQ and tender documentation.

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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

An electronic auction will be used: no

no

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 19.5.2016 – 17:00
Payable documents: no

26.5.2016 – 12:00

17.6.2016

English.

Date: 18.7.2016 – 12:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

This is a recurrent procurement: no

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Jisc

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Jisc will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 article 91 provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

26.4.2016