Adult and Community Learning Framework for Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council wishes to engage a group of suppliers to deliver a wide range of Adult and Community Learning services throughout the eight districts of Staffordshire.
United Kingdom-Stafford: Education and training services
2015/S 044-076536
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Staffordshire County Council
Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street
For the attention of: John Tapsell
ST16 2DH Stafford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1785854651
E-mail: john.tapsell@staffordshire.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.staffordshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/business/procurement/etendering/
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
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 24: Education and vocational education services
NUTS code UKG24
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 48
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 3 600 000 and 4 800 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The ACL Service currently works with schools, colleges, third sector organisations, independent training providers and local community groups to secure and deliver a range of learning opportunities for adults and families across Staffordshire.
Staffordshire County Council wishes to procure its sub-contracted provision through an open and competitive tendering process in order to source high quality responsive and innovative informal adult and community learning. The County Council is subject to accountability and scrutiny of the SFA and related Ofsted inspection frameworks. All sub-contracted provision must comply with SFA and County Council regulations and related statutory requirements.
This Procurement is for a Framework Agreement between the appointed Provider(s) and Staffordshire County Council, to supply Services on a call-off basis for Community Learning provision. This Framework will be for an initial two year period from 1.8.2015 to 31.7.2016, with an additional option to extend by 3 x 12 months up to a maximum of 31.7.2019. In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions of Contract as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the County Council’s sole discretion. The County Council makes no guarantee as to the volume of business on offer and any funding values given are indicative only and intended as a general guide and these will be subject to annual allocations made to the County Council by the SFA.
Community Learning (CL) will have a value range over four years of 3 600 000 GBP up to 4 800 000 GBP subject to SFA funding allocations.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1Lot title: Leisure Courses
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT: 475 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2Lot title: Leisure Tasters
1)Short description
These courses aim to provide an opportunity to sample the subject area rather than provide a fully featured course.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT: 24 990 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3Lot title: Adults with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (ALDD)
1)Short description
— Leisure Courses;
— Employability Skills;
— Functional Skills.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT: 120 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 4Lot title: Wider Family Learning (WFL)
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT: 140 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 5Lot title: Family English Maths and Language (FEML)
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT: 165 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 6Lot title: Employability Skills
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 7Lot title: Functional Skills
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80000000, 80400000
3)Quantity or scope
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
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: UKPRN.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Financial checks will be undertaken for economic operators using one or more of the Councils current financial assessors, n2check (www.n2check.com), Dun & Bradstreet (www.dnb.co.uk), Experian (www.experian.co.uk). Economic operators will be assessed according to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors used. Any economic operator being given an above average/higher than average risk rating or poorer, by one or more of the assessors used, may be rejected.Note:
1. It is the responsibility of the economic operator to ensure that the appropriate accounts have been filed and that the credit information held is correct.
2. Should economic operators wish other financial information to be taken into account to support the economic and financial check this should be submitted with the response to the PQQ. SCC reserves the right to request further financial information and to take this into account where necessary in addition to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors.
3. For sole traders/partnerships where third party financial assessments are not available the assessment will be undertaken using a financial spreadsheet detailing trading account data for the last 3 years.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: The organisation should hold as a minimum the following insurance levels or be able to provide with their response, a written statement advising that should they be awarded the contract they will have the required levels of insurance in place for the commencement of the contract.
Public Liability 2 000 000 GBP
Employers Liability 5 000 000 GBP.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
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
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 241-424199 of 13.12.2014
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
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 25.3.2015 – 12:00
Place:
SCC Offices.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Staffordshire County Council
UNITED KINGDOM
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Staffordshire County Council
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Staffordshire County Council
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/business/procurement/etendering/ Refer also to details in section VI.3 Additional Information
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: