Banking Services Liverpool City Council
The Council requires services to facilitate the collection of card payments via the Council’s website, by telephone and face to face at various Council establishments.
UK-Liverpool: banking services
2012/S 77-127044
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Liverpool City Council
Finance & Resources (Procurement), 4th floor Venture Place, Sir Thomas Street
For the attention of: Ms Lyndsay Miles
L1 6BW Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: lyndsay.miles@liverpool.gov.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Banking Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 6: Financial servicesa)Insurances services b)Banking and investment services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: City of Liverpool.
NUTS code UKD52
Service category No 6: Financial servicesa)Insurances services b)Banking and investment services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: City of Liverpool.
NUTS code UKD52
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The contract is for banking services and will cover the following key elements.
Card Acquiring Services.
The Council requires services to facilitate the collection of card payments via the Council’s website, by telephone and face to face at various Council establishments. The successful card acquiring bank must receive files of card payments collected and provide settlement direct to the Council’s nominated bank accounts. The Council currently accepts online and telephone payments using the following:
Visa Credit.
Visa Debit.
UK Maestro.
International Maestro.
Mastercard.
Solo.
Electron.
JCB.
Account Facilities.
The accounts required in the name of LCC on commencement of the contract are as follows:
a) Income Account
b) Disbursement Account
c) Landlords Account
d) Mass Account
e) Ancillary Accounts
f) Euro Account
g) Head Office Collection Accounts
Additional Services to include.
a) Allow the use of a security firm to pay monies into LCC’s Account
b) Allow pay-ins at branches of other banks at no additional cost to LCC.
c) Provide the facility for the public to make payments to the City Council over the bank counter without charge. This facility must be available at all branches nationwide.
d) Retain presented cheques for the purpose of dealing with enquiries at a later date. Images of presented cheques must be made available to the Council within 48 hours of request. No debits are to be made without supporting documentation.
e) The bank will return Refer to Drawer cheques with any supporting documentation to LCC for the relevant computer systems to be updated.
f) Provide a facility to cash City Council cheques with a value in excess of 500,00 GBP.
g) Provide the facility to draw cash up to 30 000,00 GBP at short (i.e. 2 hours) notice.
h) The provider must allow City Council customers (eg Housing Benefit claimants) to open a bank account into which their benefit may be paid.
i) Provide BACS Bureau services.
j) Provide merchant services including the facilities to enable credit/debit card payments and e-payments.
k) Allow the withdrawal of cash at any branch within the city.
Financial Limits.
Cash Management and Credit Interest Arrangements.
Electronic Banking.
Provision of statements.
Provision of stationery and consumables.
Operational Requirements.
Opening & Closing Of Accounts.
Operation of Accounts.
Contract Management & Reporting.
Contract Management Personnel.
Contract Management & Liaison.
Business Continuity.
Customer Care.
Customer Satisfaction & Complaints.
Card Acquiring Services.
The Council requires services to facilitate the collection of card payments via the Council’s website, by telephone and face to face at various Council establishments. The successful card acquiring bank must receive files of card payments collected and provide settlement direct to the Council’s nominated bank accounts. The Council currently accepts online and telephone payments using the following:
Visa Credit.
Visa Debit.
UK Maestro.
International Maestro.
Mastercard.
Solo.
Electron.
JCB.
Account Facilities.
The accounts required in the name of LCC on commencement of the contract are as follows:
a) Income Account
b) Disbursement Account
c) Landlords Account
d) Mass Account
e) Ancillary Accounts
f) Euro Account
g) Head Office Collection Accounts
Additional Services to include.
a) Allow the use of a security firm to pay monies into LCC’s Account
b) Allow pay-ins at branches of other banks at no additional cost to LCC.
c) Provide the facility for the public to make payments to the City Council over the bank counter without charge. This facility must be available at all branches nationwide.
d) Retain presented cheques for the purpose of dealing with enquiries at a later date. Images of presented cheques must be made available to the Council within 48 hours of request. No debits are to be made without supporting documentation.
e) The bank will return Refer to Drawer cheques with any supporting documentation to LCC for the relevant computer systems to be updated.
f) Provide a facility to cash City Council cheques with a value in excess of 500,00 GBP.
g) Provide the facility to draw cash up to 30 000,00 GBP at short (i.e. 2 hours) notice.
h) The provider must allow City Council customers (eg Housing Benefit claimants) to open a bank account into which their benefit may be paid.
i) Provide BACS Bureau services.
j) Provide merchant services including the facilities to enable credit/debit card payments and e-payments.
k) Allow the withdrawal of cash at any branch within the city.
Financial Limits.
Cash Management and Credit Interest Arrangements.
Electronic Banking.
Provision of statements.
Provision of stationery and consumables.
Operational Requirements.
Opening & Closing Of Accounts.
Operation of Accounts.
Contract Management & Reporting.
Contract Management Personnel.
Contract Management & Liaison.
Business Continuity.
Customer Care.
Customer Satisfaction & Complaints.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66110000, 66100000
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: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
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:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 785 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 84 (from the award of the contract)
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Card Acquiring Service
1)Short description
The contract is for banking services and will cover the key elements for Card Acquiring Services.
The Council requires services to facilitate the collection of card payments via the Council’s website, by telephone and face to face at various Council establishments. The successful card acquiring bank must receive files of card payments collected and provide settlement direct to the Council’s nominated bank accounts. The Council currently accepts online and telephone payments using the following:
Visa Credit.
Visa Debit.
UK Maestro.
International Maestro.
Mastercard.
Solo.
Electron.
JCB.
The Council requires services to facilitate the collection of card payments via the Council’s website, by telephone and face to face at various Council establishments. The successful card acquiring bank must receive files of card payments collected and provide settlement direct to the Council’s nominated bank accounts. The Council currently accepts online and telephone payments using the following:
Visa Credit.
Visa Debit.
UK Maestro.
International Maestro.
Mastercard.
Solo.
Electron.
JCB.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66110000, 66100000
3)Quantity or scope
Card Acquiring Services.
The Council requires services to facilitate the collection of card payments via the Council’s website, by telephone and face to face at various Council establishments. The successful card acquiring bank must receive files of card payments collected and provide settlement direct to the Council’s nominated bank accounts. The Council currently accepts online and telephone payments using the following:
Visa Credit.
Visa Debit.
UK Maestro.
International Maestro.
Mastercard.
Solo.
Electron.
JCB.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 155 000 GBP
The Council requires services to facilitate the collection of card payments via the Council’s website, by telephone and face to face at various Council establishments. The successful card acquiring bank must receive files of card payments collected and provide settlement direct to the Council’s nominated bank accounts. The Council currently accepts online and telephone payments using the following:
Visa Credit.
Visa Debit.
UK Maestro.
International Maestro.
Mastercard.
Solo.
Electron.
JCB.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 155 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Duration in months: 84 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Banking Services
1)Short description
The contract is for Banking Services and will cover the following key elements.
Account Facilities.
The accounts required in the name of LCC on commencement of the contract are as follows:
a) Income Account
b) Disbursement Account
c) Landlords Account
d) Mass Account
e) Ancillary Accounts
f) Euro Account
g) Head Office Collection Accounts
Additional Services to include.
a) Allow the use of a security firm to pay monies into LCC’s Account
b) Allow pay-ins at branches of other banks at no additional cost to LCC.
c) Provide the facility for the public to make payments to the City Council over the bank counter without charge. This facility must be available at all branches nationwide.
d) Retain presented cheques for the purpose of dealing with enquiries at a later date. Images of presented cheques must be made available to the Council within 48 hours of request. No debits are to be made without supporting documentation.
e) The bank will return Refer to Drawer cheques with any supporting documentation to LCC for the relevant computer systems to be updated.
f) Provide a facility to cash City Council cheques with a value in excess of 500,00 GBP.
g) Provide the facility to draw cash up to 30 000,00 GBP at short (i.e. 2 hours) notice.
h) The provider must allow City Council customers (eg Housing Benefit claimants) to open a bank account into which their benefit may be paid.
i) Provide BACS Bureau services.
j) Provide merchant services including the facilities to enable credit/debit card payments and e-payments.
k) Allow the withdrawal of cash at any branch within the city.
Financial Limits.
Cash Management and Credit Interest Arrangements.
Electronic Banking.
Provision of statements.
Provision of stationery and consumables.
Operational Requirements.
Opening & Closing Of Accounts.
Operation of Accounts.
Contract Management & Reporting.
Contract Management Personnel.
Contract Management & Liaison.
Business Continuity.
Customer Care.
Customer Satisfaction & Complaints.
Account Facilities.
The accounts required in the name of LCC on commencement of the contract are as follows:
a) Income Account
b) Disbursement Account
c) Landlords Account
d) Mass Account
e) Ancillary Accounts
f) Euro Account
g) Head Office Collection Accounts
Additional Services to include.
a) Allow the use of a security firm to pay monies into LCC’s Account
b) Allow pay-ins at branches of other banks at no additional cost to LCC.
c) Provide the facility for the public to make payments to the City Council over the bank counter without charge. This facility must be available at all branches nationwide.
d) Retain presented cheques for the purpose of dealing with enquiries at a later date. Images of presented cheques must be made available to the Council within 48 hours of request. No debits are to be made without supporting documentation.
e) The bank will return Refer to Drawer cheques with any supporting documentation to LCC for the relevant computer systems to be updated.
f) Provide a facility to cash City Council cheques with a value in excess of 500,00 GBP.
g) Provide the facility to draw cash up to 30 000,00 GBP at short (i.e. 2 hours) notice.
h) The provider must allow City Council customers (eg Housing Benefit claimants) to open a bank account into which their benefit may be paid.
i) Provide BACS Bureau services.
j) Provide merchant services including the facilities to enable credit/debit card payments and e-payments.
k) Allow the withdrawal of cash at any branch within the city.
Financial Limits.
Cash Management and Credit Interest Arrangements.
Electronic Banking.
Provision of statements.
Provision of stationery and consumables.
Operational Requirements.
Opening & Closing Of Accounts.
Operation of Accounts.
Contract Management & Reporting.
Contract Management Personnel.
Contract Management & Liaison.
Business Continuity.
Customer Care.
Customer Satisfaction & Complaints.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
66110000, 66100000
3)Quantity or scope
The contract is for Banking Services and will cover the following key elements.
Account Facilities.
The accounts required in the name of LCC on commencement of the contract are as follows:
a) Income Account
b) Disbursement Account
c) Landlords Account
d) Mass Account
e) Ancillary Accounts
f) Euro Account
g) Head Office Collection Accounts
Additional Services to include.
a) Allow the use of a security firm to pay monies into LCC’s Account.
b) Allow pay-ins at branches of other banks at no additional cost to LCC.
c) Provide the facility for the public to make payments to the City Council over the bank counter without charge. This facility must be available at all branches nationwide.
d) Retain presented cheques for the purpose of dealing with enquiries at a later date. Images of presented cheques must be made available to the Council within 48 hours of request. No debits are to be made without supporting documentation.
e) The bank will return Refer to Drawer cheques with any supporting documentation to LCC for the relevant computer systems to be updated.
f) Provide a facility to cash City Council cheques with a value in excess of 500,00 GBP.
g) Provide the facility to draw cash up to 30 000,00 GBP at short (i.e. 2 hours) notice.
h) The provider must allow City Council customers (eg Housing Benefit claimants) to open a bank account into which their benefit may be paid.
i) Provide BACS Bureau services.
j) Provide merchant services including the facilities to enable credit/debit card payments and e-payments.
k) Allow the withdrawal of cash at any branch within the city.
Financial Limits.
Cash Management and Credit Interest Arrangements.
Electronic Banking.
Provision of statements.
Provision of stationery and consumables.
Operational Requirements.
Opening & Closing Of Accounts.
Operation of Accounts.
Contract Management & Reporting.
Contract Management Personnel.
Contract Management & Liaison.
Business Continuity.
Customer Care.
Customer Satisfaction & Complaints.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 630 000 GBP
Account Facilities.
The accounts required in the name of LCC on commencement of the contract are as follows:
a) Income Account
b) Disbursement Account
c) Landlords Account
d) Mass Account
e) Ancillary Accounts
f) Euro Account
g) Head Office Collection Accounts
Additional Services to include.
a) Allow the use of a security firm to pay monies into LCC’s Account.
b) Allow pay-ins at branches of other banks at no additional cost to LCC.
c) Provide the facility for the public to make payments to the City Council over the bank counter without charge. This facility must be available at all branches nationwide.
d) Retain presented cheques for the purpose of dealing with enquiries at a later date. Images of presented cheques must be made available to the Council within 48 hours of request. No debits are to be made without supporting documentation.
e) The bank will return Refer to Drawer cheques with any supporting documentation to LCC for the relevant computer systems to be updated.
f) Provide a facility to cash City Council cheques with a value in excess of 500,00 GBP.
g) Provide the facility to draw cash up to 30 000,00 GBP at short (i.e. 2 hours) notice.
h) The provider must allow City Council customers (eg Housing Benefit claimants) to open a bank account into which their benefit may be paid.
i) Provide BACS Bureau services.
j) Provide merchant services including the facilities to enable credit/debit card payments and e-payments.
k) Allow the withdrawal of cash at any branch within the city.
Financial Limits.
Cash Management and Credit Interest Arrangements.
Electronic Banking.
Provision of statements.
Provision of stationery and consumables.
Operational Requirements.
Opening & Closing Of Accounts.
Operation of Accounts.
Contract Management & Reporting.
Contract Management Personnel.
Contract Management & Liaison.
Business Continuity.
Customer Care.
Customer Satisfaction & Complaints.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 630 000 GBP
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Duration in months: 84 (from the award of the contract)
5)Additional information about lots
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
As per ITT.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
As per ITT.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Joint and Several Liability.
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: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or 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 compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment 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 contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per ITT.
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or 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 compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment 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 contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per ITT.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information of these turnovers is available.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per ITT.
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information of these turnovers is available.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per ITT.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(a) a list of the works carried out over the past 5 years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: – where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issues or countersigned by the competent authority, – where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser’s certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator’s undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking’s study and research facilities;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body’s agreement, on the production capabilities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking’s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, and indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contracts;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so request; (ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognized competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As per ITT.
(a) a list of the works carried out over the past 5 years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: – where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issues or countersigned by the competent authority, – where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser’s certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator’s undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking’s study and research facilities;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body’s agreement, on the production capabilities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking’s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, and indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years;
(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contracts;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so request; (ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognized competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As per ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As per ITT.
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
Open
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)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below
1. Price. Weighting 60
2. Quality. Weighting 40
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:
NWCE-8TFN3H
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 25.5.2012 – 16:00
Payable documents: no
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
30.5.2012 – 16:00
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
in days: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 31.5.2012 – 10:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
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: no
VI.3)Additional information
Tenders can be downloaded from the Chest Due North Portal.
Companies not registered may do so by using the following link www://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.
Companies not registered may do so by using the following link www://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The appeals process will follow the EU Remedies Directives.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:18.4.2012