Business Support Contract for Applicants and Grant Holders

Big Lottery Fund (London)
1 Plough Place
Contact point(s): Procurement Team
EC4A 1DE London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072113779

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA22842

Electronic access to information: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/about-big/tender-opportunities

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/about-big/tender-opportunities

Further information can be obtained from: Big Lottery Fund (London)
1 Plough Place
EC4A 1DE London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072111800
E-mail: Procurement@biglottery.org.uk
Internet address: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Big Lottery Fund (London)
1 Plough Place
EC4A 1DE London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072111800
Internet address: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Big Lottery Fund (London)
1 Plough Place
EC4A 1DE London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2072111800
Internet address: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Body governed by public law

Other: grant awarding body

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

Scotland’s Business Support Contract for Applicants and Grant Holders.

Services
Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Scotland.

NUTS code UKM

The notice involves a public contract

The Big Lottery Fund is seeking a Service Provider who will offer specialist business support services to grant holders and applicants. Grant holders will be referred to the Service Provider on a case-by-case basis. The Big Lottery Fund would like to support low capacity, inexperienced groups and organisations that operate at community level.
The Big Lottery Fund seeks to appoint an external Service Provider that will give grant holders and applicant’s access to reliable, consistent and high-quality advice from people who have specialist skills and experience in business accounting, management, governance and risk.

Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland web site at:http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=437659

79212110, 66122000, 98110000, 72221000, 79996000, 79400000, 79411100

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

This contract is divided into lots: no

Variants will be accepted: no

The total contract value for fixed services over the 3 year duration will be 145 000 GBP including VAT and expenses. Bids in excess of this figure will be excluded from further consideration in this tender process. The Fund intends to award other services on a call-off basis over the 3 year duration will not exceed 555 000 GBP including VAT and expenses.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 560 000 GBP

Options: no

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Starting 27.6.2016. Completion 27.6.2019

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please submit a copy of your annual accounts for the last 2 years. We will review these to ensure you have adequate financial standing to perform the services without putting the Fund at risk. Where we have concerns we may request further information/comfort from you. Where our concerns are not addressed you will be excluded from further participation in the tender process.
In order for us to carry out this assessment please provide copies of the last 2 years audited accounts and annual reports to include:
— Balance-sheet;
— Profit and loss account and cost of sales;
— Full notes to the accounts;
— Director’s report/auditor’s report.
If you are unable to submit the information requested above because your organisation is below the threshold for which audited accounts are required, please submit the following documents instead:
— Balance-sheet;
— Profit and loss statement.
If you are unable to submit the information requested above for the most recent financial year because such information is not yet audited, please submit management accounts for that period.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
— The Fund requires all bidders to have a minimum of 3 years relevant experience successfully delivering projects similar to the 1 required under this ITT and described in Section 2 of the ITT.
— Bidders must have a formal quality management system in place.
— Bidder has submitted a complete tender that accords with every instruction and requirement set out in this ITT.
— Bidder has completed Parts III and IV of Annex 5 of the ITT and confirmed none of the circumstances set out there in apply.
— The Bidder’s Total Costs in Table A over 3 years must not exceed 145 000 GBP (including VAT and expenses) for the fixed element of the services.
— The Bidder’s Total Costs in Table B over 3 years must not exceed 555 000 GBP (including VAT and expenses) for the call-off element of the services.
— Bidders whose costs exceed these amounts will be excluded from further consideration in the tender process.
— The Bidder’s Contract Management costs does not exceed 10 % of the total contract value (fixed services and the call-off services).

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes

Open

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

BIG001-0683

9.5.2016 – 12:00

English.

The ITT is available to download here: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/about-big/tender-opportunities

(SC Ref:437659).

The High Court, The Royal Courts of Justice
WC4A2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a standstill period of 10 calendar days at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide full information on the award decision. Further information is set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) as amended.

18.3.2016