Debt Advice Peer Review Scheme for Money Advice Service

The purpose of the scheme is to provide support and to facilitate the development of the debt advice sector, identifying areas for improvement, supporting organisations to establish the actions required and to monitor the implementation of change.

United Kingdom-London: Other community, social and personal services

2014/S 194-343111

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

The Money Advice Service
5th Floor 120 Holborn
For the attention of: David Ng
EC1N 2TD London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2079430505
E-mail: david.ng@moneyadviceservice.org.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.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)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

General public services

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Prudential Regulatory Authority
20 Moorgate
EC2R 6DA London
UNITED KINGDOM

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme
10th Floor, Beaufort House, 15 St. Botolph Street
EC3A 7QU London
UNITED KINGDOM

Financial Ombudsman Service
South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall
E14 9SR London
UNITED KINGDOM

Financial Conduct Authority
25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf
E14 5HS London
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

RMP14-95 The Provision of a Debt Advice Peer Review Scheme.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 27: Other services

NUTS code UKI

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 Money Advice Service is to procure the development and delivery of a peer review scheme to assess the quality and appropriateness of debt advice provided to clients by debt organisations throughout England and Wales.
The purpose of the scheme is to provide support and to facilitate the development of the debt advice sector, identifying areas for improvement, supporting organisations to establish the actions required and to monitor the implementation of change.
The scheme will require the recruitment, training and ongoing management and moderation of expert debt advisers to ‘peer review’ the files of debt advisers within organisations and to establish a mechanism for managing the secure distribution of case files.
There will be a requirement to analyse all the data collected through the scheme to identify good and best practice and to highlight common problem areas.
A provisional date of 7th December has been held for a supplier event.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

98000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)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:

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)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

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:

Registered Companies.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

III.2)Conditions for participation

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

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

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 in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

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:

RMP14-95

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 191-336956 of 4.10.2014

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

7.11.2014 – 17:00

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

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

7.10.2014