Marketing Agency Services For Council Advertising And Sponsorship
This competition is intended to deliver Sponsorship and Advertising Management Services to the Highland Council.
United Kingdom-Inverness: Advertising management services
2015/S 238-432678
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
The Highland Council
Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road
For the attention of: Ashley Gould
IV3 5BX Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463702000
E-mail: procurement.unit1@highland.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.highland.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00045
Electronic access to information: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The Highland Council
Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road
For the attention of: Ashley Gould
IV3 5BX Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463702000
E-mail: procurement.unit1@highland.gov.uk
Internet address: http://www.highland.gov.uk/
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The Highland Council
Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road
For the attention of: Ashley Gould
IV3 5BX Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463702000
E-mail: procurement.unit1@highland.gov.uk
Internet address: http://www.highland.gov.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The Highland Council
The Townhouse, Castle Street
For the attention of: Ashley Gould
IV1 1DJ Inverness
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1463702000
E-mail: procurement.unit1@highland.gov.uk
Internet address: http://www.highland.gov.uk/
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 13: Advertising services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Highland Scotland.
NUTS code UKM6
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This competition is intended to deliver Sponsorship and Advertising Management Services to the Highland Council (‘The Authority’). The resulting contract is intended to run for a period of 5 years from commencement, with a potential to extend it for a further 2. One of the primary aims of the contract will be to deliver a tripling of income generated by these activities over the first 2 years of the contract.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site athttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=422958
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available athttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79341100, 79340000, 79341400, 79341000
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: 2 Lot title: Fleet
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79341100, 79340000, 79341400, 79341000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Magazines and other printed (e.g. postal) material
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79341100, 79340000, 79341400, 79341000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Event naming rights
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79340000, 79341100, 79341400, 22459100
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 5 Lot title: Web based publicity and ICT hardware
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341000, 79341100, 79341200, 79341400, 79340000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 1 Lot title: The built environment and infrastructure: buildings, streets, street furniture, and sports grounds including projection
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79341100, 79340000, 79341400, 79341000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 6 Lot title: Clothing and uniform
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79341100, 79341400, 79340000, 79341000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 8 Lot title: Other (tenderers to identify areas of opportunity
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79341100, 79341400, 79340000, 79341000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 7 Lot title: Council branded merchandise
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341200, 79341100, 79340000, 79341400, 79341000
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
(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.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
(1) A statement of the candidate’s average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract.
(3) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures.
(4) A statement of the candidate’s technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities.
(5) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
(6) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate.
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
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: 21.1.2016 – 12:00
Place:
The Townhouse, Inverness, IV1 1DJ
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Mr A. Gould, Ms K. Urquhart.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: June 2020.
VI.3)Additional information
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: