Museum exhibition and display framework

Royal Armouries
Armouries Drive
For the attention of: Zoe Robinson
LS10 1LT Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1132201858
E-mail: zoe.robinson@armouries.org.uk
Fax: +44 1132201954

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.royalarmouries.org/home

Address of the buyer profile: www.royalarmouries.org

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)

Body governed by public law

Recreation, culture and religion
Education
Other: National Museum

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

Museum exhibition and display framework.

Services
Service category No 27: Other services
NUTS code

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

Architectural design services. Project and design preparation, estimation of costs. Design consultancy services. Project-design services other than for construction work. Graphic design services. Graphic display panels. Audio-visual equipment. Audio-visual materials. Provision of museum exhibition and display services incorporating design services RIBA stages C, D, E, F and G; build and installation RIBA stage K; art-working; graphic print; graphic installation; interactive build and installation; AV content development and delivery; AV hardware and installation; architectural design services.

71220000, 71242000, 79415200, 79421200, 79822500, 31682230, 32321200, 32321300

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

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

Variants will be accepted: no

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Provision of design services to aid the development of the Royal Armouries of fixed and temporary exhibitions and displays to enhance the visitor experience. This includes but is not limited to concept and detailed designs incorporating RIBA stages C, D, E, F and G.

79415200, 79930000, 79933000, 92521100

Provision of specialist fit-out contractors to build / fabricate and install museum exhibitions and displays (RIBA stage K).

92521100, 45212313, 92521000, 45212300, 45212310

Provision of art-working services for labels and graphics to be incorporated into museum exhibition and displays.

79415200, 79930000, 79933000, 92521100

Provision of graphic print services for labels and graphics to be incorporated into museum exhibition and displays.

31682230, 79822500, 22458000, 79800000, 79821000

Provision of graphic installation services to be incorporated into museum exhibition and displays.

31682230, 79822500

Provision of interactive build and installation services to be incorporated into museum exhibition and displays.

92521100, 32321200

Provision of A.V content development and delivery to be incorporated into museum exhibition and displays.

32321200, 32321300, 79930000

Provision of A.V hardware and installation to be incorporated into museum exhibition and displays.

32321200, 32321300

Provision of architectural design services of museum exhibitions and displays.

71210000, 71220000, 71221000

Joint and several liability.

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (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 for compulsory winding up or 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 judgement which has he 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 ay means which the contracting 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 organisation 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 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 on these turnovers is available.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(b) A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three 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 issued 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;
(g) For public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

Restricted

Envisaged minimum number 10: and maximum number 15

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

RA-0040

no

Payable documents: no

20.1.2012 – 17:00

English.

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement,and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
GO Reference: GO-2011128-PRO-2793441.

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested from the address in section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally with 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into, the court may order the settling aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into, the court may only award damages.

8.12.2011