West Midlands Police are looking for a single provider to deliver National Driver Offender Re-training Courses that has to be attractive both in terms of affordability and time so to ensure that offending drivers are provided with the relevant re-training to enable them to improve their driving skills and road awareness hopefully improving road safety.
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
West Midlands Police
Contracts and Procurement Unit, Police HQ , Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway
Contact point(s): www.bluelight.gov.uk
For the attention of: Miss Katie Shepherd
B4 6NQ Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.west-midlands.police.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
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: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of national driver offender retraining schemes within the West Midlands Police Area.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
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)
West Midlands Police are looking for a single provider to deliver National Driver Offender Re-training Courses that has to be attractive both in terms of affordability and time so to ensure that offending drivers are provided with the relevant re-training to enable them to improve their driving skills and road awareness hopefully improving road safety. A National Model Programme has been established which the Service Provider must deliver and conform to at all times.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
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:
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
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 in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
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
26.11.2014 – 12:00
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
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
Very Important Information: Please do not contact the Procurement officer listed in section 1 contact-point (s) All Suppliers/Contractors wishing to express an interest in this tender opportunity should go to www.bluelight.gov.uk/opportunities and enter the reference number in the search criteria ‘contains’ box then click on the tender opportunity Title and select the ‘Login and Register Interest’ button. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents can then be accessed and downloaded to fill in, by going to www.bluelight.gov.uk and selecting the ‘Supplier Login’ option. Please note: Suppliers/Contractors not already registered on the Bluelight ProContract e-Tendering system will need to go to www.bluelight.gov.uk and click on the “Register Company”l ink on the left hand side and fill in the company registration form. It is free to register on the system and there are no subscription charges or additional costs for using the system. Once the registration has been processed they then need to return to the tender opportunity, and register their expression of interest.
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:
10.10.2014