Provide Learning and Development Services to University of Bath
Leadership and management, Effective working skills, Skills for research practice.
United Kingdom-Bath: Staff training services
2016/S 046-076608
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
University of Bath
Purchasing Services
For the attention of: Emma Chamberlain
BA2 7AY Bath
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1225385470
E-mail: e.chamberlain@bath.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.bath.ac.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
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 24: Education and vocational education services
NUTS code UKK12
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 200 000 and 350 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
— Leadership and management,
— Effective working skills,
— Skills for research practice,
— Skills for Public Engagement,
— Skills for University teaching,
— IT skills for software used in research data management and analysis,
— IT technical skills training,
— Career development for researchers.
— Health, safety and well being
Successful tenderers will have proven capability of designing and delivering events and programmes for a wide range of staff in a knowledge-intensive environment.
They will have demonstrable ability to work effectively in the UK Higher Education environment, across the very broad range of people who may be participants. They will be able to work in English as a main language and to travel cost-effectively to Bath and neighbouring institutions for meetings and day events.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80511000
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Leadership and Management
1)Short description
Leading teams, academic leadership, practical management skills, coaching, managing performance, recruiting and selecting staff, turning strategy into action, strategic planning, leading and managing organisational change.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80511000, 80500000
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Effective Working Skills
1)Short description
Communicating with skill and confidence, influence and negotiation, working in teams, working with change, project management, (academic and professional) writing skills, customer service.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80511000, 80500000
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Skills for Research Practice
1)Short description
People management, PhD supervision collaboration, publication, project planning and delivery, risk management, income and funding generation, financial management, research data management, impact, research methods, critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, consulting skills.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80500000, 80511000
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Skills for Public Engagement
1)Short description
Introductory skills for public engagement, understanding audiences, writing and presenting for non-academic audiences, evaluating engagement and understanding the impact of engagement, reflective practice, Patient Public Involvement (PPI), working effectively with the media, social media for engagement, Creative tools for Public Engagement, Research/art collaborations, creative thinking skills, Ethics of Engaged Research.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80500000, 80511000
Lot No: 5 Lot title: Skills for University teaching
1)Short description
Small and large group teaching, demonstrating, feedback.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80500000, 80511000
Lot No: 6 Lot title: IT skills for software used in research data management and analysis
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80500000, 80511000
Lot No: 7 Lot title: IT technical skills training
1)Short description
Mac OS X Support Essentials 10.11, Mac Support for PC Technicians v10.11, Windows Support and administration, OSX Server Essentials 10.10, Introduction to Linux / Unix, Linux Administration, Exchange 2013 and Skype for Business Administration and Design, SharePoint Administration and Design, Comp TIA A+, SQL Programming, Java Script and JQuery, PowerShell, Puppet, ITIL.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80511000, 80500000
Lot No: 8 Lot title: Career development for researchers
1)Short description
Career management, networking, reputation and esteem, interview skills, CV writing.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80511000, 80500000
Lot No: 9 Lot title: Health, safety and well-being
1)Short description
Accredited Managing and Working Safely qualifications, Stress Management (aimed at managers and individuals), Risk Assessment, COSHH, Manual Handling, General Health and Safety Awareness training, Work at Heights.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80511000, 80500000
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the Euporean Parliament and of the Council (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the Euporean Parliament and of the Council (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
Please see PQQ.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see PQQ.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Please see PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see PQQ.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
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
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information
This tender is being conducted as part of the University of Bath’s e-Tendering programme run in conjunction with BIPS DELTA. Expressions of interest in this opportunity, further information and/or documents are available at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com To express an interest in this opportunity you must register on this site to obtain a login and password (If you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password). Please note there is a password reminder link on the home page. You must log in and go to Your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: FVEU2PX8U4. Please ensure you follow all instructions provided to you there. The deadline for submitting your response is 10:00 hours on the 4.4.2016. Please ensure that you allow plenty of time when responding especially if you are required to upload response documents. Please note late responses cannot be accepted. If you experience any technical difficulties please contact the Delta e-Sourcing help desk on +44 8452707050 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.comThe 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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bath:-Staff-training-services./FVEU2PX8U4
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FVEU2PX8U4
GO Reference: GO-201633-PRO-7848131.
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
University of Bath
Purchasing Services, Claverton Down
BA2 7AY Bath
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: e.chamberlain@bath.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1225385470
Internet address: www.bath.ac.uk
Body responsible for mediation procedures
University of Bath
Purchasing Services, Claverton Down
BA2 7AY Bath
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: e.chamberlain@bath.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1225385470
Internet address: www.bath.ac.uk
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
University of Bath
Purchasing Services, Claverton Down
BA2 7AY Bath
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: e.chamberlain@bath.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1225385470
Internet address: www.bath.ac.uk
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: