RDPE Training Framework
The objectives of the Framework are to provide a mix of one-to-few on-farm vocational and advanced skills training, plus workshops and seminars delivered both on-and off-farm by trainers/experts. Department of the Enviroment, Food and Rural Affairs.
UK-London: specialist training services
2012/S 36-058407
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Department of the Enviroment, Food and Rural Affairs
17 Nobel House
Contact point(s): https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
SW1P 3JR London
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.defra.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://defra.bravosolution.co.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)
Other: Food and Rural Affairs
Section II: Object of the contract
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UK.
NUTS code UK
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 122
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 20 000 000 GBP
For further details on the scope, please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to amend the PQQ and ITT solely at its discretion in order to ensure greater efficiency savings.
This Framework Agreement is available to the entire Defra Family which includes all Arms Length Bodies (Executive Agencies and NDPB’s).
80510000
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
Business management, leadership and ICT skills for agriculture, horticulture & forestry;
Knowledge transfer, innovation and technical skills for agriculture, horticulture & forestry;
Agricultural animal health and welfare;
Marketing and supply chain efficiency for agriculture, horticulture & forestry;
Resource use efficiency in agriculture, horticulture and forestry;
Traditional rural skills and rural tourism.
Information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Knowledge Transfer, Innovation and Technical Skills for Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
80510000
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 5 000 000 GBP
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
80510000
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 4 000 000 GBP
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
80510000
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 4 000 000 GBP
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
80510000
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 3 000 000 GBP
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
80510000
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 2 500 000 GBP
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
80510000
(For further details on the scope please refer to the PQQ a copy of which can be obtained from Defra eTendering Service.
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 0 and 1 500 000 GBP
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
(https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk).
Description of particular conditions: The Authority’s Conditions of Contract will apply to this contract.
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once):
— browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register,
— accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’,
— enter your correct business and user details,
— note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete,
— you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender:
— login to the portal with the username/password,
— click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier),
— click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content,
— click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page,
— this will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— you can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box.
3. Responding to the tender:
— click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining),
— you can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,
— note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT,
— there may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).
You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
Completed responses to the Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender must be returned via the Defra eTendering Service (further details of which are available at Section III.2.1 of this OJEU Notice) before the deadline for receipt of responses as notified in Section IV.3.4 of this OJEU Notice.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: 1. Financial statements or other information to demonstrates that the tenderer has the requisite financial capacity to provide the service. Tenderers will be required to demonstrate a minimum turnover in each of the last 2 consecutive years of:
100 000 GBP or equivalent in the reporting currency or equivalent proof of financial standing.
In the case of a consortium bid, the combined annual turnover of the Tenderer and the Relevant Companies in each of the last 2 consecutive years must be no less than that specified in the paragraph and above the minimum annual turnover of at least one of the parties must be no less than 50 000 GBP or equivalent financial performance in reporting currency or equivalent proof of financial standing.
2. Tenderers will be required, at the commencement date of the Contract, to have adequate level of relevant insurance cover in respect of all risks arising out of the Contractor’s performance of its obligations under the Contract.
Evaluation information required from Tenderers will be stated in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT) which are available only at https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk.
Tenderers are required in delivering the contract to comply with the Authority’s policies, strategies and standards.
Section IV: Procedure
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As stated in Section 4 of the PQQ document a copy of which can be obtained from the Authority e-Tendering Service (details of which can be found at Section III.2.1 of this OJEU Notice).
Payable documents: no
Place:
Nobel House, Westminster.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Two (2) representatives from the Authority’s Procurement and Commercial Function.
Section VI: Complementary information
Any Contract or agreement resulting from the Tender will be entered into under English law. All discussions and meetings will be conducted in English.
The Authority reserves the right to terminate the procurement process (or part of it) to change the basis of and the procedures for the procurement at anytime.
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
47D General time limits for starting proceedings:
(1) This regulation limits the time within which proceedings may be started where the proceedings do not seek a declaration of ineffectiveness.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), such proceedings must be started promptly and in any event within 3 months beginning with the date when grounds for starting the proceedings first arose.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not require proceedings to be started before the end of any of the following periods:
(a) where the proceedings relate to a decision which is sent to the economic operator by facsimile or electronic means, 10 days beginning with:
(i) the day after the date on which the decision is sent, if the decision is accompanied by a summary of the reasons for the decision;
(ii) if the decision is not so accompanied, the day after the date on which the economic operator is informed of a summary of those reasons;
(b) where the proceedings relate to a decision which is sent to the economic operator by other means, whichever of the following periods ends first:
(i) 15 days beginning with:
(aa) the day after the date on which the decision is sent, if the decision is accompanied by a summary of the reasons for the decision; or.
(bb) if the decision is not so accompanied, the day after the date on which the economic operator is informed of a summary of those reasons;
(ii) 10 days beginning with:
(aa) the day after the date on which the decision is received, if the decision is accompanied by a summary of the reasons for the decision; or
(bb) if the decision is not so accompanied, the day after the date on which the economic operator is informed of a summary of those reasons;
(c) where sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply but the decision is published, 10 days beginning with the day on which the decision is published.
(4) The Court may extend the time limits imposed by this regulation (but not the limits imposed by regulation 47E) where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, proceedings are to be regarded as started only when the claim form is served in compliance with regulation 47F(1) 47E Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness (1) This regulation limits the time within which proceedings may be started where the proceedings seek a declaration of ineffectiveness.
(2) Such proceedings must be started:
(a) where paragraph (3) or (5) applies, within 30 days beginning with the relevant date mentioned in that paragraph;
(b) in any other case, within 6 months beginning with the day after the date on which the contract was entered into.
(3) This paragraph applies where a relevant contract award notice has been published in the Official Journal, in which case the relevant date is the day after the date on which the notice was published.
(4) For that purpose, a contract award notice is relevant if, and only if:
(a) the contract was awarded without prior publication of a contract notice; and (b) the contract award notice includes justification of the decision of the contracting authority to award the contract without prior publication of a contract notice.
(5) This paragraph applies where the contracting authority has informed the economic operator of:
(a) the conclusion of the contract; and
(b) a summary of the relevant reasons, in which case the relevant date is the day after the date on which the economic operator was informed of the conclusion or, if later, was informed of a summary of the relevant reasons.
(6) In paragraph (5), “the relevant reasons” means the reasons which the economic operator would have been entitled to receive in response to a request under regulation 32(9).
(7) In this regulation, “contract award notice” means a notice in accordance with regulation 31(1).
(8) For the purposes of this regulation, proceedings are to be regarded as started only when the claim form is served in compliance with regulation 47F(1).
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM