Requirement for Insolvency Practitioner Services

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is seeking to appoint an Insolvency Practitioner to provide legal services for recovering Council Tax and National Non-Domestic Rates.

United Kingdom-Stoke-on-Trent: Financial market operational services

2016/S 159-287569

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Corporate Procurement, Civic Centre, Glebe Street
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 1HH
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1782231187
E-mail: kirsty.fairbanks@stoke.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKG23

Internet address(es):Main address: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities

I.2)Joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Insolvency Practitioner Services.

Reference number: CS/2016/42*

II.1.2)Main CPV code

66151000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is seeking to appoint an Insolvency Practitioner to provide legal services for recovering Council Tax and National Non-Domestic Rates through the use of bankruptcy, liquidations processes.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 225 000.00 GBP

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKG23

Main site or place of performance:

Stoke-on-Trent.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 225 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 27/09/2016

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 28/09/2016

Local time: 16:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3)Additional information:

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.

Interested parties should register to access the tender documents on https://iewm.bravosolution.co.uk/sotandstaffordshireauthorities.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=214740826

GO Reference: GO-2016815-PRO-8635691.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Corporate Procurement, Civic Centre, Glebe Street
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 1HH
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1782231187

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

15/08/2016