Supply E-Learning Platform and E-Learning Training Modules

United Kingdom-Rotherham: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

2014/S 102-179145

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Rotherham MBC
Central Procurement Team, Resources, Riverside House, Main Street
For the attention of: Mr Ian Blagg
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1709255306
E-mail: ian.blagg@rotherham.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.rotherham.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.yortender.co.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: yes

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

14-048 E-Learning Platform and Associated Training Modules.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: South Yorkshire.

NUTS code UKE3

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 10

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in months: 48

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is looking for an experience supplier of an e-learning platform, this platform must provide a solution that allows Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to offer and deliver training modules to it employees and other relevant individuals.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has decided that to meet its future needs, that it needs the flexibility of being able to use non propriety training modules and is looking to implement a solution that is open and will allows a wide range of modules from a number of different providers to be used.
The solution also needs to allow a level of customisation which Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council can you use to make sure it meets the needs in the short and long term.
With this in mind Rotherham MBC is looking to award this agreement in lots, you can submit a bid for both a hosted software learning platform and associated training modules or a bid can be submitted for the platform and modules separately. Please could you indicate in the table below which your organisation would be interested in bidding for
The agreement will be a 1 year deal with the ability for Rotherham MBC to extend for a further 3 years on a year by year basis.

The contracting authorities who will be entitled to call-off orders under the agreement are all of the local authorities in the United Kingdom, details of which can be found in the Municipal Yearbook published by Hemming Information Services, a division of the Hemming Group Limited, whose e-mail address is: myb@hgluk.com.’

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72000000, 80210000, 80211000, 80212000, 80300000, 80310000, 80320000, 80330000, 80340000, 80400000, 80430000, 72262000, 72212931,80420000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

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

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Combined E-learning Platform and Associated Learning Modules

1)Short description

This lot is for bidders who want to both provide an e-learning platform as well as then training modules that run on this platform.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72000000, 80210000, 80211000, 80212000, 80300000, 80310000, 80320000, 80330000, 80340000, 80400000, 80430000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2 Lot title: E-Learning Platform

1)Short description

This is the lots for bidders who only wish to provide an E-learning Platform which will allow other bidders training modules to be run on it.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72000000, 80210000, 80211000, 80212000, 80300000, 80310000, 80320000, 80330000, 80340000, 80400000, 80430000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 3 Lot title: Training Modules

1)Short description

This lot is for bidders who wish to provide only training modules which will then run on top of an another providers e-learning platform.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72000000, 80210000, 80211000, 80212000, 80300000, 80310000, 80320000, 80330000, 80340000, 80400000, 80430000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

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:

As stated in the tender document.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Joint and several liability.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: As stated in the tender document.

III.2)Conditions for participation

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: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As detailed in the PTQ document.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As detailed in the PTQ document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As detailed in the PTQ document.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As detailed in the PTQ document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As detailed in the PTQ document.

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

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged number of operators: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As detailed in the PTQ document.

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

30.6.2014 – 16:00

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

English.

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

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

Buying for other bodies.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Simon Bradley
Riverside House Main Street
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: simon.bradley@rotherham.gov.uk

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Simon Bradley
Riverside House Main Street
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: simon.bradley@rotherham.gov.uk

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Procurement
Riverside House Main Street
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: simon.bradley@rotherham.gov.uk

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

23.5.2014