Tender for Public Relations and Communication Services

The appointed agency will be expected to work with our Marketing and Communications department for strategic and tactical PR and communications activity including but not limited to general media liaison.

UK-Coventry: public relations services

2012/S 203-334376

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Coventry University
Priory Street
Contact point(s): Procurement Department
For the attention of: Angela Williams
CV1 5FB Coventry
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 24276795116
E-mail: a.williams@coventry.ac.uk
Fax: +44 24276795120

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/finance/Pages/Finance.aspx

Address of the buyer profile: http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/finance/purchasing/Pages/Purchasing.aspx

Electronic access to information: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/coventryuniversity/aspx/Tenders/Current

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/coventryuniversity/aspx/Tenders/Current

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

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Education

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:

Public Relations and Communication Services.

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

Services
Service category No 27: Other services
NUTS code UKG33

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)

The University wishes to appoint a supplier for Public Relations and Communications requirements. The appointed agency will be expected to work with our Marketing and Communications department for strategic and tactical PR and communications activity including but not limited to general media liaison.
The contract will be for a duration of two years with the option of 2 further one year extensions dependent on contract performance.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79416000

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: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

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

This contract is subject to renewal: no

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

Starting 1.4.2013. Completion 30.3.2015

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

No desposits are required but parent guarantees may be required at a later stage of the tender process.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

As per pre-qualification questionnaire.

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

If the contract is awarded to a consortium, joint venture or alliance, applicants will be required to contract with joint and several liability under English law either nominate a lead service provider with whom the contracting authority can contract and to whom all communication will be addressed or to form themselves into a single entity before the contract is awarded.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

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

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

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 minimum number 5

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

PD-031-CB-PR & Communications Services

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 19.11.2012 – 12:00
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

19.11.2012 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

30.11.2012

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 tenders

Date: 9.1.2013 – 12:00
Place:

Procurement Department.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

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

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Coventry University, Procurement Department
Priory Street
CV1 5FB Coventry
UNITED KINGDOM

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Coventry University
Priory Street
CV1 5FB Coventry
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

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

Coventry University
Priory Street
CV1 5FB Coventry
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:18.10.2012