University of Glasgow Fund Management
Framework Agreement for Fund Management Services.
United Kingdom-Glasgow: Financial management consultancy services
2016/S 046-076233
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
University of Glasgow
Procurement Office, (Tay House)
Contact point(s): Please make contact through the Public Contracts site to the contact as follows:
For the attention of: Pooja Joglekar, Quoting Ref: PURCH1335
G12 8QQ Glasgow
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1413302834
E-mail: Pooja.Joglekar@glasgow.ac.uk
Fax: +44 0000000000
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http:\\www.gla.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00108
Electronic access to information: Tender documents available from Public Contracts Scotland http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: Documents to be returned via Public Contracts Scotland http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.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: Tender documents available from Public Contracts Scotland http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Documents to be returned via Public Contracts Scotlandhttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
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 6: Financial services a) Insurances services b) Banking and investment services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Glasgow.
NUTS code UKM
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 3
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The University is exploring the options to invest a portion of its endowment funds in an active investment style such as ‘Smart Beta’. Assuming the University goes ahead with this strategy, it expects to appoint fund management services provider for an initial period of two years which may be extended for two periods of one year each. The University reserves the right to appoint either a single provider or multiple providers to this framework at any time based on the overall assessment of the tender and as per further development of its fund management strategy in due course. Please refer to Tender documentation for details. Tender documents available from Public Contracts Scotland
Tender returns should be submitted via Public Contracts Scotland, no paper copies will be accepted. Should paper tenders be submitted, they will be rejected. Further to this any questions or communications regarding individual tender exercises must be sent via the Public Contracts Scotland Portal. Tender queries received through any other channel will not be answered. Should users of Public Contracts Scotland have any problems with the web site they should contact website Support Desk, contact details can be found by following the ‘Contact Us’ option on the left hand menu athttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/default.aspx
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site athttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=434708
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available athttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79412000, 66171000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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:
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
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
See Tender Docs.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
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
Postbox Security: Postbox submissions cannot be accessed by anyone, including Millstream, (the provider of the Public Contracts Scotland system) until the deadline.
Suppliers should note that when asked to complete a tender document, the document must be submitted in the file type in which it was issued (Word, Excel etc.). Files of any alternative type may only be used where documents are for attachment, rather than completion.
Freedom of Information.
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, which came into force on 1.1.2005, designates University of Glasgow as a Scottish public authority and therefore subject to the provisions and obligations in that Act. This means that any person who makes a valid request for information held by University of Glasgow will be entitled to receive it, unless all or part of that information can be withheld by virtue of the exemptions in that Act.
As part of our responsibility under the Act, University of Glasgow may be required to disclose any information held relating to your response to anyone who makes a request under that Act. Such information may only be withheld if it meets one or more of the exemptions or conditions in that Act. Even if an exemption is available University of Glasgow may nevertheless disclose requested information. Information held cannot simply be classified as ‘confidential’ or ‘commercial in confidence’ to enable it to be protected from disclosure.
University of Glasgow may publish the names and contact details of companies who have been issued with a Questionnaire on its website.
Information may also be requested under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
(SC Ref:434708).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: