1/5 This notice in TED website: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=ted:notice:408039-2015:text:en:html United Kingdom-Blackburn: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 2015/S 224-408039 Contract notice Services Directive 2004/18/EC Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s) Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/ Electronic access to information: www.the-chest.org.uk Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.the-chest.org.uk Further information can be obtained from: Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: 1/5
2/5 I.2) I.3) I.4) Type of the contracting authority Regional or local authority Main activity General public services 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) II.1.2) II.1.3) II.1.4) II.1.5) II.1.6) II.1.7) II.1.8) II.1.9) II.2) II.2.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Northgate Revenues and Benefits SAAS (or equivalent). Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance Services Service category No 7: Computer and related services NUTS code UKD41 Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) The notice involves a public contract Information on framework agreement Short description of the contract or purchase(s) The Councils 15 year partnership contract is due to end on the 30.6.2016. The Councils board has agreed that the Revenues and Benefit service will return to the Council with effect from April 2016 in regards to staff and 30.6.2016 in regards to the software and systems. The Council had originally been planning to transfer the software element of the contract back in house but following information from the market it has realised that better value may be had by going to a Cloud offering to supply a revenues and benefits and document management system. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 72000000 Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes Lots Information about variants Variants will be accepted: no Quantity or scope of the contract Total quantity or scope: The Councils 15 year partnership contract is due to end on the 30.6.2016. The Councils board has agreed that the Revenues and Benefit service will return to the Council with effect from April 2016 in regards to staff and 30.6.2016 in regards to the software and systems. The Council had originally been planning to transfer the software element of the contract back in house but following information from the market it has realised that better value may be had by going to a Cloud offering to supply a revenues and benefits and document management system. Due to late information coming through on these options the Council has had to opt for 2/5
3/5 II.2.2) II.2.3) II.3) an accelerated OJEU process due to the fact that annual billing occurs during the period January to March and therefore the Council needs to provide requests for information by mid-december at the latest not to impact this. It is therefore required to provide information requests immediately following the tender process, details of information required will form part of the tender process. Estimated value excluding VAT: Range: between 1 000 000 and 2 000 000 GBP Information about options Options: yes Description of these options: Contract is for 5 years with an option to extend for 3, 1 year periods. Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in days: 0 (from the award of the contract) Information about renewals This contract is subject to renewal: no Duration of the contract or time limit for completion Duration in months: 96 (from the award of the contract) Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.1) III.1.2) III.1.3) III.1.4) III.2) III.2.1) III.2.2) III.2.3) III.2.4) III.3) Deposits and guarantees required: Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Other particular conditions The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes Description of particular conditions: As set out in the contract documents available at www.the-chest.org.uk Conditions for participation 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: Economic and financial ability Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As set out in the contract documents. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the contract documents. Technical capacity Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As set out in the contract documents. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the contract documents. Information about reserved contracts Conditions specific to services contracts 3/5
4/5 III.3.1) III.3.2) Information about a particular profession Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no 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: yes Section IV: Procedure IV.1) Type of procedure IV.1.1) IV.1.2) IV.1.3) IV.2) IV.2.1) IV.2.2) IV.3) IV.3.1) IV.3.2) IV.3.3) IV.3.4) IV.3.5) IV.3.6) IV.3.7) IV.3.8) Type of procedure Open Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate 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 Award criteria 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 Information about electronic auction An electronic auction will be used: no Administrative information File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 0234 Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 30.11.2015-12:00 Payable documents: no Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate 1.12.2015-16:00 Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates 16.11.2015 Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up English. Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender) Conditions for opening of tenders Date: 1.12.2015-16:00 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 4/5
5/5 VI.3) VI.4) VI.4.1) VI.4.2) VI.4.3) VI.5) Additional information Procedures for appeal Body responsible for appeal procedures Lodging of appeals Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained Date of dispatch of this notice: 16.11.2015 5/5