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free and is available to anyone who registers on Operis's web page www.operis.com or calls us to register. The
information in this newsletter is drawn from the Official Journal of the
European Union. IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION The information
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Authority. PROJECT
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This contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes.
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) Official name and address of the contracting authority:
Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through the United Kingdom Passport Service, Att: Bradley Day, Globe House, 89 Eccleston Square, UK-London SW1V 1PN . Tel.: 0207 9012607. Fax: +44 (0)20 7901 2619. E-mail: tendersUKPS@ukpa.gsi.gov.uk. URL: www.passport.gov.uk.
I.2) Address from which further information can be obtained:
As in I.1.
I.3) Address from which documentation may be obtained:
As in I.1.
I.4) Address to which tenders/requests to participate must be sent:
As in I.1.
I.5) Type of contracting authority:
Central level.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Type of works contract:
II.1.2) Type of supplies contract:
II.1.3) Type of service contract
Service category: 22.
II.1.4) Framework agreement:
Yes.
II.1.5) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-London: framework agreement for the provision of recruitment services.
II.1.6) Description/object of the contract:
Procurement of recruitment companies to undertake the sourcing, selection, interview, vetting, recruitment and administration of (PAYE and others) contractors and temporary which includes but is not limited to the following labour categories:
- programme and project management (i.e: project managers, planners and business analyst);
- accounting and finance (i.e: financial analyst, audit and assurance);
- human resources (i.e: trainers; recruitment, performance management, HR systems and process);
- procurement and supply-chain (procurement managers, commodity specialists, change managers and contract management, marketing testing, PPP/PFI and outsourcing);
- IT staff (i.e; systems software management, configuration management, systems analyst, database architects);
- labourers, (maintenance, cleaning);
-marketing, communications and public relations (i.e: editors);
- clerical and secretarial duties, (personal assistants, administration etc) and;
- others (i.e; scientific advisers)
UNITED KINGDOM
recruitment services; placement services of personnel; job search services; placement services of office-support personnel; supply services of personnel; supply services of personnel; supply services of personnel; placement services of personnel; recruitment services; placement services of personnel; job search services; placement services of office-support personnel; supply services of personnel; supply services of office personnel; recruitment services; supply services of personnel; recruitment services; placement services of personnel; job search services; placement services of office-support personnel; supply services of personnel; supply services of office personnel; placement services of personnel.
II.1.7) Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance:
Various locations within the Unitied Kingdom including but not limited to: London HQ, Regional Offices: Belfast, Newport, Peterborough, Liverpool, Durham and Glasgow.
NUTS code: UK.
II.1.8) Nomenclature
II.1.8.1) Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV):
74530000, 74511000, 74512000, 74520000, 74521000, 74510000.
II.1.8.2) Other relevant nomenclature (CPA/NACE/CPC):
II.1.9) Division into lots:
Yes.
Tenders may be submitted for: Several lots.
II.1.10) Will variants be accepted:
Yes.
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Nature of services is for the recruitment of temporary, contractor and permanent staff.
II.2.2) Options. Description and time when they may be exercised:
At the end of the completion date as stated in II.3, the option to extend may be exercised according to the nominated suppliers performance to the contract on a 12 month plus 12 month period after the initial contract term.
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:
24 months from the award of the contract.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
No.
III.1.2) Main terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions:
As stated in contract documentation.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is awarded:
To be agreed with the Authority prior to signing of any contract.
III.2) Conditions for participation
III.2.1) Information concerning the personal situation of the contractor, supplier or service provider and information and formalities necessary for the evaluation of the minimum economic, financial and technical capacity required:
Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being administered by the court, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding-up or administration by the court or for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceedings under national laws or regulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can justify;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for qualitative selection.
III.2.1.1) Legal position – means of proof required:
Certificate of enrolment on the professional or trade register under the conditions laid down by the laws of the Member State in which he is established, for instance on the Register of Companies in the United Kingdom and Ireland or declaration on oath or solemn declaration;
Extract from the 'judicial record' or, failing this, an equivalent document issued by a competent judicial or legal authority in the country of origin or the country whence that person comes, or declaration on oath or solemn declaration.
III.2.1.2) Economic and financial capacity – means of proof required:
(a)appropriate statements from bankers;
(b)the submission of the firm's balance sheets or extracts there from, where publication of a balance sheet is required under company law in the country in which the supplier is established;
(c)a statement of the firm's overall turnover and its turnover in respect of the goods to which the contract relates for the previous three financial years.
III.2.1.3) Technical capacity – means of proof required:
(a)a list of the principal deliveries effected in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, public or private, involved: in the case of public contracting authorities, evidence to be in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority; in the case of private purchasers, delivery to be certified by the purchaser or, failing this, simply declared by the supplier to have been effected;
(b)a description of the firm's technical facilities, its measures for ensuring quality and its study and research facilities;
(c)indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the supplier's firm, especially those responsible for quality control;
(d)samples, description and/or photographs of the products to be supplied, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests;
(e)certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognized competence attesting conformity to certain specifications or standards of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards;
Indication of arrangements for quality checks on the supplier's premises;
(f)where the goods to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authority or on its behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier and, if necessary, on his study and research facilities and quality control measures.
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1) Provision of the service is reserved to a specific profession:
No.
III.3.2) Legal entities required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for execution of the contract:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) Type of procedure:
Restricted.
IV.1.1) Candidates already selected:
IV.1.2) Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure:
IV.1.3) Previous publication concerning the same contract
IV.1.3.1) Prior information notice concerning the same contract:
Of: 2.10.2004.
IV.1.3.2) Other previous publications:
IV.1.4) Envisaged number of suppliers which will be invited to tender:
Minimum: 10 - Maximum: 20.
IV.2) Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of:
Criteria as stated in contract documents.
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) Reference number attributed to the file by the contracting authority:
UKPS T-U305C.
IV.3.2) Conditions for obtaining contract document and additional documents:
IV.3.3) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
18.1.2005. Time: 13:00.
IV.3.4) Dispatch of invitations to tender to selected candidates:
Estimated date: 9.2.2005.
IV.3.5) Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up:
English.
IV.3.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender:
IV.3.7) Conditions for opening tenders
IV.3.7.1) Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders:
IV.3.7.2) Date, time and place:
SECTION VI: OTHER INFORMATION
VI.1) Non-mandatory notice:
VI.2) Indication whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the estimated timing for further notices to be published:
VI.3) The contract relates to a project/programme financed by EU funds:
No.
VI.4) Additional information:
1. Tenderers sending requests to participate by the 18/01/2005 will be sent a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ).
2.The completed PQQ needs to be submitted no later to the Contracting Authority than 13:00, on the 42nd day following the despatch of this notice. The Authority will not answer questions after the 31st day following despatch of the OJEU.
3. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to accept late returns and/or incomplete PQQ responses.
4. This is a Part B Service under EU legislation and is subsequently omitted from the OJEU process. This procurement will be performed in line with EU protocols to ensure competition and VFM gained.
5. This framework may be utilised by other Government Departments, Agencies and NDPBs.
6. The Authority has elected to provide for a longer response period to accommodate for the Christmas holiday period and to ensure a compliant response.
7. Tenderers will be required to complete and sign a confidentiality agreement as part of the PQQ process.
8. Notice number in OJ contents list: 04/S 193-164698/EN of 02.10.2004.
GO reference: GO 04120822/01.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 8.12.2004.