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Operis OJEU Newsletter Service This service is free and is available to anyone who registers on our OJEU subscription page 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 contained in this message is confidential and intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination or copying of the information contained in the message is prohibited. While Operis Group plc has used its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information contained in this message is accurate, up to date and complete, it accepts no liability to the addressee or to any other person for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions contained in the message. While Operis has taken reasonable steps to ensure that this message (and any attachments or hyperlinks contained within it) are virus free it is the responsibility of the addressee to ensure they are virus free and Operis accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage caused by receipt or use thereof. PROJECT TITLE: UK-Swansea: medical
practice and related services Project number: 2008/S 70-094767 Type: CONTRACT NOTICE - Services Body: SECTION
I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME,
ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Further
information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s). Specifications
and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a
dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s). Tenders
or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s). I.2) TYPE OF
THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES: Other:
Central Government. Other:
Transport. 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: UK-Swansea:
drugs of abuse screening. II.1.2) Type of
contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services.
Service
category: No 27. Main
place of performance: DVLA Morriston SA6 7JL.
II.1.3) The
notice involves: A public
contract. II.1.4) Information
on framework agreement: Framework
agreement with a single operator. Duration
of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2 Estimated
total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement: Estimated
value excluding VAT: 240 000 GBP. II.1.5) Short
description of the contract or purchase(s): The
Drivers Medical Group of the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
processes around 600 000 cases a year of licence holders and applicants, who
may have a medical condition that could affect their fitness to drive. Of
these about 4 000 per annum currently require assessment for drugs
misuse/dependency including a urinary drug screen. The
Drivers Medical Group requires a contractor to provide an
efficient, accurate and confidential drugs of abuse screening and
confirmation service, to assist DVLA in determining an applicant's or licence
holders medical fitness to hold a driving licence. Medical
practice and related services. II.1.6) Common
procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85120000. II.1.7) Contract
covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. II.1.8) Division
into lots: No. II.1.9) Variants
will be accepted: Yes. II.2) QUANTITY
OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT II.2.1) Total
quantity or scope: The
contract will be for a duration of two years with
the option to extend for up to a further two years. II.2.2) Options: II.3) DURATION
OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: SECTION
III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION III.1) CONDITIONS
RELATING TO THE CONTRACT III.1.1)
Deposits
and guarantees required: Applicants
invited to tender will be advised. III.1.2)
Main
financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions regulating them: 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 to which the performance of the contract is subject: No. 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 requirements are met: (a) is
bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by
the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he
has suspended business activities or 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 of an arrangement
with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and
regulations; (c) has
been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res
judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of
the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has
been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the
contracting authorities can demonstrate; (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 with 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 with those
of the country of the contracting authority; (g) is
guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required
under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has
been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal
organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption,
as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of
Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has
been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of
the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the
European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering,
as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on
prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money
laundering. Please
provide written evidence in your expression of interest if any of the above apply to you or your company. Failure to do so will preclude
you from receiving an invitation to tender. When you are expressing your
interest via SELECT please provide confirmation in the section
"Indication of whether the following apply to this business or the
business' directors or partners". III.2.2)
Economic
and financial capacity: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (b) the
presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where
publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in
which the economic operator is established; (c) a
statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of
turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three
financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was
set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on
these turnovers is available. Please
ensure you provide a web link to your last 3 years published accounts. With
regards to sections B and C the DVLA requires a copy of your balance sheets
and profit and loss sheets for the last 3 years. When you are expressing your
interest via SELECT please paste these in the section "Financial
Details/Balance Sheet". Failure to provide all the information requested
will preclude you from receiving an invitation to tender. III.2.3)
Technical
capacity: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (b) a list
of the principal deliveries effected or the main
services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and
recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and
services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting
authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the
competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the
purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the
economic operator; Details
of 3 current customers willing to supply suitable trade references in support
of the undertakings experience and expertise in this field (Please provide
full contact details, name, address, e-mails, and telephone number). Evidence
of company's commitment to the preservation of the environment. Applicants
must be able to trade electronically with DVLA. Applicants must provide all
of the above information at the time of expressing their interest. Failure to
do so will preclude you from receiving an invitation to tender. When you are
expressing your interest via SELECT please complete the information requested
in section iii.2.1.3 (b) in the section "Past Contracts". Please
ensure that all information is provided. Indications of arrangements for
quality checks on the suppliers premises can be
provided in "Policies and Qualities". Health and Safety document
can be placed here. Details of current customers can be provided under
"References". Please provide information of names and
qualifications of key personnel. Failure to provide all the information
requested will preclude you from receiving an invitation to tender. III.2.4)
Reserved
contracts: No. III.3) CONDITIONS
SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS III.3.1)
Execution
of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No. III.3.2)
Legal
entities 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. Maximum number: 8. 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) An
electronic auction will be used: No. IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION IV.3.1) File
reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Contract
number - PS/08/24 (please quote in all communications)This
framework agreement will be tendered online using the Select and Vault
e-tendering service of BiP Ltd. In the first
instance applicants will be asked to register their expressions of interest
on www.delta-ets.com,, completing and then
submitting their Select company profile for publication to the system. Once
you have completed this company profile in full, please submit using the
following response number: R-12418-1729 by 17:30 hours on 15 May 2008.
Applicants who have been successful from the pre-qualification stage will
then be invited to tender, via Vault. To access the ITT documentation, you
must log back into Delta-ets and then click on the
Vault tab, you will then automatically view the tender title, click on this
link and you will be taken to the tender documents. Please check that you are
able to access these online ITT documents, if you are experiencing problems,
then please contact the Delta helpdesk @ helpdesk@delta-ets.com or call 0845
270 7050 for further assistance. If you have registered and have forgotten
your Username and Password, please click on the forgotten password link on
the Delta-ets homepage. Please ensure that you
allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the
closing date and time. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have
to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the
documents in an application like WinZip or WinRar.
Please keep this USERNAME and PASSWORD secure, and do not pass it to any
third parties. IV.3.2) Previous
publication(s) concerning the same contract: No. IV.3.3) Conditions
for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document Payable
documents: no. IV.3.4) Time-limit
for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 15.5.2008
- 17:30. IV.3.5) Date of
dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2.6.2008.
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: SECTION
VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION VI.1) THIS IS
A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: VI.2) CONTRACT
RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS: VI.3) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION: Tenders
to be priced in sterling payment to be made in sterling. This framework
agreement is primarily for DVLA but is also available for use by other contracting
authorities, which form part of the Department for Transport and its
associated bodies. This includes its Executive Agencies and non departmental
public bodies it sponsors and for other Government Departments and their
associated bodies. The contracting authority reserves the right not to
proceed with the award of this framework agreement at any stage of the
tendering process. The expressions of interest will be evaluated against the
following criteria:- Company Details - 10 %, Overall
Company Status/Legitimacy - 15 %, Financial Details - 30 %, References - 15 %
and Past Contracts - 30 %. GO
reference: GO 08040849/01. VI.4) PROCEDURES
FOR APPEAL VI.4.1) Body
responsible for appeal procedures: VI.4.2) Lodging
of appeals: VI.4.3) Service
from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained: VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 8.4.2008. |
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