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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. UK-Newcastle
Upon Tyne: corporate finance and venture capital services SECTION
I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND
CONTACT POINT(S): One NorthEast and/or
other Contracting Authorities as set out in section VI.3 of this notice,
Stella House, UK-Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8NY. Internet address(es): General address of the
contracting authority: www.onenortheast.co.uk. Address of the buyer
profile: www.onenortheast.bravosolution.co.uk. Further information can
be obtained at: One North East, All requests for information must be sent
through the messaging facility on the One NorthEast eTendering system.. URL:
www.onenortheast.bravosolution.co.uk. Specifications and
additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a
dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: One North East, All requests
for information must be sent through the messaging facility on the One
NorthEast eTendering system.. URL: www.onenortheast.bravosolution.co.uk. Tenders or requests to
participate must be sent to: One North East, All requests for information
must be sent through the messaging facility on the One NorthEast eTendering
system, instructions on registering and accessing the documents are set out
in section III.2.1. URL: www.onenortheast.bravosolution.co.uk. I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING
AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES: Regional or local
agency/office. Other: Regional
Development Agency for the North East. The contracting
authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes. SECTION II: OBJECT OF
THE CONTRACT II.1) DESCRIPTION II.1.1) Title attributed to the
contract by the contracting authority: Fund Management Services
for a Co - Investment Fund for SMEs in the Creative Sector in the North East
of England. II.1.2) Type of contract and
location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. Service category: No 6. NUTS code: UKC . II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract. II.1.4) Information on framework
agreement: II.1.5) Short description of the
contract or purchase(s): One North East, on
behalf of Northern Film and Media, the delivery agency responsible for the
fund, is seeking to appoint a fund manager to provide investment and
portfolio management services to an ERDF funded transitional Co-Investment
Fund. The find is targeted at the commercial creative sector in North East
England including film, television, games, interactive media and music. The Co-Investment fund
will: — ensure that investment
funding into the growing commercial creative sector is maintained and,
indeed, enhanced once the existing Design & Creative Investment fund
finishes in December 2009, — test the market
for public/private co-investment and validate new models of such investment
funding in regional creative businesses, specifically
‘stress-testing’ the COIF model e.g: —— fund
administration, ——
developing high quality deal flow and investment pipelines, —— attracting
private sector investment and establishing a strong co-investment prospectus
and partnership, and, ——
leveraging strong national / international networks. — maximise the
returns and minimise the operational and delivery costs; and, — maximise private
sector leverage. II.1.6) Common procurement
vocabulary (CPV): 66122000, 66190000,
66172000, 66171000, 66170000, 66152000, 66151000, 66150000, 66121000,
66120000, 66131000, 66130000, 48812000, 66000000, 66100000. 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: Economic Operators
should be aware that the value of this fund management contract is
anticipated to be between 15 and 20 % of the overall fund. This contract is subject
to One North East funding approval process. II.2.2) Options: II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT
OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in months: 24
(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: The Contracting Authority
reserves the right to demand any deposits, guarantees, bonds and insurance
cover it deems appropriate. III.1.2) Main financing
conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant
provisions regulating them: Details will be in the
Tender Specification. III.1.3) Legal form to be taken
by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: The Contracting
Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take
particular legal form or to require that each party undertakes joint and
several liability. Where a consortium or
sub-contracting approach is proposed, you will be required to provide all
information in respect of the relationships and roles between the parties and
identify the proportion of the work to be delivered by the parties named. All economic operators
will be required to have appropriate authorisation from the Financial
Services Authority prior to the delivery of services under the terms of the
Contract. III.1.4) Other particular conditions
to which the performance of the contract is subject: Yes. The terms and conditions
of the contract will be issued at the ITT stage. This agreement will set out
the terms of the Contract between the Fund Manager and the Agencys appointed
deliverer of the Fund - Northern Film and Media. 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: Expressions of
interest to request the Pre Qualification and Contract Needs Documents must
be received by 24.9.2009 (11:59). Assessment will be made
against the information provided as required in the Tender Specification and
ITT Documents. The completed Pre Qualification Questionnaire must be returned
to the Contracting Authority by no later than 24.9.2009 (12:00). 1 Registering Your
Company On The E-Tendering Portal: 1.1 browse to
www.onenortheast.bravosolution.co.uk; 1.2 click the hyperlink
located under the 'Login' tab (found within the right hand menu); 1.3 review and accept
the terms and conditions and click 'Continue'; 1.4 enter your correct
business and user details; 1.5 please note the
username you chose and click 'Save' when complete. You will shortly receive
an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 1.6 Supplier sub-users
can be set up on the portal to allow colleagues to be involved with various
stages of the tender – please contact Bravo via +44 08000112470 if you
believe that your company may have already registered. 2 Expressing an Interest
in an Opportunity: 2.1 login to the portal
with the username/password; 2.2 click "PQQ Open
to All Suppliers" 2.3 click on the
relevant PQQ; 2.4 click the 'Express
Interest' button within the 'Actions' box on the left-hand side of the page.
This will move the PQQ into the 'My PQQ' page. (This is a secure area
reserved for your projects only); 2.5 click on
‘Buyer Attachments’ to access documents associated with the PQQ. 2.6 you can now use the
'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification.
3 Responding to a PQQ: 3.1 Login to the portal
with the username/password. 3.2 Click ‘My
PQQ’. 3.3 Click ‘Response’
next to the appropriate PQQ. 3.4 Add attachments
(i.e. the documents requested). 3.4.1 Attachments are
added under ‘qualification attachments’ and / or ‘technical
attachments’ as appropriate. 3.4.2 Under no
circumstances should tenders be attached as a message. Tender attached as a
message will be viewed as non-compliant. 3.4.3 Note that there
may be several actions to perform. 3.5 To make your
response visible to the buyer you must click 'Publish'. The 'Publish' link
can be found on the left hand side of the screen under the heading Actions. Should you have any
technical queries relating to creating a login or accessing your account,
please contact help@bravosolution.co.uk or +44 08000112470. III.2.2) Economic and financial
capacity: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Details will be
in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire ('PQQ'). Minimum level(s) of
standards possibly required: Details will be in the Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire ('PQQ'). All economic operators
will be required to have appropriate authorisation from the Financial
Services Authority prior to delivery of the services under the terms of the
Contract. III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Details will be in the
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire ('PQQ'). Minimum level(s) of
standards possibly required: All economic operators
will be required to have appropriate authorisation from the Financial
Services Authority prior to delivery of the services under the terms of the
Contract. 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: Yes. All economic operators
will be required to have appropriate authorisation from the Financial
Services Authority prior to delivery of the services under the terms of the
Contract. III.3.2) Legal entities 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) Type of procedure: Accelerated restricted. Justification for the
choice of accelerated procedure: Directive 2004/18/EC. IV.1.2) Limitations on the
number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum
number: 3. Objective criteria for
choosing the limited number of candidates: Selection Criteria - Details and
minimum standards will be in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire ('PQQ'). 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: OJEU0910- 008. IV.3.2) Previous publication(s)
concerning the same contract: No. 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: 24.9.2009 - 11:59. Payable documents: no. IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt
of tenders or requests to participate: 24.9.2009 - 12:00. IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of
invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 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: 24.9.2009 - 12:01.
Place: PQQ bids received
will be opened though the One North East e-Tendering System after the
deadline has passed. Tenders received at the next stage will also opened
through the One North East eTendering system. Persons authorised to be
present at the opening of tenders: yes. A member of the One
North East Procurement Team. SECTION VI:
COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT
PROCUREMENT: No. VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A
PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS: No. VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Variant bids will be
accepted at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and in accordance
with the Instructions to Tenderers Document - issued at the Invitation to
Tender Stage in the process. Economic operators
should be awware that the Contracting Authority for this Procurement Process
is Northern Film and Media, who are the nominated deliverers of the Co
Investment Fund on behalf of One North East. One North East may allow
one or more of the Regional Development Agencies and/or public bodies /and or
subsiduary companies and/or recipients of Public monies to access the
concluded Contract, without creating any obligation of any of them to do so.
In that event the contractual relationship would be between the approved
individual accessing the contract and the contractor. In addition One North
East may novate this contract to one of its wholly owned subsidiaries and/or
any company, organisation or other Special Purpose Vehicle which One North
East has an ownership interst in or otherwise participates in with consnt of
the Secretary of State's consent pursuant to Section 5 of the Regioanl
Development Agencies Act 1998 (Secion 5 Entity). The Contracting
Authority - Northern Film and Media does not bind itself to accept any tender
and witholds the right to appoint outside any contract should it be
considered to be in the best interest of the Contracting Authority. One North East and the
Contracting Authority are not liable for any costs incurred by those
expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity. Compliance with all
legislation is required, both in the contract award procedure and during the
terms of the contract. One North East reserves
the right to procure repeat services of a similar nature to the services in
this contract notice without a further call for competition pursuant to
Regulation 14(1) (d) (ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2006. 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: One North East, Stella
House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside, UK-Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8NY.
E-mail: e-tendering@onenortheast.co.uk. Tel. +44 1912296200. URL:
www.onenortheast.co.uk. Fax +44 1912296201. VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS
NOTICE: 14.9.2009. text]. |
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