CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Wales

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

This is a Contract Award Notice following an open procedure OJEU tender conducted to enable the Careers Choices Dewis Gyrfa Limited (CCDG) to appoint a suitably qualified supplier to provide a career interest guide to operate bi-lingually (Welsh and English) to integrate into the careerswales.com website. The interest guide will;

a) provide a suite of occupational information for users to gain an understanding of the different occupations and local labour market information.

b) provide the user with an opportunity to explore career ideas through the completion of a quiz/questionnaire that results in a list of suggested occupations based on their responses.

c) provide the user with the facility to save the results of the quizzes/questionnaires and occupational information in the Your Profile section of careerswales.com.

d) be accessed through a Cental Authentication Service Single Sign On (SSO) utility as part of the integration to careerswales/com website.

The contract will include software installation, project management, all software licenses, maintenance, updating and technical support service.

Further information and the full specification of requirements can be obtained in the ITT document.

For more information and to obtain a copy of the ITT, please go to

http://interestguideprocurement.careerswales.com/itt.pdf

http://interestguideprocurement.careerswales.com/contract.pdf

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=5657.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

CCDG reserves the right to require a Tenderer to provide a parent company guarantee for both financial commitments and performance at anytime up to contract award. Further information is provided in the Invitation to Tender and all supporting documents including the contract.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

Please refer to Invitation to Tender document.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

CCDG reserves the right to require a successful consortium to form a single legal entity in accordance with Regulation 28 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 as amended or to be jointly and severally liable

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Please refer to Invitation to Tender document.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Please refer to Invitation to Tender document

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

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

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

CW0007

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

CCDG further reserves the right to cancel the tender process at any stage for any reason; to amend the terms and conditions of the tender process; and/or to award part only of the contract. CCDG reserves the right to withdraw from the tendering process at any stage or to vary the scope of the products and services required and CCDG shall not be liable to any Tenderer as a result of this action. All Tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and submission of their tender and the tendering process.

Any agreement entered into will be governed by English and Welsh law as applied in Wales and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh Courts. CCDG is working to strict timescales, please refer to the timescales detailed in the invitation to tender.

The contract is principally ones for the supply of goods with some ancillary services.

The target key dates for this process are listed below (as stated in ITT):

PROCUREMENT STAGE DEADLINE

Issue of OJEU notice 23/01/14

Final date for Clarifications to be raised 26/02/14

Invitation to Tender Closing Date 05/03/14

Tenderer(s) Success Notification 19/03/14

Standstill Period 20/03/14- 01/04/14

Contract Award and Contract Commencement Date 08/04/14

Provision of Access to Occupational Information and Interest Guide to be provided to CCDG for the Welsh translation Contract Award and Contract Commencement Date

Period for Translation, Tagging and Acceptance Testing by CCDG or its nominated translators April – November 2014

Go Live Date 19 December 2014

The dates listed above are indicative only. CCDG reserves the right to vary the timetable for whatever reason.

Specifications and additional documents can be obtained at:

http://interestguideprocurement.careerswales.com/itt.pdf

http://interestguideprocurement.careerswales.com/contract.pdf

(WA Ref:5657)

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 5) (as amended) (“the Regulations”), CCDG will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to receive further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Should additional information be required it should be requested of the addressee in section I.1 of the OJEU advertisement. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Regulations provide for parties which in consequence of a breach of duty, suffer, or risks suffering loss or damage to apply to the Court. Bidders are referred to Part 9 of the Regulations in relation to the procedure and time periods for applying to the Court. Bidders should note that the purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent