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UK-Glasgow: business and management consultancy services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Contact point(s): For the attention of: Telephone: Fax: Scottish Enterprise Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street Procurement Linda Nailen G2 6HQ Glasgow UNITED KINGDOM +44 1412482700 +44 1412481600Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority:www.scottish-enterprise.com/ Address of the buyer profile:www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00398 Further information can be obtained from: Contact point(s): For the attention of: Telephone: Fax: Internet address: Scottish Enterprise Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street Procurement Linda Nailen G2 6HQ Glasgow UNITED KINGDOM +44 1412482700 +44 1412481600www.scottish-enterprise.com/ Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Contact point(s): For the attention of: Telephone: Fax: Internet address: Scottish Enterprise Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street Procurement Linda Nailen G2 6HQ Glasgow UNITED KINGDOM +44 1412482700 +44 1412481600 www.scottish-enterprise.com/Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Contact point(s): For the attention of: Telephone: Fax: Internet address: Scottish EnterpriseNew Lanarkshire House, Strathclyde Business Park Procurement Linda Nailen ML4 3AD Bellshill UNITED KINGDOM +44 1412482700 +44 1412481600www.scottish-enterprise.com/
I.2) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.3) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
P12-0127 Intellectual Property Due Diligence Framework.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services Service category No 27: Other services Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Scotland. NUTS code UKM SCOTLAND
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator Duration of the framework agreement Duration in months: 36 Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement Estimated value excluding VAT: Range: between 294 000 and 420 000 GBP
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
A Single Supplier Framework is required to carry out intellectual property due diligence for the Smart: Scotland programme and the Proof of Concept Programme within Scottish Enterprise. It is anticipated that the project will commence in June 2012 and will be delivered over a three year period with the option to extend for a further one year. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=217040 The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a ‘Tender Submission Postbox’ facility. Further details of this facility are available atwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=217040 Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79410000 Business and management consultancy services
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8) Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
A supplier is required to carry out intellectual property diligence for the Smart: Scotland programme and the Proof of Concept Programme within Scottish Enterprise. Smart: Scotland is a nationally-available grant scheme to support and encourage SME’s to undertake high risk research and development. As part of the assessment process, IP due diligence is carried out on all Smart: Scotland applications. Smart: Scotland can fund projects from a number of sectors including Aerospace Defence & Marine; Chemical Sciences; Construction; Creative Industries; Energy; Financial services; Food and Drink; Forest Industries; Life sciences; Textiles; Technology; Tourism and Manufacturing. Smart: Scotland has an annual budget of 6 500 000 GBP and receives approximately 100 applications per year. The projects arrive from all sectors and request funding from 100 000-600 000 GBP with overall project values up to 4 000 000-5 000 000 GBP. Therefore the quality of the due diligence must be of the highest order to ensure that public sector funding is being used appropriately. Scottish Enterprise’s Proof of Concept (PoC) programme supports the pre-commercialisation of leading-edge technologies emerging from Scotland’s universities, research institutes and NHS Boards. It helps researchers to export their ideas and inventions from the lab to the global marketplace. The PoC programme finances projects with strong commercialisation potential. Naturally, many of these projects contain a high element of risk. In funding the projects, we are committing a significant amount of resource (both in financial and personnel terms) to enable the projects to realise their potential. Around 80 due diligence exercises are undertaken each year for the Smart: Scotland programme and 10-15 exercises within the Proof of Concept programme. It is vital to the reputation of both programmes that quality assessment of applications is carried out by experts in the sector. It is also vital that this assessment is carried out in a timely manner that is within three weeks of the request being made. We intend to appoint a single supplier for this framework. It is anticipated that the project will commence in June 2012 and will be delivered over a three year period with the option to extend for a further one year. Estimated value excluding VAT: Range: between 294 000 and 420 000 GBP
II.2.2) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3) Information about renewals
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Starting 1.6.2012. Completion 31.5.2015
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Details contained within the Invitation to Tender.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4) Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: 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 the requirements are met: Details will be contained in the Invitation to Tender documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Details will be contained within the Invitation to Tender documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Details will be contained within the Invitation to Tender documents.
III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
III.3.2) 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) Type of procedure
Open
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
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) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
P12-0127
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
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: 3.2.2012
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
6.2.2012 – 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
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 6.2.2012 – 13:00 Place: Electronic Submissions opened in Bellshill Office.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
VI.2) Information about European Union funds
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:217040).
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Telephone: Internet address: Scottish Government Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate, Europa House, 450 Argyle Street G2 8LG GlasgowUNITED KINGDOM +44 1412425466 www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government Body responsible for mediation procedures Telephone: Internet address:Scottish Government Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate, Europa House, 450 Argyle Street G2 8LG Glasgow UNITED KINGDOM +44 1412425466 www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Procurement/Selling/supplier-enquiries/submit-an-enquiry
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar days standstill period from the date information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Any additional information should be requested from the contact detailed in this contract notice. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006 No 1) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Telephone: Internet address: Scottish Government Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate, Europa House, 450 Argyle Street G2 8LG GlasgowUNITED KINGDOM +44 1412425466 www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Procurement/Selling/supplier-enquiries/submit-an-enquiry
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
20.12.2011
