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UK-Manchester: business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security Directive 2004/17/EC
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Contact point(s): For the attention of: E-mail: First/Keolis TransPennine Express 7th Flr, Bridgewater House Bev Gordon Bev Gordon M1 6LTManchester UNITED KINGDOM bev.gordon@firstgroup.com Internet address(es): General address of the contracting entity: www.firstgroup.comFurther information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s) Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from : The above mentioned contact point(s) Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to : The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Main activity
Railway services
I.3) Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
FTPE creative marketing “great value”.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services Service category No 13: Advertising services Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: UK. NUTS code UK UNITED KINGDOM
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: 38 Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement Estimated value excluding VAT Range: between 400 000 and 500 000 GBP
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
FTPE creative marketing campaign covering “great value”.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
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:
Details to be included within the tender documents.
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
Duration in months: 38 (from the award of the contract)
Information about lots
2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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:
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Details to be included within the tender documents.
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 to be included within the tender documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Details to be included within the tender documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Details to be included within the tender documents.
III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
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: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: yes Additional information about electronic auction: Details to be included within the tender documents.
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no (except for a DPS)
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 19.12.2011 – 09:00 Payable documents: no
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
19.12.2011 – 09:00
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes Details to be included within the tender documents.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3) Additional information:
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Details to be included within the tender documents.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
28.11.2011
