The Football Foundation: Pitch Advisory Service

UK-London: Sports facilities operation services.
Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for Prior information notice: No
   This notice is for Contract notice: Yes
   This notice is for Contract award notice: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Football Foundation
       Wembley Stadium, London, HA90WS, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7900227757, Email: nour.boufertala@footballfoundation.org.uk
       Main Address: https://footballfoundation.org.uk/
       NUTS Code: UKI
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .
I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address    
   Tenders or requests to participate must be sent:          
         to the abovementioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:    
   Recreation, culture and religion

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   II.1.1) Title: Pitch Advisory Service          
         Reference number:          
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      92610000 - Sports facilities operation services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICE

   II.1.4) Short description:
   The Contracting Authority is tendering for the commission of a Pitch Advisory Service deliver partner to lead all aspects of the service delivery from 1st April 2024 to the 31st of May 2028. By 2030, we want to ensure grassroots football has 20,000 'good' quality pitches to enjoy. As part of this tender, the contracting authority us also supporting the delivery ambitions of the England and Wales Cricket Board, The Rugby Football Union and the Rugby Football League through providing funding for the Pitch Advisory Service (PAS).          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 4,800,000 - Currency : GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      92620000 - Sport-related services.          
      80000000 - Education and training services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The Contracting Authority is tendering for the commission of a Pitch Advisory Service deliver partner to lead all aspects of the service delivery from 1st April 2024 to the 31st of May 2028. By 2030, we want to ensure grassroots football has 20,000 'good' quality pitches to enjoy. As part of this tender, the contracting authority us also supporting the delivery ambitions of the England and Wales Cricket Board, The Rugby Football Union and the Rugby Football League through providing funding for the Pitch Advisory Service (PAS).    
   II.2.6) Estimate value
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 4,800,000 - currency : GBP        
   II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement                    
      Duration in months - 48    
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds : NO           
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      The Contracting authorities will run this tender under the Light Touch Regime rules    
   
   
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information

III.1) Conditions for participation
   III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation    
      List and brief description of rules and criteria:
         The quality and the cost for delivering the service will be assessed as part of this tender. All information will be included in the tender documents. The contracting authority will follow the light touch regime rules for this contract            

III.2) Conditions related to the contract
   III.2.1) Information about a particular profession    
      Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:          
         Not Provided    
   III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided        
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description   
   IV.1.1) Type of procedure             
         Not Provided             
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system          
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement                    
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:                
            Not Provided    
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
         An electronic auction will be used - Not Provided          
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - Not Provided
IV.2) Administrative information       
   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure    
   Notice number in OJEU: Not Provided    
   IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest          
         Date - 12/06/2023 Local Time - 12:00       
   IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:       
         English               

Section VI: Complementary Information       
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows                
    Electronic ordering will be used                
    Electronic invoicing will be accepted                
    Electronic payment will be used    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement document. Applicants should note that the estimated value of the Framework as set out in this Notice is based on the Contracting Authority’s current anticipated requirements. This value may increase or decrease. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any time and not to proceed with all or part of the Framework Agreement. The Contracting Authority will not, under any circumstance, reimburse any expense incurred by Applicants in preparing their tender submissions
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VI.4) Procedures For Appeal
   VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
       Football Foundation
       London, United Kingdom       
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:                
         Not Provided    

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 05/06/2023