Imperial War Museums: Audio Guides - Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast

UK-London: Audio-visual equipment.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Imperial War Museum
      Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2074165257, Email: sbourne@iwm.org.uk, URL: www.iwm.org.uk
      Attn: Simon Bourne

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: ANNEX A.III
            
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.3) Main activity:
      Other: National Museum

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Audio Guides - Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 27

         Region Codes: UKI1 - Inner London         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Audio-visual equipment. This Contract covers the provision fo a new audio tour and players to two of IWM's five public sites: Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast. This will require the successful provider to work with IWM to develop the tour scripts, to manage the production of the tours and to provide and maintain the players to be distributed to our visitors
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         32321200 - Audio-visual equipment.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Not Provided      
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: Not Provided   
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      The current estimate is to provide a total of 1000 players for use at both sites, with the ability to increase these numbers to 1200 during peak attendance periods. In addition to the players, we will require the tour for each site to be provided in five foreign language options                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 900,000 and 1,100,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: Yes
         If yes, description of these options: The initial contract is to be for a 5 year period but with the option to extend by an additional 2 years at the end of this period.       
      If known, Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
                  
         Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)
                            
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Starting: 01/03/2015
         Completion: 29/02/2020

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
      Not Provided      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Not Provided      
      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: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
      
      IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
               
         Envisaged number of operators: 5
         
         Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
         All the selection criteria are shown in the PQQ document which can be downloaded as indicated in this notice   
   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: IWM/Bel/956      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:



         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 07/03/2014
      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 19/03/2014      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)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: 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, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Audio-visual-equipment./K8A693975C

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/K8A693975C
GO-2014129-PRO-5423017 TKR-2014129-PRO-5423016
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Not Provided

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: IWM will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from IWM before the contract is entered into.

Applicants have two working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional should be requested from the address in section I.1.

If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Sector Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 5) 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 High Court (England, Wales & Northern Ireland. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).

Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the settling of the award decision or order IWM to amend any document and may award damages. if the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 29/01/2014

ANNEX A
   
   III) Addresses and contact points to which tenders/requests to participate must be sent:
      Imperial War Museum
      Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 2074165257, Email: sbourne@iwm.org.uk, URL: www.iwm.org.uk
      Attn: Simon Bourne