Stevenage Borough Council is using Delta eSourcing to run this tender exercise
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| Title: | Framework for the Provision of Agency Workers |
| Notice type: | Contract Notice |
| Authority: | Stevenage Borough Council |
| Nature of contract: | Services |
| Procedure: | Restricted |
| Short Description: | Stevenage Borough Council is looking to appoint a maximum of three suppliers to 12 different lots forming a framework to provide agency workers for the Council. The contract will run for 4 years starting on 01/06/15 and ending on 31/05/19. |
| Published: | 31/10/2014 15:57 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Stevenage Borough Council
.Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage, SG1 1HN, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1438242321, Email: kirsten.frew@stevenage.gov.uk, URL: www.stevenage.gov.uk, URL: https://supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info/
Contact: Kirsten Frew, Attn: Kirsten Frew
Electronic Access URL: https://supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info/
Electronic Submission URL: https://supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info/
Further information can be obtained at: As Above
Specifications and additional documents: As Above
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above
I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
Regional or local authority
I.3) Main activity:
General Public Services
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: Framework for the Provision of Agency Workers
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES
Service Category: 22
Region Codes: UKH23 - Hertfordshire
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system: The notice involves the setting up of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement:
Duration in year(s): 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
Range between: 6,000,000 and 7,000,000
Currency: GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff. Stevenage Borough Council is looking to appoint a maximum of three suppliers to 12 different lots forming a framework to provide agency workers for the Council. The contract will run for 4 years starting on 01/06/15 and ending on 31/05/19.
II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No
II.1.8)Lots:
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
If yes, tenders should 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:
Stevenage Borough Council is inviting suppliers to tender for the provision of agency staff within a specific workforce discipline. The contract will be structured as a framework separated into lots for each area of the workforce. The proposed lots are as follows: 1)Customer Service (For example Face to Face customer service advisors and telephone based customer service advisors) 2) Environmental Services (For example Refuse and Recycling Operatives, Grounds Maintenance Operatives and Street Cleaners) 3) Housing and Property Service (For example Carpenters and Plumbers) 4) Financial Services (For example Accountants) 5) Human Resources (For example HRBP’s) 6) Administration (All Administration type roles including PA’s) 7) Technology (All IT based roles) 8) Project and Change Management (All project and change management roles) 9) Housing Management (For example tenancy advisors or lettings advisors) 10) Interim Management (All interim management roles above £50k) 11) Legal Services (For example solicitors/paralegals) 12) Property Services (For example surveyors, planners and engineers). It is envisaged that 3 suppliers will be appointed to each lot. For organisations wishing to be considered for the Environmental Services, Administration and Customer Service lots, suppliers should be aware that there will be a requirement for candidates to be supplied on the same day that a request for resource is issued due to the nature of the work undertaken.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range between: 6,000,000 and 7,000,000
Currency: GBP
II.2.2)Options: Not Provided
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: 01/06/2015
Completion: 31/05/2019
Information About Lots
Lot No: 1
Title: Provision of Temporary Customer Service Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example face to face customer service advisors and telephone based customer service advisors.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 2
Title: Provision of Temporary Environmental Services Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example refuse and recycling operatives, grounds maintenance operatives and street cleaners.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 3
Title: Provision of Temporary Housing and Property Service Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example carpenters and plumbers.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 4
Title: Provision for Temporary Financial Services Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example Accountants and Procurement Staff.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract
Scheduled date for:
Start of works:
Completion of works:
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 5
Title: Provision of Temporary Human Resources Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example refuse and recycling operatives, grounds maintenance operatives and street cleaners.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 6
Title: Provision of Temporary Administration Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for all administration type roles including PA's.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 7
Title: Provision of Temporary Technology Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for all IT based roles.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 8
Title: Provision of Temporary Project and Change Based Management Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be all project and change management roles.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 9
Title: Provision of Temporary Housing Management Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example tenancy advisors or lettings advisors.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 10
Title: Provision of Temporary Interim Management Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for all interim management roles above £50k per annum.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 11
Title: Provision of Temporary Legal Services Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example Solicitors/Paralegals.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Lot No: 12
Title: Provision of Property Services Staff
1)Short Description:
Staff requirements in this lot would be for example surveyors, planners and engineers.
2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
3)Quantity Or Scope:
As detailed in the notice.
4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
The right is reserved to require a parent company guarantee and/or suitable performance bond or bank guarantee to secure and advance payments/warranty or maintenance as appropriate/performance of the services (documentation for this will be set out in the tender documents)
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Payment to the Contracting Entity will be in pounds sterling and will normally be required to be made by means of electronic funds transfer. Full details will be included in the invitation to tender documents.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
The Contracting Entity's specific requirements are to be determined but it does require that any contract awarded be entered into by a single legal entity on the part of the successful candidate/s. Any legal entity which as a group of entities will be required to provide an undertaking to be jointly and severally responsible for the due performance of the agreement.
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:
The Contracting Entity's Conditions of Contract will apply. Full details will be included in the Invitation to Tender Document. The Contract and matters, including disputes, arising out of it will be subject to English law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The Contracting Entity does not bind itself to accept any tender. Registration of interest in this project by any party does not guarantee inclusion of the party on the Tender enquiry list. The Contracting Entity shall select candidates to receive Invitations to Tender in accordance with objective criteria as detailed in (III.2.2) and (III.2.3).
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
The requirements are detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
The requirements are detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Technical capacity - means of proof required
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
The requirements are detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum Level(s) of standards possibly required:
The requirements are detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
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: 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: 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 minimum number: 5
Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
These will be outlined in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
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: Framework for the Provision of Agency Workers
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Date: 30/11/2014
Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 23:59
Payable documents: No
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 01/12/2014
Time: 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 09/01/2015
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: Any EU official language
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: In a restricted process the number of parties invited to tender is subject to prequalification. The Council reserves the right not to award any contract and to terminate the procurement at any stage. The Council accepts no responsibility for any costs for preparation or submission of tenders. Additionally the Council has duties under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may disclose information to a person making a request pursuant to the FOIA and/or EIR unless the information requested is exempt from disclosure under the FOIA and/or EIR; and the Council considers that the public interest in withholding the disclosure outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Parties should state in their submissions whether the information, if disclosed would prejudice their commercial concerns and if so,their reasons. These views will be taken into account when deciding whether to disclose the information. The subsequent contract will be subject to English Law.Step 1: Registering with Supply Hertfordshire.You will need to register on http://supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info/hpf/ thereafter you will be issued with a user name and password. (If you have already registered with Delta or Supply Hertfordshire please follow the link above where you can log on with your existing user name, if you have registered and forgotten your user name and password please click on the forgotten password link below the login box.) Please keep your user name and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties.Step 2: Completing your PQQTo complete the PQQ for this tender you will need to go into the Response Manager area and enter the access code: S396J5E855. You will then be able to download the PQQ and complete. The PQQ will be available from the Delta system as soon as the OJEU contract reference has been confirmed. Any supporting documents should be cross referenced to the relevant question. If the Councils require further information concerning your application your organisation will be contacted, however please ensure that you provide full details and answer all questions as the Councils reserve the right not to ask applicants for further information or clarification.Step 3. Uploading your completed PQQOnce you have completed your PQQ for this tender exercise you must 'upload' your completed response into the tender box (Access Code: S396J5E855). Please make sure you have submitted your completed PQQ to the correct Access Code and give yourself sufficient time to carry out the upload. The Councils will not be held accountable for any errors made in submitting your completed PQQ. If you are experiencing problems please contact the Delta Helpdesk via E-mail at helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com or call +44 8452707050 Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm for assistance.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Stevenage:-Supply-services-of-personnel-including-temporary-staff./S396J5E855
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S396J5E855
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VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Please see section VI 4.2
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Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Stevenage Borough Council
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Tel. +44 1438242083
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline (s) for lodging of any appeal is given by the Remedies Directive (2007/66/EC) also known as the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI2009/2992).
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: 31/10/2014
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