Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Kirklees Council
Town Hall, Ramsden Street
HUDDERSFIELD
HD12TA
UK
Contact person: Anna Bowtell
Telephone: +44 1484221000
E-mail: anna.bowtell@kirklees.gov.uk
NUTS: UKE44
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://yortender.eu-supply.com
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://yortender.eu-supply.com
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
KMCCW-018 Research Services DPS
Reference number: KMCCW-018
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System to replace the current Research Framework and enable the provision of any external research Services commissioned by/on behalf of Kirklees Council.
This notice replaces 2021/S 000-012907 and corrigendum 2021/S 000-029645. The end date has been amended in accordance with the transitional arrangements of the Procurement Act 2023.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE44
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System to replace the current Research Framework and enable the provision of any external research Services commissioned by/on behalf of Kirklees Council.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 91
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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 Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the "Council") is conducting this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) and intends to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System ("DPS") for the provision of Research Services on a non-exclusive basis to meet its own organisational and business needs with suitably qualified Contractors (the "Service" or "Services") by which Applicants (the "Contractors") can become eligible to bid to provide Specific Contracts for Services.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
In accordance with: (i) Article 57 to 60 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament
and of the European Council; and (ii) Regulations 57 to 60 of the Public Contracts 2015 (SI
2015/102) (the 'Regulations'),which require or permit the contracting authority not to select
or to treat as ineligible, economic operators, the contracting authority reserves the right to
exclude any economic operator whom they deem to not satisfy any criteria outlined within
the scoring matrices contained within the standard selection questionnaire ('SQ') within the
Tenderers' Submission Document, which is available to download at: https://yortender.eu-supply.com
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
23/02/2029
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
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
This notice replaces 2021/S 000-012907 and corrigendum 2021/S 000-029645. The end date has been amended in accordance with the transitional arrangements of the Procurement Act 2023.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
N/A
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Economic operators who are unsuccessful at the SQ stage shall be informed by the contracting authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why the application to join the DPS was unsuccessful. If an economic operator requires any additional information following this initial de-briefing, this should be requested from the address at Section I.1 of this notice. If an appeal regarding the decision to award a position on the DPS has not been successfully resolved, then the public contracts Regulations 2015(SI 2015/102) 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 and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be started within 30 days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or sought to have grounds for starting the proceedings had risen. The Court may extend the time limited for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so, but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than 3 months after that date. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be amended and may award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order for a fine to be paid, and /or order the duration of the contract to be shortened. If however the contract has been concluded, the Court may only award damages or, where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the contract to be ineffective.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/02/2025