UK-Edinburgh: legal services
Tender Details| Title | Description |
|---|
| Sector | Regional or local authority |
| Status | Contract notice |
| Market | Service contract |
| Procurement | Restricted procedure |
| Market Org | European Communities |
| Award Criteria | The most economic tender |
| Date Published | 9th Feb 2010 |
| Country | UK |
| Reference | 2010/S 27-038827 |
| Main Activities | General public/services |
| Location | Edinburgh, City of |
| CType | Supplies, Services |
| Common Procurement Vocabulary | Legal services |
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
City of Edinburgh Council Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street , Contact: Payments & Procurement Services , Attn: Paul Bell Edinburgh EH8 8BG UNITED KINGDOM UK . Tel. +44 1315294569 . E-mail: paul.bell@edinburgh.gov.uk Internet address(es) : General address of the contracting authority: www.edinburgh.gov.uk Address of the buyer profile: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00290 Further information can be obtained at: City of Edinburgh Council Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street , Contact: Investment & Pensions , Attn: Esmond Hamilton Edinburgh EH8 8BG UNITED KINGDOM UK . Tel. +44 1314693521 . E-mail: esmond.hamilton@edinburgh.gov.uk . URL: www.edinburgh.gov.uk Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: City of Edinburgh Council Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street , Contact: Payments and Procurement Services , Attn: Paul Bell Edinburgh EH8 8BG UNITED KINGDOM UK . Tel. +44 1315294569 . E-mail: paul.bell@edinburgh.gov.uk . URL: www.edinburgh.gov.uk Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: City of Edinburgh Council Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street , Contact: Finance , Attn: Supplier Support Edinburgh EH8 8BG UNITED KINGDOM UK . Tel. +44 1312002323 . URL: www.edinburgh.gov.uk I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority. General public services. SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Claims filing services for non-US shareholder securities fraud class actions. II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services. Service category: No 21. Main place of performance: Edinburgh. NUTS code: UKM25 Edinburgh, City of II.1.3) The notice involves:
A public contract. II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Claims filing services for non-US shareholder securities fraud class actions on behalf of the Lothian pension fund. Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the public contracts Scotland web site at www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=183943 II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
79100000 Legal services II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
II.1.8) Division into lots:
No. II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2) Options:
No. II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract). 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 regulating them:
Commission only - percentage required to be declared in response at invitation to tender stage. III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
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 requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent. (2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process. (3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession. (4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession. (5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register. (6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process. (7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation. (8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant state in which the candidate is established (9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant state in which the economic operator is established. Professional indemnity insurance of at least 20 000 000 GBP is required. III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank. (2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice. (4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business. III.2.3) Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years (2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract; (3) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided (4) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the state in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures; (5) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract. III.2.4) Reserved contracts:
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
Yes. Legal profession. III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes. 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. IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
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) An electronic auction will be used:
No. IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
3651/PB. IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 5.3.2010. IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
12.3.2010 - 15:00. IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
26.3.2010. IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
English. IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
Yes. Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 30 - 42 months. VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
(SC Ref:183943). VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
5.2.2010.
