Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-17
Buyer: UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Country: UK
Region: LONDON
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71621000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 72246000 | 73000000
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (‘the Department’) is seeking to engage contractors with the right blend of public dialogue, science and technology expertise, and experience of working with Government under a new framework for Sciencewise. The roles within this framework will include providing dialogue expertise to the programme, and the conduct and evaluation of dialogue projects. The new framework will be divided into:
- Lot 1 to support the Department in running the programme by providing dialogue expertise, including all stages of the dialogue commissioning and delivery process. A maximum funding of up to £200,000 per annum will be available under this lot.
To ensure the Sciencewise programme achieves its overall objectives, the Department needs a contractor which will support the programme team in ensuring the dialogue projects meet the requirements of the Sciencewise programme and are commissioned and run to achieve the best possible outcomes.
The role will require the contractor to work closely with the Sciencewise team to identify and commission projects in a fair and transparent manner.
The Department is looking to create a framework of potential providers who could deliver the dialogue projects on behalf of the Sciencewise programme. Total grant funding of up to 1 000 000 GBP (one million pounds) per annum for Sciencewise dialogue projects will be provided to public bodies who can demonstrate clear links to policies with significant science and technology components, especially new and emerging technologies.
The contractor responsible for delivering the dialogue project will be expected to work closely with the Sciencewise programme team in the Department, the commissioning public body and the contractor assigned to evaluate the effectiveness of the dialogue project (see Lot 3) to provide timely updates on the progress and other relevant information associated with the project.
To ensure that Sciencewise dialogue/s achieves its desired aims, an independent assessment of the impacts and quality of each of the dialogue projects, covering the outputs and impacts of the project as a whole as well as how the design, delivery, reporting and governance of the dialogue activities will be undertaken.
The Sciencewise programme aims to improve UK public sector policy-making around areas of science, technology and innovation through the use of public dialogue. The programme provides financial support (through a co-funding model) and specialist advice in all aspects of best practice in dialogue with the public to help Government departments and public sector bodies develop and commission public dialogue.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (‘the Department’) is seeking to engage contractors with the right blend of public dialogue, science and technology expertise, and experience of working with Government under a new framework for Sciencewise. The roles within this framework will include providing dialogue expertise to the programme, and the conduct and evaluation of dialogue projects. The new framework will be divided into:
- Lot 1 to support the Department in running the programme by providing dialogue expertise, including all stages of the dialogue commissioning and delivery process. A maximum funding of up to 200 000 GBP per annum will be available under this lot.
public to hold public bodies and politicians to account. This includes commitments relating to public expenditure, intended to help achieve better value for money.
As part of the transparency agenda, Government has made the following commitments with regard to procurement and contracting:
All new Central Government contracts over the value of 10 000 GBP to be published in full online from July
All new Central Government sourcing documents for contracts over 10 000 GBP to be published on a single website from September 2010, with this information to be made available to the public free of charge;
£25,000 to be published online from November 2010; All new Central Government contracts to be published in full from January 2011;

Eligibility requirements: Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to a Request for Proposal. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service's eSourcing suite. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing suite. If bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Register for CCS eSourcing’. Please note that, to register, bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which the bidder is registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/iamsupplier/respond- tender. Once the bidder has registered on the eSourcing suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing: ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. The email must clearly state: — the name and reference number for the procurement the bidder wishes to register for; — the name of the registered supplier; — the name and contact details of the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the bidder to access the procurement online via the eSourcing suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the eSourcing suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFx event. (RFx=(tender process)). Please note that it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure that you have sight of all relevant information. For technical assistance on the use of the eSourcing suite, please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Freephone 0345 010 3503; email: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk Training support to respond to a requirement is available to bidders at: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Pages/suppli er.aspx. Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to the Request for Proposal. The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1. The Contracting Authority may have regard to any of the following means in its assessment: (a) list of the works carried out in the past five years, (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given, where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator; (c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work; (d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality; (e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the Bidder or service provider is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate; (f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work; (g) for public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract; (h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last three years; (i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract; (j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract. Accredited to ISO9001:2008 or equivalent and any subsequent revisions. Accredited or working towards ISO14001 or equivalent. Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to Request for Proposal.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to the Request for Proposal. The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1. The Contracting Authority may have regard to any of the following means in its assessment: (a) list of the works carried out in the past five years, (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given, where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator; (c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work; (d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality; (e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the Bidder or service provider is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate; (f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work; (g) for public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract; (h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last three years; (i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract; (j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract. Accredited to ISO9001:2008 or equivalent and any subsequent revisions. Accredited or working towards ISO14001 or equivalent.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to Request for Proposal.