As Lead Partner, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (BBNPA) submitted a funding application to the Interreg IVB North West Europe (NWE) Programme for a partnership project called Rural Alliances in the 8th call for proposals. The Programme ...

Contract award notice

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, Plas y Ffynnon, Cambrian Way, Powys
For the attention of: Mr Richard Tyler
LD3 7HP Brecon
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1874620405
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

I.3)Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Environment
Recreation, culture and religion
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

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Rural Alliances (Proposed Interreg IVB NWE) Project Management.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services
Main place of performance: UKL14; UKL15; UKL16; UKL17; UKL18.

NUTS code UKL14

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
As Lead Partner, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (BBNPA) submitted a funding application to the Interreg IVB North West Europe (NWE) Programme for a partnership project called Rural Alliances in the 8th call for proposals. The Programme Steering Committee met on 28.6.2011 and gave the project conditional approval. The project has 2 months to fulfil these conditions and applicants will be informed of the decision by 12.9.2011. Tenders for project coordination, promotion and financial management are invited subject to the project being fully approved.
The partnership consists of twelve organisations from six different North West European countries. The Rural Alliances project aims to address urgent challenges caused by rapid demographic change in rural areas by putting into practice a completely new alliance building concept, combining enterprise and community interests to strengthen NWE’s rural competitive and cohesive position and countering the negative effects of demographic change. It also aims to produce a new common method to measure rural vibrancy and support alliances to forge new relationships with the public sector to safeguard and enhance rural resources/services.
The partners will work together from the final approval date of the application to July 2015 to deliver 3 comprehensive work packages which will require complex project/financial management and communication delivery.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72224000, 79210000, 79421000, 79421100, 98910000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Quality and technical merit of proposals for providing the services detailed in Section 2 of the Request for Tenders. Weighting 50
2. Expertise and skills of assigned personnel in providing the type of services described in Section 2 of the Request for Tenders. Weighting 50
3. Value for money. Weighting 50
4. Delivery Team’s knowledge of and experience in working with the Interreg IVB North West Programme. Weighting 25
5. Proposals for supporting the partnership as well as partners and their work. Weighting 25
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
RJT 13
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: RJT 13 Lot title: Rural Alliances (Proposed Interreg IVB NWE Project) Project Management Contract.
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
13.9.2011
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 3
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

ERA21
Pentre Melyn, Buckland, Bwlch
LD3 7JJ Brecon
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

V.4)Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: 562 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of years: 3.5
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Rural Alliances Interreg IVB NWE Project.
VI.2)Additional information:
Buy4Wales Reference Number: 27380.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
19.9.2011