Financial Conduct Authority: CON-18-130 Relocation Services

UK-London: Employee relocation services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Financial Conduct Authority
       12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2070664634, Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: https://www.fca.org.uk/
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: Yes          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Economic and financial affairs

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: CON-18-130 Relocation Services            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         79613000 - Employee relocation services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The FCA is seeking to identify a registered relocation supplier, for a period of three years, to provide high quality and competitively priced end to end relocation services. This supplier will support relocation of employees on secondment to UK and international locations and new senior hires to the FCA.

Suppliers are required to clearly articulate their capability and experience in each of supporting international assignees and their families in the following areas:
•Packing, moving and delivering belongings
•Storage in UK and all international locations
•Home search in all international locations, including short term accommodation and furniture rental
•Lease renewals and negotiation
•Settling in assistance in all international locations
•School search
•Close down of rental contract
•Recovering deposit
•Closing down of all utilities and subscriptions including liability insurance and deregistration of local authority

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 480,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The FCA is seeking to identify a registered relocation supplier, for a period of three years, to provide high quality and competitively priced end to end relocation services. This supplier will support relocation of employees on secondment to UK and international locations and new senior hires to the FCA.

Suppliers will be required to deliver the following services:
•Packing, moving and delivering belongings
•Storage in UK and all international locations
•Home search in all international locations, including short term accommodation and furniture rental
•Lease renewals and negotiation
•Settling in assistance in all international locations
•School search
•Close down of rental contract
•Recovering deposit
•Closing down of all utilities and subscriptions including liability insurance and deregistration of local authority

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Technical Ability / Weighting: 70
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Pricing / Weighting: 30
            

      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: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/respond/J34S49ETSS


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Not Provided
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: CON 18-130    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 19/12/2019

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 7
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Gerson Relocation Ltd.
             The Heights East, Potters Bar, EN6 3JN, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 480,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 480,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Financial Conduct Authority
          12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
          London, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          Financial Conduct Authority
          12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 23/12/2019

ANNEX A

   I) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing   
   1: Contracting Authority
       Payment Services Regulator
       12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.psr.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK
   
   2: Contracting Authority
       FCA Pension Trustees
       12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.fca.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK
   
   3: Contracting Authority
       Bank of England
       Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH, United Kingdom
       Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.bankofengland.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UK
   
   4: Contracting Authority
       Financial Ombudsman Service
       Harbour Exchange Square, London, E14 9SR, United Kingdom
       Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK
   
   5: Contracting Authority
       Financial Services Compensation Scheme
       15 St Botolph Street, London, EC3A 7QU, United Kingdom
       Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.fscs.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK
   
   6: Contracting Authority
       The Pension Regulator
       Tragalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DW, United Kingdom
       Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.thepensionregulator.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UK
   
   7: Contracting Authority
       Prudential Regulation Authority
       20 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6DA, United Kingdom
       Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: www.bankofengland.co.uk/pra
       NUTS Code: UK