Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Llandudno Junction
CF10 3NQ
UK
Contact person: James Roberts
Telephone: +44 3000257095
E-mail: james.roberts@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://gov.wales
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Welsh Language Transmission Interventions
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Welsh Government (WG) intend to award a contract to appoint specialists in behavioural science to work in collaboration with WG and partners to create and trial interventions and/or to improve existing interventions to support parents to transmit the Welsh language to their children.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
166 666.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Negotiated Procedure
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Price
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without prior publication
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice and is intended to provide notice of the Authority's intention to award a contract to deliver practical interventions to increase the use of Welsh in families by looking at the wide variety of interventions used with families in non-Welsh-language related fields.
Welsh Government will observe a 30 day standstill period from the date of publication of this VEAT, during which time will not enter into a contractual agreement.
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union Justification for selected award procedure: Negotiated Procedure without competition
The procurement falls within the scope of application of the Directive: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Welsh language transmission and behavioural change techniques and communication area of work is a highly specialist field with a limited amount of operators. Claremont Communications have already completed the initial phase of work via an open mini competition through the Crown Commercial Services framework (RM3796).
Claremont Communications therefore developed a detailed knowledge base on intergenerational transmission based on behavioural science, and are familiar with the content and proposed actions of the National policy on Welsh language transmission and use in families and the stakeholders and partners that will be part of the new project, they are best placed to complete this second phase of work and would represent value for money for Welsh Government. Onboarding a new contractor at this stage would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs .
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: C091/2022/2023
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
26/05/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Claremont Communications
108 Clerkenwell Workshops, Clerkenwell Close
London
EC1R0AT
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
166 666.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:121823)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/06/2022