Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland HSENI
83 Ladas Drive
Belfast
BT6 9FR
UK
Contact person: Rosemary Jean-Baptiste
E-mail: Rosemary.Jean-Baptiste@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
DfE HSENI — Preparation and Testing of External Emergency Plans
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71317200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Health and Safety Executive for NI (HSENI) wishes to engage external professional expertise to prepare and test External Emergency Plans for 10 Major Hazard sites (COMAH) and 2 Major Hazard Pipelines, in Northern Ireland and to prepare External Emergency Plans for additional COMAH sites or High Pressure Gas Pipelines which enter the regimes during the Contract Period.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71317210
71600000
79400000
79430000
79417000
80550000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Health and Safety Executive for NI (HSENI) wishes to engage external professional expertise to prepare and test External Emergency Plans for 10 Major Hazard sites (COMAH) and 2 Major Hazard Pipelines, in Northern Ireland and to prepare External Emergency Plans for additional COMAH sites or High Pressure Gas Pipelines which enter the regimes during the Contract Period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 50
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
130 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
11/05/2018
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
09/08/2018
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
11/05/2018
Local time: 15:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.” "The Authority expressly reserves the rights:
1) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
2) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;
3) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and
4) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates."
This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeals/mediation procedures.
UK
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/04/2018