Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest Northern Ireland
Bedford Square, 1 Bedford Street,
Belfast
BT2 7ES
UK
E-mail: breidge.o'kane@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.investni.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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
CFT 1198694 — DfE Invest NI – Event Management Services Contract
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79950000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) wishes to appoint one Contractor to provide Event Management Services. The Contractual outputs are linked to the Northern Ireland Executive’s Programme for Government, the associated Economy 2030:
— Industrial Strategy for Northern Ireland and
— Invest NI’s Business Strategy 2017-2021. These outputs will help Invest NI to:
—— achieve the necessary levels of awareness, understanding and engagement amongst target audience segments covering businesses, stakeholders, the wider business base and Invest NI staff, in Northern Ireland and in international markets;
—— meet annual Operating Plan targets by encouraging the wider business base and customers to avail of the range of support available from Invest NI. The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
5 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79951000
79952000
79956000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) wishes to appoint one Contractor to provide Event Management Services. The Contractual outputs are linked to the Northern Ireland Executive’s Programme for Government, the associated Economy 2030:
— Industrial Strategy for Northern Ireland and
— Invest NI’s Business Strategy 2017-2021. These outputs will help Invest NI to:
—— achieve the necessary levels of awareness, understanding and engagement amongst target audience segments covering businesses, stakeholders, the wider business base and Invest NI staff, in Northern Ireland and in international markets;
—— meet annual Operating Plan targets by encouraging the wider business base and customers to avail of the range of support available from Invest NI. The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
After the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for 1 year each.
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
The estimated total value of the Event Management Services Contract is between 3000 000 GBP and 5 000 000 GBP over the maximum Contract duration of 4 years. This range represents the upper limit of an estimated Contract value and reflects the potential scales of the Contract and takes into account such changes to the scope and/or scale, which may result from future operational requirements.
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 017-035634
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/04/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Event-ful consultancy Ltd
2 Lower Crescent
Belfast
BT7 1NR
UK
E-mail: corinne@event-ful.co.uk
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 5 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. It provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/04/2018