Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
c/o 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: justice.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: justice.cpd@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
CFT1466752 — DOJ NICTS Transcription Services 2018
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DOJ NICTS Transcription Services 2018. The provision of Court Transcription Services is a mandatory service which is governed by The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968 (Rules 24-29). In addition, the Judicature (NI) Act 1978 (S16 (1) and S46(1)) specifies “courts of record”, which includes the High Court, Crown Court, Family Care Centres and Coroner’s Courts. The purpose of this contract is to ensure quality court transcription services to meet the current business needs.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79130000
75231000
75230000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DOJ NICTS Transcription Services 2018. The provision of Court Transcription Services is a mandatory service which is governed by The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968 (Rules 24-29). In addition, the Judicature (NI) Act 1978 (S16 (1) and S46(1)) specifies “courts of record”, which includes the High Court, Crown Court, Family Care Centres and Coroner’s Courts. The purpose of this contract is to ensure quality court transcription services to meet the current business needs.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 72
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 value at II.2.6 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value. This value represents the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope and/or scale which may result from future operational requirements.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
Selection and Award criteria are as stated in the Instructions to Tenderer Document.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
The award criteria are as stated in the Instructions to Tenderer Document.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
16/05/2018
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per specification and regularly monitored see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 Contract Management: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/dfp/PGN-01012-Contract-Management-Principles-Procedures-25-Sept-2017.PDFContractors 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 Central Procurement Directorate 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 Notice of Written Warning and Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Written Warning and Notice 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 up to three years from the date of issue of the Notice.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal / mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal / mediation procedures
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/04/2018