Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NI Water and its subsidiaries
Westland House
Belfast
BT14 6TE
UK
Contact person: Lisa Crossey
E-mail: sourcing@niwater.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
C961 – Pension Management (Actuarial and Consultancy) and “Pay and Reward” (Consultancy)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66520000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NI Water wish to appoint a pension management services Provider who will provide actuarial and consultancy services in relation to NI Water Pension(s) arrangements. The economic operator must also provide consultancy on a wide range of pay and reward issues to support the company's strategic total reward model.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 800 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66523000
66522000
66523100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NI Water wish to appoint a pension management services provider who will provide actuarial and consultancy services in relation to NI Water Pension(s) arrangements. The economic operator must also provide consultancy on a wide range of pay and reward issues to support the company's Strategic total reward model.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70 %
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 30 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1+1 years.
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
Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1+1 years.
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 231-528890
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
25/03/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mercer Ltd
Bedford House
Belfast
BT2 7DX
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 800 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1+1 years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Northern Ireland Water
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/03/2019