Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Arts Council England
21 Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury
London
WC1B 3HF
UK
Telephone: +44 1619344317
E-mail: procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.artscouncil.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Procurement of a Framework: Construction Advisors for Capital Investments
Reference number: ACE 201 ITT
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71530000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Arts Council England, in the discharge of its duty to distribute public funding for the purpose of promoting the arts in England, intends to appoint to the framework agreement with a maximum of 10 appropriately qualified service providers to work with its investment team and to deliver construction advice to support Arts Council England’s assessment, decision making and monitoring of its capital investment. The scope of the framework includes supporting the assessment and monitoring of our funded projects from detailed design stages through to completion to ensure that public funding is used only for grant funding purposes.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 100 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Arts Council England, in the discharge of its duty to distribute public funding for the purpose of promoting the arts in England, intends to appoint to the framework agreement a maximum of 10 appropriately qualified service providers to work with its investment team and to deliver construction advice to support Arts Council England’s assessment, decision making and monitoring of its capital investment. The scope of the framework includes supporting the assessment and monitoring of our funded projects from detailed design stages through to completion to ensure that public funding is used only for grant funding purposes.
Arts Council England estimate the value of the contract to be in the range of GBP 1 200 000 to a maximum GBP 2 100 000 (excluding VAT) for the initial term and any extension period.
The framework agreement will commence on 1 April 2020 and continue until 31 March 2023, unless it is terminated in accordance with its terms. ACE may extend the term by 1 successive period of 12 months to 31 March 2024, provided it has given the contractor notice of the same in writing at least 3 month(s) prior to the expiry of the term.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 65 %
Price
/ Weighting:
35 %
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Only nine service providers where awarded a place on the framework.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2019/S 220-539958
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ACE 201 ITT
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Appleyard and Trew LLP
Chesire
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cragg Management Services Ltd
Brighton
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Currie and Brown UK Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ellis Williams Architects Ltd
Preston Brook
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gleeds Advisory Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
HERA Regeneration Ltd
York
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Jackson Coles LLP
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Potter Raper Ltd
Beckenham
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Turner and Townsend Project Management Ltd
Leeds
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 100 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The public contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the requirements under those regulations to take action in the High Court of England and Wales.
In general, Regulation 92 requires that proceedings must be started within 30 days beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen.
Please refer to the details of these Regulations (including Chapter 6 in particular) for more details.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/04/2020