Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, South Tyneside Homes Limited and South Tyneside Ventures Trust Limited
Town Hall and Civic Office, Westoe Road
South Shields
NE23 2RL
UK
Contact person: Shona Mac Daid
E-mail: shona.macdaid@southtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.southtyneside.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Early Payment Scheme Framework Agreement
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
South Tyneside Council is seeking to award a single supplier framework agreement, open to all public sector bodies in the UK, for early payment provision, offered on a modular basis applicable either to public sector bodies without an existing programme, wishing both to implement and operate and public sector bodies with an existing programme, wishing to continue to operate such a programme.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
832 000 000.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
South Tyneside Council operates an Early Payment Scheme (EPS), whereby discounts are taken from invoices in exchange for early payment. The fee for early payment is a % discount offered against the gross invoice value for payment in advance of the standard 30 days.
The discount is calculated dynamically, and is proportionate to how many days the payment is accelerated (number of days between invoice receipt and invoice payment sent). The discount is only taken if payment acceleration is achieved.
The purpose of such a programme is not only to generate new income for the council but also to help suppliers by injecting much needed liquidity into the councils supply chain and in particular the local economy. The programme has also helped to streamline existing Purchase to Pay (P2P) processes and maximise efficiency within the council, while supporting the council’s compliance with payments legislation and its adoption of best practice.
The aim of this project is to award a single supplier framework agreement to all NEPO member authorities and associates for an early payment scheme, offered on a modular basis applicable either to authorities without an existing scheme wishing to both implement and operate the scheme or authorities who wish to continue to operate a scheme such as South Tyneside.
A two stage open procedure will be used for the procurement of this framework agreement. The first stage will consist of the selection process where the authority will focus on the tenderer’s characteristics and suitability in principle to provide the contract requirements. Submissions will initially be assessed in respect of the SQ responses. Subject to passing the SQ assessment, the tender submissions will be evaluated. Failure of any of the pass/fail sections will result in the failure of the SQ submission, and evaluation of the tender will not occur. All tenderers who pass the selection stage will be eligible to have their submissions assessed at the award stage. The award stage considers the merits of the eligible tenders in order to assess which tenderers can be appointed to the framework. The authority only uses a criterion that is linked to the subject matter of the framework.
The framework will be for 48 months with a possible 2 x 24 month extension.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technology functionality
/ Weighting: 9
Quality criterion: Supplier on boarding
/ Weighting: 18
Quality criterion: Implementation
/ Weighting: 18
Quality criterion: Management Information
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Contract management
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Local authority suppliers
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Social value
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Possible 2 x 24 month extension.
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 framework has been estimated based on the amount of rebate that South Tyneside Council currently pay their incumbent early payment scheme provider per annum calculated by the possible 8 year term of the framework including possible extensions then multiplied by the 520 NEPO associate members.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open 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:
2020/S 012-024196
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Early Payment Scheme Framework Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/04/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxygen Finance Limited
Birmingham
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
Lowest offer:
832 000 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
832 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO members. A list of member organisations is available in the about section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org
This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO associate members. Current associate members are listed in the associate member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list
NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodies, central government, nhs bodies, local authorities, emergency services, coastguard emergency services, educational establishments, registered social landlords and registered charities who have a need to purchase the above services.
Please see the following websites for further details:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies
http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php
http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net
https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england
https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone
http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure
http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx
http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts
http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
https://www.ons.gov.uk/
https://www.police.uk/forces/
http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html
http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm
http://www.scotland.police.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland
http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html
http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/
http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing
http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx
https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx
http://www.oscr.org.uk/
https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx
http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx
http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644
A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:
https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users
Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO associate member in the first instance.
Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
South Tyneside Council Town Hall and Civic Offices
Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road
South Shields
NE33 2RL
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
South Tyneside Council Town Hall and Civic Offices
South Shields
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/04/2020