Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Education
Rathgael House Balloo Road Rathgill
Bangor
BT19 7PR
UK
Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: SSDAdmin.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.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
ID 4549411 - DE - An Outcome based Evaluation of Limavady Shared Education Campus for Department of Education NI
Reference number: 4549411
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contract is to conduct an outcomes-based evaluation, underpinned by use of Outcomes Based Accountability of the Limavady SEC. It is anticipated that the contract will commence on date award for a period of 5 years with no further options to extend.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
327 920.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73000000
73220000
73200000
79400000
79410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract is to conduct an outcomes-based evaluation, underpinned by use of Outcomes Based Accountability of the Limavady SEC. It is anticipated that the contract will commence on date award for a period of 5 years with no further options to extend.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Team Experience
/ Weighting: 18
Quality criterion: AC2 Implementation
/ Weighting: 18
Quality criterion: AC3 Contract and Account Management
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: AC4 Business Continuity
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: AC5 Social Value - Promoting Wellbeing
/ Weighting: 12
Cost criterion: Total Contract Price
/ Weighting: 40
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
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:
2023/S 000-003560
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: ID 4549411 - DE - An Outcome based Evaluation of Limavady Shared Education Campus for Department of Education NI
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/07/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
National Children's Bureau
The NICVA Building, 61 Duncairn Gardens
belfast
BT15 2GB
UK
E-mail: businesshub@ncb.org.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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 327 920.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and conditions of contract. Contractors 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 CPD 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 Unsatisfactory Performance and this. Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also 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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended
Uk
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award was communicated to. tenderers that notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge. the award decision before the framework was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/08/2023