Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Communities
Causeway Exchange 1-7 Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7EG
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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 4747209 - DfC - Bridge Cleaning - Lagan Weir Cycle and Pedestrian Bridge
Reference number: ID 4747209
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department for Communities has statutory responsibility to manage and maintain the impounded River Lagan. This responsibility includes the operation of the Lagan Weir and maintenance of various areas of public realm adjacent to the river and the Lagan Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge. DfC requires a Contractor to clean and maintain all aspects of the Lagan Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge. The cleaning and maintenance specification for the bridge is divided into six specific areas: (i) deck cleaning, (ii) window cleaning, (iii) underside of the bridge cleaning, (iv) sandstone pillar cleaning, (v) graffiti removal and (vi) general maintenance.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
395 520.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90610000
90611000
90690000
90910000
90911300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department for Communities has statutory responsibility to manage and maintain the impounded River Lagan. This responsibility includes the operation of the Lagan Weir and maintenance of various areas of public realm adjacent to the river and the Lagan Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge. DfC requires a Contractor to clean and maintain all aspects of the Lagan Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge. The cleaning and maintenance specification for the bridge is divided into six specific areas: (i) deck cleaning, (ii) window cleaning, (iii) underside of the bridge cleaning, (iv) sandstone pillar cleaning, (v) graffiti removal and (vi) general maintenance.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 40
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Client will have the option to extend the contract by two further periods of one year each.
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 000-017088
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
09/08/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CUAN MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
200A Shore Road
NEWTOWNARDS
BT22 1LA
UK
Telephone: +44 02842728297
E-mail: cuanmarineservicesltd@gmail.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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:
: 395 520.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years.
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.
Belfast
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 of contract 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 contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/08/2023