Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Tourism NI
Floor 10-12 Linum Chambers, Bedford Square, Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
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.1) Name and addresses
Tourism NI
Floors 10-12 Linum Chambers Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
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 involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.etendersni.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.etendersni.gov.uk
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 2612780 — DfE TNI – Tourism Business Hub and Website Development
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212610
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Tourism NI require a contractor to deliver a solution to provide the NI tourism industry with a ‘one-stop-shop’ tourism business hub, as well as a corporate ‘shopfront’ for the hub which will contain all necessary corporate information. A specification of requirements for this work is outlined below; this includes:
— the delivery of a tourism business hub, including the development of our corporate website, the full integration with microsoft dynamics and software applications to deliver the functionality requested. Contractor(s) must note that there may be workload fluctuations at different time periods of the year.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
48783000
48780000
72212780
72212783
48612000
72212600
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Tourism NI require a contractor to deliver a solution to provide the NI tourism industry with a ‘one-stop-shop’ tourism business hub, as well as a corporate ‘shopfront’ for the hub which will contain all necessary corporate information. A specification of requirements for this work is outlined below; this includes:
— the delivery of a tourism business hub, including the development of our corporate website, the full integration with microsoft dynamics and software applications to deliver the functionality requested. Contractor(s) must note that there may be workload fluctuations at different time periods of the year.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 40
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 60
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
21/01/2020
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
20/04/2020
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
21/01/2020
Local time: 15:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. 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 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 certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate of unsatisfactory performance will 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 for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate. This contract will not be awarded in lots as a single supplier is required.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. 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.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/12/2019