Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Agri-EPI Centre
1-4 Bush House Cottages, Edinburgh Technopole
Penicuik
EH26 0BA
UK
Telephone: +44 1312397100
E-mail: procurement@agri-epicentre.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.agri-epicentre.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30410
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
Neutral Vendor and/or Managed Service Provider for the Supply of Multi Specialism Services Frameworks
Reference number: 002/1019/OET
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79418000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
AEC seeks to establish a framework contract for an organisation capable of acting in the capacity of either a neutral vendor or managed service provider (either not actually providing the multi specialism requirements in their own right, or having the option of providing such services themselves on either a direct call off basis or further competition basis too) to contracting authorities by means of managing the procurement and award selection process by their own methods themselves or in conjunction with the contracting authorities which would be fully compliant with the protocols, standing financial instructions, UK/EU legislation that the contracting authorities would either operate on or approve, if they were conducting the procurement exercise themselves, (and may choose to do so themselves) and upon selection, manage the contractual arrangements between service provider and the contracting authority.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 000 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
AEC seeks to establish a framework contract for an organisation capable of acting in the capacity of either a neutral vendor or managed service provider (either not actually providing the multi specialism requirements in their own right, or having the option of providing such services themselves on either a direct call off basis or further competition basis too) to contracting authorities by means of managing the procurement and award selection process by their own methods themselves or in conjunction with the contracting authorities which would be fully compliant with the protocols, standing financial instructions, UK/EU legislation that the contracting authorities would either operate on or approve, if they were conducting the procurement exercise themselves, (and may choose to do so themselves) and upon selection, manage the contractual arrangements between service provider and the contracting authority.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality and service
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The following initial CPV codes are hereby declared for information only as all CPV codes are entitled to be used in call-offs against this framework in the future by any contracting authority:
38970000
42000000
44000000
44221000
44221100
45000000
45214630
48000000
48100000
48461000
50000000
63100000
63120000
66171000
70000000
70100000
70110000
70120000
70200000
70210000
70220000
70333000
71000000
71200000
71300000
71311000
71311200
71311210
71311300
71312000
71315200
71315210
71350000
71351000
71400000
71530000
71800000
72000000
72220000
72221000
72224000
72700000
72710000
72720000
73000000
73220000
79000000
79210000
79341100
79400000
79410000
79411000
79413000
79416200
79418000
79419000
79993000
79993100
80000000
85000000
85100000
90713000
92000000
98000000
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The framework will be freely accessible to any contracting authority (or any organisation which fits the criteria of a contracting authority under the definitions contained within Regulation 2 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015)), including any third sector/voluntary organisations, within any territory of the United Kingdom.
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:
2019/S 218-535393
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 002-1019T
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/12/2019
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: 0
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
NE1 Procurement Services Ltd
The Old Casino, 1-4 Forth Lane
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 5HX
UK
Telephone: +44 1724853380
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ne1procurementservices.com/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 6 000 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
AEC intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by itself and any of its related sites and clientele, all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK, thus all contracting authorities as defined in Regulation 2 of 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 goods, services or works.
The above will also include the cross referenced entities which can be found within the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/local-councils-in-northern-ireland
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-in-england
https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-information-about-schools
https://education.gov.scot/parentzone
https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/ScotXed/SchoolEducation/SchoolEstablishments
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus
https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/universities-and-colleges-northern-ireland
https://www.police.uk/forces/
https://ukfirestations.co.uk/brigades
https://firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx
https://www.southwales-fire.gov.uk/
http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/Pages/Welcome.aspx
https://www.nwales-fireservice.org.uk/contact-us/
https://www.nifrs.org/about-nifrs/areas-districts/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency/about/access-and-opening
https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx
https://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/
https://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure
http://online.hscni.net/hospitals/health-and-social-care-trusts/
http://www.scottishambulance.com/footer/contactus.aspx
http://www.was-tr.wales.nhs.uk/Default.aspx?pageId=62&lan=en
http://www.nias.hscni.net/contact-us-2/contact-details/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
https://www.gov.scot/about/how-government-is-run/directorates/
https://gov.wales/about-us
https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/topics/your-executive/government-departments
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/RegisterHomePage.aspx
https://www.oscr.org.uk/guidance-and-forms/
https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-search/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing
https://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx
https://gov.wales/housing
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations
https://catapult.org.uk/catapult-centres/
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Agri-EPI Centre
1-4 Bush House Cottages, Edinburgh Technopole
Penicuik
EH26 0BA
UK
E-mail: procurement@agr-epicentre.com
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.agri-epicentre.com/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/12/2019