Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Craigavon Civic and Conference Centre
Craigavon
BT64 1AL
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.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
The Delivery of the Transform Your Business Programme for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Reference number: 3077390
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has received funding from Invest Northern Ireland under EU Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme (2014-2020) LED Measure to deliver a new business support programme to local companies in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
554 325.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80510000
80521000
80530000
79410000
79411100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
00
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has received funding from Invest Northern Ireland under EU Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme (2014-2020) LED Measure to deliver a new business support programme to local companies in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC01 Key personnel experience
/ Weighting: 22.4
Quality criterion: AC02 Proposed methodology
/ Weighting: 22.4
Quality criterion: AC03 Ability to deliver to schedule
/ Weighting: 13.6
Quality criterion: AC04 Monitoring, reporting, quality and contract management
/ Weighting: 13.6
Quality criterion: AC05 Risk management
/ Weighting: 8
Cost criterion: Total contract price
/ Weighting: 20
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:
Yes
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:
2020/S 198-481272
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: The Delivery of the Transform Your Business Programme for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/12/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
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: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Innovate-NI Ltd
10-14 Bishop St
Derry
BT48 8JB
UK
E-mail: barney.toal@innovate-ni.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:
: 554 325.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — Procedures and Principles). 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 3 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 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
UK
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/12/2020