CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education Other (Please specify): public spending

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

News Aggregator.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Primarily in the UK.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

HM Treasury as the Contracting Authority is putting in place a Contract for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3) (and any future successors to these organisation).

The Research Library service enables access to external sources of information required to allow officials to create evidence-based policy and maintain current awareness where they have a business requirement.

The contract will incorporate the provision of a tailored and comprehensive media monitoring service, searchable news database, market data and companies information.

The contract has a single operator. The duration of the contract is in year(s): 1 + 1 + 1 — that is a 1 year contract with an option to extend at the end of each year.

The Procurement was run by Crown Commercial Service on behalf of HM Treasury.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

RM3775

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The following information has been captured in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 50 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015:

The Agent received a total of 3 tenders in response to this procurement, all of which were received electronically via the Agent's e-Sourcing Suite;

The Agent received 1 tender from an economic operator which is a small and medium enterprises (SMEs);

The Agent did not receive tenders from non-EU States or other EU Member States.

— The NUTS code for Factiva Ltd is UK.

— Factiva Ltd is not a small and medium enterprise (SME).

— Factiva Ltd is not a group of economic operators.

This Contract will commence on 1.4.2016 for an Initial Period of 1 year. The Initial Period will conclude on 31.3.2017.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

There is no right of appeal in this procurement. If you have a complaint or seek to challenge the outcome, please follow the guidance on procedure contained in the previous section.

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice