Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Metropolitan College
125-153 Millfield
Belfast
BT1 1HS
UK
Contact person: ICT.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: ICT.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.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/ep
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/ep
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CFT563142 DfE Belfast Met — Provision of a Learner Management System.
Reference number: CFT563142
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Belfast Metropolitan College. Belfast Met. is the largest Further and Higher Education College in Northern Ireland and the sixth largest in the UK with an average enrolment of some 30 000 students per year. It provides a wide range of services in education and training, addressing every level of provision from leisure to post graduate study. In an effort to deliver more effective teaching, learning and assessment, Belfast Metropolitan College would like to procure a ‘Learner Management System (LMS)’ that enables staff, and students, to easily produce, access and administer engaging online course content.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
600 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72212100
48000000
48190000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Belfast Metropolitan College. Belfast Met. is the largest Further and Higher Education College in Northern Ireland and the sixth largest in the UK with an average enrolment of some 30 000 students per year. It provides a wide range of services in education and training, addressing every level of provision from leisure to post graduate study. In an effort to deliver more effective teaching, learning and assessment, Belfast Metropolitan College would like to procure a ‘Learner Management System (LMS)’ that enables staff, and students, to easily produce, access and administer engaging online course content.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Award Criteria (ACO1 — Solution Intuitiveness
/ Weighting: 22.5
Quality criterion: Award Criteria (ACO2 — Solution Intuitiveness
/ Weighting: 17.5
Quality criterion: Award Criteria (ACO3 — Solution Intuitiveness
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
600 000.00
GBP
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:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract will start on the Contract Commencement Date and will run for an initial period of five (5) years plus 2 optional extension periods consisting of two (2) years each i.e. 5+2+2.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As per Terms and Conditions of Contract Document.
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:
20/03/2017
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:
18/06/2017
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
20/03/2017
Local time: 15:30
Place:
Central Procurement Directorate, 303 Airport Road West, BT3 9ED.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Only CPD Procurement Staff with access to the project on eTendersNI.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
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 such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
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.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/02/2017