Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Arts Council England
21 Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury
London
WC1B 3HF
UK
Contact person: Zobair Mehmood
Telephone: +44 8453006200
E-mail: procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.artscouncil.org.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Environmental Sustainability Support Contract
Reference number: ACE 064 ITT
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90700000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Arts Council England (ACE) is seeking to support its grant holders and the wider arts and cultural sector to become more environmental sustainable. The contractor will be required to provide:
a— an online service for ACE’s Grant Holders and the wider Arts and Cultural Sector which includes a carbon calculator tailored to the arts and cultural sector and sub-sectors, and
b— support services to the arts and cultural sector and to ACE to meet the aims of the contract.
This support may be provided in a number of methods, e.g. workshops, webinars, case studies, guides etc.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 082 739.84
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80540000
90700000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
UKD
UKE
UKF
UKG
UKH
UKI
UKJ
UKK
Main site or place of performance:
England Wide.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Arts Council England (ACE) is seeking to support its grant holders and the wider arts and cultural Sector to become more environmental sustainable. The contractor will be required to provide:
a— an online service for ACE’s Grant Holders and the wider arts and cultural sector which includes a carbon calculator tailored to the arts and cultural sector and sub-sectors, and
b— support services to the arts and cultural sector and to ACE to meet the aims of the contract. This support may be provided in a number of methods, e.g. workshops, webinars, case studies, guides etc.
The aims of the contract are to:
a— facilitate and support grant holders to meet environmental sustainability requirements in their funding agreements,
b— facilitate and support the arts and cultural sector to increase the degree to which environmental sustainability (see Part 4 - Definitions of the ITT) is embedded across those organisations’ outlook, approach, practice, activities, systems, strategy and development,
c— reduce the environmental impact of the arts and cultural sector and demonstrate associated financial benefits,
d— raise the profile of the gains the arts and cultural sector is making in the area of environmental sustainability in engaging with the services delivered under the Contract; and (e) support the operational delivery of ACE’s approach to supporting environmental sustainability in line with Goal 3 of its ten year strategic framework.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80 %
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:
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 198-407566
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ACE 064 ITT
Title: Environmental Sustainability Support Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Julie's Bicycle
Somerset House
London
WC2R 1LA
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 082 739.82
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Royal Courts of Justice
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/02/2018