Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for the Economy
Adelaide House
Belfast
UK
E-mail: theresa.conway@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.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
DfE — Value for Money Review of Further Education Colleges in Northern Ireland
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department for the Economy (DfE), wishes to appoint a Contractor to carry out a Value for Money (VfM) review of Further Education (FE) Colleges in Northern Ireland (NI). The main purpose of this review will be to benchmark the performance of the services and functions provided in all six NI FE Colleges in comparison to FE Colleges in other UK regions and the Republic of Ireland (ROI).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
75 900.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73000000
73110000
73200000
73210000
73400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department for the Economy (DfE), wishes to appoint a Contractor to carry out a Value for Money (VfM) review of Further Education (FE) Colleges in Northern Ireland (NI). The main purpose of this review will be to benchmark the performance of the services and functions provided in all six NI FE Colleges in comparison to FE Colleges in other UK regions and the Republic of Ireland (ROI).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Quantitative Criteria
/ Weighting: 40
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
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/02/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Tribal Group PLC
Kings Orchard
Bristol
BS2 0HQ
UK
E-mail: qasbids@tribalgroup.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 75 900.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/02/2018