Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NI Water and its Subsidiaries
Westland House
Belfast
BT14 6TE
UK
Contact person: Heather Kyle
E-mail: sourcing@niwater.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
C941 Full Marketing Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79342000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NI Water continues to focus on providing clear, relevant and timely information to the public. This will require creative communications solutions, an innovative and insightful approach and most importantly methods to reinforce the value in the minds of the public about the essential service we provide. We now intend to appoint a full service marketing agency to support, maintain and develop specified communications activity in relation to internal, external and stakeholder campaigns.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 950 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79342000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
UKN
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NI Water continues to focus on providing clear, relevant and timely information to the public. This will require creative communications solutions, an innovative and insightful approach and most importantly methods to reinforce the value in the minds of the public about the essential service we provide. We now intend to appoint a full service marketing agency to support, maintain and develop specified communications activity in relation to internal, external and stakeholder campaigns.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1 years.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1 years.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
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:
2018/S 164-375709
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
22/01/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Genesis Advertising ltd
33 College Gardens
Belfast
BT9 6BT
UK
Telephone: +28 90313344
E-mail: helen.blakley@wearegenesis.co.uk
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)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 950 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1+1 years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Northern Ireland Water
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/02/2019