Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Ards and North Down Borough Council
The Castle, Town Hall
Bangor
BT20 4BT
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.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.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Shine Programme for Ards and North Down Council Borough
Reference number: 1678646
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80510000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Ards and North Down Borough Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor to work with SMEs within the Ards and North Down Borough Council area. The Contractor will provide 1-1 mentoring support with the overarching output to create and/or increase levels of employment and to identify businesses to refer on to Invest NI to avail of financial support and to additional relevant support agencies to deliver business support that will be complementary to the SHINE Programme.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
303 175.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79411100
80521000
80500000
80000000
80530000
79410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Ards and North Down Borough Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor to work with SMEs within the Ards and North Down Borough Council area. The Contractor will provide 1-1 mentoring support with the overarching output to create and/or increase levels of employment and to identify businesses to refer on to Invest NI to avail of financial support and to additional relevant support agencies to deliver business support that will be complementary to the Shine Programme.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: 1a - The delivery mechanisms for one to one mentoring
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: 1b - The delivery mechanisms for themes of workshops
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: Team Experience
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: Project Manager
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: Contract and Account Management
/ Weighting: 7
Quality criterion: Achievement of Outputs
/ Weighting: 7
Cost criterion: Total Contract Price
/ Weighting: 30
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:
Yes
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:
2018/S 174-394648
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
21/01/2019
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
Brilliant Red Ltd
12 Carrickrovaddy Road
Newry
BT34 1SN
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:
: 303 175.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
UK
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2019