Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Tourist Board T/A Tourism NI
Linum Chambers, Bedford Square, Bedford St
Belfast
BT2 7ES
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://tourismni.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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
ID 1678809 — DFE Tourism NI Business Support Programme
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79411000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board trading as Tourism Northern Ireland wishes to appoint a contractor to provide a managed business support service to the tourism industry. The contractor will be required to ensure a full supply of Industry experts to act as business support personnel to meet the requirements of the specification. It is anticipated that this contract will commence on date of award for a duration of 1 year with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79411100
73220000
80500000
80000000
80521000
80530000
79410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board trading as Tourism Northern Ireland wishes to appoint a contractor to provide a managed business support service to the tourism industry. The contractor will be required to ensure a full supply of industry experts to act as business support personnel to meet the requirements of the specification. It is anticipated that this contract will commence on date of award for a duration of 1 year with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative criteria quantitative
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Quantitative criteria
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
After the initial contract period, there are 2 options to extend for 1 year each.
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:
2018/S 231-527973
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
20/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wholeschool Software Ltd
Pearl Assurance House 2 Donegall Square East
Belfast
BT1 5HB
UK
E-mail: frank@whole.school
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Re
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/02/2019