Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
LGSS Procurement on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council
Shire Hall, Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
UK
Contact person: Mr Shaun Lay
Telephone: +44 1223715354
E-mail: shaun.lay@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.lgss.co.uk/about/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lgss.co.uk/services/procurement/
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
Cambridgeshire County Council: Banking Services
Reference number: DN414158
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Contract for the provision of banking services and associated services for Cambridgeshire County Council.
This contract is for 5 years, with an option to extend for 2 years, followed by a further 2 years followed by a final 1 year (making a maximum contract length of 10 years in total). The contract estimated start date will be 1.3.2020.
There will be no guarantee of work or volume of work to be given under this contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH12
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Contract for the provision of banking and associated services for Cambridgeshire County Council.
The authority requires a comprehensive money transmission banking service involving maintenance of Council, pension fund and school bank accounts, handling of paper, BACS and CHAPS clearing, cash processing and other activities associated with local authority banking business. The authority will require an internet banking service for balance/transaction reporting and payment initiation.
The authority expects that the way the service is provided during the life of the contract may change as the market and the authority change its working practices and more digital methods/processes are adopted for receipts and payments.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality: service delivery
/ Weighting: 49
Quality criterion: Quality: technical offer
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: Quality: implementation
/ Weighting: 7
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:
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:
2019/S 156-385316
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Cambridgeshire County Council: Banking Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
National Westminster Bank plc
NatWest Commercial and Private Banking, Floor 1, 300 Silbury Boulevard, Silbury House
Milton Keynes
MK9 2AZ
UK
NUTS: UKJ12
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 685 845.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
LGSS Procurement
Octagon RES 1006, Shire Hall, Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
UK
E-mail: GdeSilva@northamptonshire.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/business/business-with-the-council/providing-goods-and-services-to-the-council
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Council has incorporated a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from (refer to address in Part I.1). If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 6) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may order the ineffectiveness of a contract where serious breach have occurred in addition to any fine, the court may instead provide for alternative penalties, either contract shortening, fines or both.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
LGSS Procurement
Octagon RES 1006, Shire Hall, Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/business/business-with-the-council/providing-goods-and-services-to-the-council
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/01/2020