Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Cloonavin 66 Portstewart Road
Coleraine
BT52 1EY
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.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 3093404 Invest NI — Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council — LED Programme — Alchemy 3
Reference number: ID 3093404
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79410000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council is seeking to appoint a contractor to deliver two aspects of the Alchemy Programme:
1) one-to-one mentoring;
2) skills development workshops.
The key aim of Alchemy is to help businesses access the support they need through provision of high-quality information with a sound diagnosis of their business issues and the development of an appropriate Action Plan. The brokerage to third party mentors is the recognised best practice for Council to provide the business client with the right solution.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
205 600.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79411100
80000000
80500000
80510000
80521000
80530000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council is seeking to appoint a contractor to deliver two aspects of the Alchemy Programme:
1) one-to-one mentoring;
2) skills development workshops.
The key aim of Alchemy is to help businesses access the support they need through provision of high quality information with a sound diagnosis of their business issues and the development of an appropriate Action Plan. The brokerage to third party mentors is the recognised best practice for Council to provide the business client with the right solution.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Implementation
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: AC2 Resource allocation
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: AC3 Contract and account management
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: AC4 Contract manager experience
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: AC5 Proposed team experience — business development
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: AC6 Proposed team experience — sales, marketing and ICT
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: AC7 Proposed team experience — business processes efficiencies
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: AC8 Proposed team experience — specialist areas
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: AC9 Proposed workshop methodology
/ Weighting: 5
Cost criterion: AC10 This is a fixed price contract
/ Weighting: 0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The client may at any time before the completion of the contract period invite the contractor to agree to extend for any period up to and including 12 months commencing from the termination date of the original contract period.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
This is a fixed price contract. The funding model for this contract is GBP 205 600 ex VAT for the initial contract period. In order to meet contract delivery requirements, the daily rate is set at GBP 400 excluding VAT.
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:
2020/S 222-547436
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
27/01/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
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
D Fitzpatrick Associates
64 Garland Hill
Belfast
BT8 6YL
UK
Telephone: +44 2890799224
E-mail: deirdrefitzpatrick@btopenworld.com
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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 205 600.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — Procedures and Principles). 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 notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy.
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 PCR 2015
UK
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/01/2021