Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Pension Protection Fund
Renaissance, 3 Dingwall Road
Croydon
CR0 2NA
UK
E-mail: commercialservices@ppf.co.uk
NUTS: UKI62
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ppf.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://ppf.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
PR Agency Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79416200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Pension Protection Fund (‘The PPF’) is tendering a contract for the provision of PR agency Services (‘The Services’) in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 under the restricted procedure.
If you are interested in participating in the competition for this requirement, please complete the standard questionnaire (SQ) linked to this notice by the SQ return date.
Full details of the requirements and how to respond are available in the Information and guidance document which can be found at:
https://ppf.bravosolution.co.uk
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
240 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI62
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract for the provision of PR agency Services (‘The Services’) is being tendered by the board of the pension protection PPF (‘The PPF’) in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 under the restricted procedure. The PPF requires a PR agency.
Full details of the PPF's requirements are set out in the Information and guidance for bidders document
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Criteria were stated in the procurement documents
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
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
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 133-328084
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ecm_2779
Title: PR Agency Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/01/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Fleishman-Hillard Group Ltd
01521506
London
SE1 0SW
UK
NUTS: UKI44
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 240 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This is a contract for an initial term of 2 years starting from 1 December 2020 and ending on 30 November 2022. The Board and Supplier may, before the end of the initial term, agree in writing to extend this agreement for a further period of up to twelve (12) months. The Parties may also, before the end of the agreed extension period, agree to a further extension of up to twelve (12) months. Accordingly the total extension will be for no more than 2 years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Pension Protection Fund
Renaissance, 12 Dingwall Road
Croydon
CR0 2NA
UK
Telephone: +44 08456002541
E-mail: commercialservices@ppf.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ppf.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2021