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Contract Notice

Invest NI — LED Business Growth Programme

  • First published: 23 February 2021
  • Last modified: 23 February 2021

The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Invest NI
Authority ID:
AA0036
Publication date:
23 February 2021
Deadline date:
23 March 2021
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Invest NI 3 LED business growth programme.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Invest NI

Bedford Street

Belfast

BT2 7ES

UK

Contact person: SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.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.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address


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

Invest NI — LED Business Growth Programme

Reference number: ID 3217925

II.1.2) Main CPV code

80500000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Invest NI — LED business growth programme.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 500 057.00  GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

80000000

80510000

80521000

80530000

79410000

79411100

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKN

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Invest NI 3 LED business growth programme.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Criteria below:

Quality criterion: Qualitative criteria / Weighting: 80

Cost criterion: Quantitative criteria / Weighting: 20

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 500 057.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

2 years with options to extend for 1 further period of 12 months.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options:

Option to extend for 1 further period of 12 months.

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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.2) Conditions related to the contract

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 23/03/2021

Local time: 15:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

FO

IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 21/06/2021

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 23/03/2021

Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

Estimated timing for further notices to be published:

Every 3 to 4 years.

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3) Additional information

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).

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures

Belfast

UK

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

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 amended

Belfast

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

18/02/2021

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79410000 Business and management consultancy services Business and management consultancy and related services
79411100 Business development consultancy services General management consultancy services
80000000 Education and training services Education
80510000 Specialist training services Training services
80521000 Training programme services Training facilities
80500000 Training services Education and training services
80530000 Vocational training services Training services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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