Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
16 Summer Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B19 3SD
UK
Contact person: Ronny Tigere
Telephone: +44 1212025057
E-mail: ronny.tigere@wmgrowth.com
NUTS: UKG3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.wmgrowth.com
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
Global Challenges Forum
Reference number: 2021-WMGC-0031
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79950000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Forum for Global Challenges is an international biennial conference. The next conference is to be held over 3 days at The ICC in Birmingham on 3-5 May 2022. A preceding international
programme of online and physical events, which began on 19 January 2021, are being delivered by the University's Institute for Global Innovation
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
208 333.33
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79952000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG3
Main site or place of performance:
AS the crow flies from B19
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Forum for Global Challenges is an international biennial conference. The next conference is to be held over 3 days at The ICC in Birmingham on 3-5 May 2022. A preceding international
programme of online and physical events, which began on 19 January 2021, are being delivered by the University's Institute for Global Innovation.
The objectives and outputs of the conference and the events are to:
1. Attract a significant international audience to a combination of physical and digital events (prior and including).
2. Showcase the West Midlands' industry and academic strengths to enhance the area's reputation.
3. Encourage a pipeline of organisations with a qualified interest in investing or growing within the West Midlands region
4. Contribute to international profile-raising of Birmingham 2022 and enhance perceptions of the region
5. Generate inward investment, leading to socio-economic benefits and job creation
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
It is the intention of WMGC Ltd to directly award this contract to the University of Birmingham due to nature of the service required falling into a concession threshold.
▪ The concession route allows for Workstream Leads to engage with the market giving ability to talk about the procurement before the actual process in procuring the service has taken place and, in that regard, the Workstream Leads on the Project Natalie King and Roger Mendonca engaged with the market through soft market testing which was also a call for requesting fully developed and costed proposals against a criterion which is SMART.
▪ The Concession route was considered because it gives the ability to be creative with the award criteria by linking the measurables to the subject matter of the contract by empowering the Workstream lead to consider the needs required to be achieved and developing a criterion of measurement to ensure that those needs are met
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 2021-WMGC-0031
Title: Global Challenges Forum
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/12/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
NUTS: UKG3
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:
: 208 333.33
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Commercial Working Group
West Midlands Growth Company
Birmingham
B19 3SD
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/02/2022