Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Queen's University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
Contact person: Jackie Glackin
E-mail: j.glackin@qub.ac.uk
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.qub.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/FinanceDirectorate/visitors/procurement/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home
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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
QUB/2518/24 - Cultural Change Consultancy Services
Reference number: QUB/2518/24
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79414000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Queen’s seeks to appoint the services of a Consultancy team to support cultural change.The outputs we are seeking from the culture change programme are:• An assessment of current culture which can be segmented.• A vision for a desired culture which can be segmented.• Robust, segmented, statistically sound data to evidence decision making regarding cultural change.• A measurable change programme detailing the impact/prioritisation of each change lever, roles, responsibilities, and resourcing requirements.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79414000
72221000
79400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN06
Main site or place of performance:
Belfast, Northern Ireland
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Queen’s seeks to appoint the services of a Consultancy team to support cultural change.The outputs we are seeking from the culture change programme are:• An assessment of current culture which can be segmented.• A vision for a desired culture which can be segmented.• Robust, segmented, statistically sound data to evidence decision making regarding cultural change.• A measurable change programme detailing the impact/prioritisation of each change lever, roles, responsibilities, and resourcing requirements.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Contract period is 12 months, with options to extend its duration by up to a further 48 months
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Please refer to the tender documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
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
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
Queen's will be availing of Article 27 (3), Public Contracts Regulations 2015; where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the contracting authority renders impracticable the time limit laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, it may fix a time limit which shall be not less than 15 days from the date on which the contract notice was sent.
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:
19/02/2024
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
18/06/2024
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
19/02/2024
Local time: 16:01
Place:
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Queen's University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
E-mail: procurement@qub.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/FinanceDirectorate/visitors/procurement/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) 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).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2024