Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest NI
Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
UK
E-mail: paula.laverty@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.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
DFE — Invest NI — Access to Patent and Trademark Databases
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48612000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Access to Patent and Trademark Databases.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
202 950.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Lot 1 Patent Database
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48100000
48500000
48900000
48611000
48610000
48600000
72321000
72320000
73100000
73200000
73300000
73210000
73220000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Access to Patent and Trademark Databases.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: Mandatory Requirements as per Specification of Requirement and Mandatory Requirement Return Document MR1-MR7.
/ Weighting: 100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
1 year optional extension.
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
II 1.7 represents the upper limit of the estimated contract value range from £135,300 — £202,950. The range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes to scope/scale of future requirements. There is no guarantee of exclusivity of work or the volume during the period of contract.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Lot 2 Trade Mark Database
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48100000
48500000
48900000
48611000
48610000
48600000
72321000
72320000
73100000
73200000
73300000
73210000
73220000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Access to Patent and Trademark Databases.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: Mandatory Requirements as per Specification of Requirement and Mandatory Requirement Return Document MR1-MR7.
/ Weighting: 100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
1 year optional extension
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
II 1.7 represents the upper limit of the estimated contract value range from £37,500 — £56,250. The range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account changes to scope/scale of future requirements. There is no guarantee of exclusivity of work or the volume during the period of 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 169-347005
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Lot 1 Patent Database
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clarivate Analytics UK Limited
Friars House, 160 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8EZ
UK
Telephone: +44 2074334000
E-mail: john.bainbridge@clarivate.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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:
: 146 700.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 2
Title: Lot 2 Trade Mark Database
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/01/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clarivate Analytics UK Limited
Friars House, 160 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8EZ
UK
Telephone: +44 2074334000
E-mail: john.bainbridge@clarivate.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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:
: 56 250.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate of unsatisfactory performance will 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 for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK has no such body.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. minimum 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides times for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/01/2018