Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Communities
Lighthouse Building
Belfast
UK
E-mail: ssdadmin@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:
http://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
DfC VCD- Appointment of a Delivery Agent to deliver a programme for Women Involved in Community Transformation.
Reference number: 958145
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85322000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DfC VCD- Appointment of a Delivery Agent to deliver a programme for Women Involved in Community Transformation.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85322000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DfC VCD- Appointment of a Delivery Agent to deliver a programme for Women Involved in Community Transformation.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 42
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
This Contract will commence upon the date of award (estimated September 2017) and will initially run for 2 financial years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. The Contract includes the option for a further 2 year optional extension periods to run until 31.3.2021, but this will be dependent on the evaluation that will be conducted at the end of March 2019.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
As detailed within Tender Documents.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As detailed within Tender Documents.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
18/08/2017
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
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. The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (I) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (II) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition; (III) To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and (IV) To award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
N/A
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/07/2017