Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Council For The Curriculum Examinations Assessment
29 Clarendon Road Belfast
Belfast
BT1 3BG
UK
Contact person: ICT.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: ICT.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.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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CFT438321 DE — CCEA – Provision of an Online Marking System
Reference number: CFT438321
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75121000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
CCEA wishes to contract for the Online Marking for the examination series commencing in January 2019. The contract will require the scanning and indexing of examination scripts, electronic marking of the images and processing of the item level information. The Contractor will be required to:
— Understand CCEA’s existing examination processes,
— Provide high quality scanning and online marking software,
— Identify and provide suitable premises for confidential scanning of scripts,
— Conduct the scanning and indexing,
— Provide training to the users,
— Provide helpdesk support,
— Provide contract management and support services,
— Develop additional functionality (if required) in response to future technological changes.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
11 140 145.90
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48100000
72000000
72212100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
CCEA wishes to contract for the Online Marking for the examination series commencing in January 2019. The contract will require the scanning and indexing of examination scripts, electronic marking of the images and processing of the item level information. The Contractor will be required to:
— Understand CCEA’s existing examination processes,
— Provide high quality scanning and online marking software,
— Identify and provide suitable premises for confidential scanning of scripts,
— Conduct the scanning and indexing,
— Provide training to the users,
— Provide helpdesk support,
— Provide contract management and support services,
— Develop additional functionality (if required) in response to future technological changes.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Award Criteria
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Financial Evaluation
/ Weighting: 50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term is 7 years to include an approx. 1 year period to allow for implementation followed by 6 years from the service commencement date. There will be 2 optional extension periods of 2 years each.
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
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 197-405168
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/07/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RM Education Ltd
140 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park
Abingdon
OX14 4SB
UK
Telephone: +44 8450700300
E-mail: tendersteam@rm.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)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 11 140 145.90
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
In relation to V2.2) Information about tenders: Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0. Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
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.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
A 10 day standstill period was observed by CPD before award of the contract in compliance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/07/2018