Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Invest NI
Bedford Square, 1 Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7ES
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.investni.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
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
ID 2123589 DfE Invest NI — Contract for Appointment of Tax Advisors to Invest NI and its Subsidiary Companies
Reference number: 2123589
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79221000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Invest NI wishes to appoint tax advisors (herein referred to as ‘the Contractor’) to prepare and submit annual corporation tax returns for Invest NI and 2 subsidiaries, BSDL and MRDE as required. In addition, the contractor shall provide ad-hoc advice on other tax issues for the Invest NI group as and when needed throughout the contract period.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
165 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79222000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invest NI wishes to appoint tax advisors (herein referred to as ‘the Contractor’) to prepare and submit annual corporation tax returns for Invest NI and 2 subsidiaries, BSDL and MRDE as required. In addition, the contractor shall provide ad-hoc advice on other tax issues for the Invest NI group as and when needed throughout the contract period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Account manager experience
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: Key personnel experience corporation tax
/ Weighting: 18
Quality criterion: Key personnel VAT
/ Weighting: 18
Quality criterion: Key personnel Paye
/ Weighting: 18
Cost criterion: Combiined annual fee
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
It is anticipated the contract will commence in July 2019 for 3 years with options to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months 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:
2019/S 084-200628
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
27/06/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ASM B Ltd
Horwath House
Belfast
BT1 1QD
UK
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:
: 165 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/ mediation procedures
UK
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/07/2019