Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Mid Ulster District Council
76-78 Burn Rd
Cookstown
BT80 8DR
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.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.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Gearing for Growth Programme for Mid Ulster District Council
Reference number: 2840691
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79411100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Mid Ulster District Council wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the delivery of a Gearing for Growth Programme. The key aims of the programme are to:
• recruit a minimum of 250 businesses to progress onto programme support by 30 June 2022;
• use all reasonable endeavours to create a minimum of 250 new jobs with the support received from the Programme by 30 September 2023;
• use all reasonable endeavours to generate a minimum of 25 quality business referrals to invest Northern Ireland by 31 December 2022;
• signpost a minimum of 20 businesses to other support bodies (excluding quality referrals to Invest NI) by 31 December 2022.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
394 450.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80530000
80521000
80510000
80000000
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Mid Ulster District Council wishes to appoint a contractor to undertake the delivery of a gearing for Growth Programme. The key aims of the programme are to:
• recruit a minimum of 250 businesses to progress onto programme support by 30 June 2022;
• use all reasonable endeavours to create a minimum of 250 new jobs with the support received from the Programme by 30 September 2023;
• use all reasonable endeavours to generate a minimum of 25 quality business referrals to invest Northern Ireland by 31 December 2022;
• signpost a minimum of 20 businesses to other support bodies (excluding quality referrals to Invest NI) by 31 December 2022.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC01 Key personnel experience
/ Weighting: 22.4
Quality criterion: AC02 Proposed methodology
/ Weighting: 22.4
Quality criterion: AC03 Ability to deliver to schedule
/ Weighting: 13.6
Quality criterion: AC04 Monitoring, reporting, quality and contract management
/ Weighting: 13.6
Quality criterion: AC05 Risk management
/ Weighting: 8
Cost criterion: Total Contract price
/ Weighting: 20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The client may at any time before the completion of the contract period invite the contractor to agree to extend for any period up to and including 18 months commencing from the termination date of the original contract period.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
The accelerated procedure was used in According to Article 28 (Restricted Procedure) of the EU Directives as there was a state of urgency’ with its objectives and targets.
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:
2020/S 054-129789
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Gearing for Growth Programme for Mid Ulster District Council
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/07/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Workspace Enterprises Ltd
The Soup Kitchen Tobermore Road
Magherafelt
BT45 7AG
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 394 450.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority has complied with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, has incorporated a 10 day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers.
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
22/07/2020