Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks
120 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5HT
UK
Contact person: Stephen O'Neill
E-mail: stephen.oneill@nienetworks.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nienetworks.co.uk
I.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CA251 2020 — Pension Advisory Services
Reference number: CA251 2020
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66520000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NIE Networks seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced organisation on framework for the management of pension liabilities, including advising the company in relation to triennial scheme funding valuations. Please refer to the scope of services for the list of service requirements and standards required for this contract.
Each framework agreement will be for a period of three (3) years with an option, exercisable entirely at the discretion of the contracting entity and subject to the terms of the framework agreement, to extend by a further optional three (3) year period, with a total potential duration of six (6) years.
Framework agreements will be subject to performance reviews and require compliance with key performance indicators, as detailed therein. Economic operators that do not successfully pass the annual performance review will have their framework agreement terminated, in accordance with the terms of the framework agreement.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
400 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
NORTHERN IRELAND.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NIE Networks seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced organisation on framework for the management of pension liabilities, including advising the company in relation to triennial scheme funding valuations. Please refer to the scope of services for the list of service requirements and standards required for this contract.
Each framework agreement will be for a period of three (3) years with an option, exercisable entirely at the discretion of the contracting entity and subject to the terms of the framework agreement, to extend by a further optional three (3) year period, with a total potential duration of six (6) years.
Framework agreements will be subject to performance reviews and require compliance with key performance indicators, as detailed therein. Economic operators that do not successfully pass the annual performance review will have their framework agreement terminated, in accordance with the terms of the framework agreement.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Each framework agreement will be for a period of three (3) years with an option, exercisable entirely at the discretion of the contracting entity and subject to the terms of the framework agreement, to extend by a further optional three (3) year period, with a total potential duration of six (6) years.
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
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
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 176-429515
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CA251 2020 - Pension Advisory Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/07/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Deloitte Total Reward and Benefits Ltd
Deloitte, Lincoln Building, 27-45 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Each framework agreement will be for a period of three (3) years with an option, exercisable entirely at the discretion of the contracting entity and subject to the terms of the framework agreement, to extend by a further optional three (3) year period, with a total potential duration of six (6) years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd
120 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 5HT
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JY
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/07/2020